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In reply to the discussion: Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients [View all]ProudMNDemocrat
(19,665 posts)I started drawing SS at 62. We went to the Rochester Office and I did mine in person. Then I also put in my application for Medicare, which kicked in in 2017. Just in time for me to have replacement Cataract surgery for a lens that slipped out of place in my left eye(the good one) and I was literally blind. (My right one was covered with a cataract that could not come out for the Disease I have had since being diagnosed in 1984 at the NIH.)
My husband invested wisely for Retirement as well throughout his working years, even during the lean years prior to 1996, when his IBM Retirement kicked in. He remained in the Minnesota Air National Guard as well, worked odd jobs, until landing a job as an Electronic Tech at a local Manufacturing plant with a UAW Local for 10 years. Up until 2 years ago, he worked part-time at one of the Golf Courses near where we currently live. His health now is slowly breaking down. How much longer he has to live, I do not know.
We are some of the lucky ones in that we have other forms of income other than Social Security. I do realize that many Americans do not have much saved in addition to SS. Any CUTS will be felt by all, including us. Joe Biden did all he could to keep the program going strong for even those who did not vote for him. They are now realizing that.
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