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Old 09-07-2011, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesArthur60 View Post
Not medicare age yet, but since I'm 62 I did grab my social security and ran with it. I had the bare minimum in the account. Then I discovered I got hammered with a much lower monthly amount since I was retired LE. The government figured out how to screw those who served in the safety forces and took their share. Not really looking forward to dealing with medicare. I exercise and try to stay healthy and away from doctors/hospitals.
My understanding is it's not the Gov't's fault for lower SS monthly checks, but because it's Ohio who is screwing us. We are allegedly one of only two States who get lower SS benefits due to a public pension. I'm probably wrong, but that is what I have heard.
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