Posted on 03/27/2010 3:56:12 AM PDT by Son House
HUGE new tax!!
Not only that, even fully vested, a persons own “pay in” runs out in about 6 months and thats when the “long term” care becomes a HUGE new entitlement.
As I read it (and it is confusing), this supplements Medicare payouts for nursing home/in home care. Retirees MAY *sign on* and if you do, it is an automatic deduction from SS benefits.
In home health care Federal subsidies will be phased out over the next 5-6 years. As it stands now, per an acquaintance working in home health care, the hospital-run programs all closed down a few years ago. They paid around $15/hr plus benefits. The workers were all rehired by private companies, now paying around $9/hr, no benefits. This person has a college degree in Social Work, BTW.
This is a gift to Penny Pritzker and others who are heavily invested in nursing homes.
Soon they will just confiscate your entire salary and “dole out” what they think YOU need.
$75 a day for someone wiping your butt and changing your attends?....how many freepers would do that for 8 hrs for $75?
How would this compare to private ins. for nursing homes?
>>>>...the program will allow workers to have an average of roughly $150 or $240 a month, based on age and salary, automatically deducted from their paycheck to save for long-term care.<<<<
I had to read this twice.
A program allows me to deduct money automatically from my paycheck?
That’s not the traditional meaning of the word “allow.” Perhaps it’s because I’m an English teacher, and words mean something (to quote a more famous person than myself).
So I have a choice to take part in this program? It doesn’t sound like it.
Orwell and Huxley really tapped into modern zeitgeist, didn’t they?
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