I'm stuck. I'm at an age where change is going to happen. My husband is nearing retirement. You think you've worked all these years and now you can enjoy the fruits of your labors. You have a little more than when you struggled as a young couple. The kids are grown. But then you figure out how much health insurance is going to cost and your hopes of traveling and retiring on time seem to be dashed on the rocks. It's ridiculous that men and women have to work beyond their retirement age to pay for health insurance.
We look at the real price of doctor visits and prescriptions, not to mention the tests that are bound to come up eventually, and it's damn scary. One can't live without health insurance, not very well anyway. The doctors and hospitals treat you with little respect when there is no insurance to back up the payment for their services. I understand that, but come on, we shouldn't have to work for our entire lives. Wasn't Social Security and that Retirement plan supposed to be enough to cover these costs? We were told so when we invested a large chunk of our paychecks into them over the years.
I've watched my father die, my husband's mother die, my mother is aging and having senior issues. I know that my time is limited, not only until death, but just feeling good enough to go do some of the things that are on my bucket list.
I love spending time with my husband. I want us to have years together, years that I don't have to share him with a job and raising a family. This is our time. I want all of it. So what do we do? I'm not afraid to have less material possessions. I don't need a fancy car or clothes, but I do need for our medical situations to be taken care of. Well, we're researching and thinking. We've got three years until he can retire. I plan to find some solution that will allow that to happen and so does he. It may be something crazy. Whatever it is, I'll share my findings here. If you have any thoughts of your own, dear reader, or suggestions, I would love to hear them!
We look at the real price of doctor visits and prescriptions, not to mention the tests that are bound to come up eventually, and it's damn scary. One can't live without health insurance, not very well anyway. The doctors and hospitals treat you with little respect when there is no insurance to back up the payment for their services. I understand that, but come on, we shouldn't have to work for our entire lives. Wasn't Social Security and that Retirement plan supposed to be enough to cover these costs? We were told so when we invested a large chunk of our paychecks into them over the years.
I've watched my father die, my husband's mother die, my mother is aging and having senior issues. I know that my time is limited, not only until death, but just feeling good enough to go do some of the things that are on my bucket list.
I love spending time with my husband. I want us to have years together, years that I don't have to share him with a job and raising a family. This is our time. I want all of it. So what do we do? I'm not afraid to have less material possessions. I don't need a fancy car or clothes, but I do need for our medical situations to be taken care of. Well, we're researching and thinking. We've got three years until he can retire. I plan to find some solution that will allow that to happen and so does he. It may be something crazy. Whatever it is, I'll share my findings here. If you have any thoughts of your own, dear reader, or suggestions, I would love to hear them!
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