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Re:Embracing Sabbaticals, Sunsetting Retirement Age by PopAlongKid on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @04:02PM (#37313131)
>Social Security is relative generous by the standards of the industrialized world. For example, I will receive $3600/month from the government at the standard retirement age, in addition to any other retirement savings I may have. Similarly, the government will pay for my healthcare when I reach retirement age.

That amount is near the max, and not typical at all.[0] You must have had at least 35 high-earning years in your wage/earnings record.

Also, the government only pays for part of your healthcare (Medicare Part A = hospitalization), you still pay for all the rest (routine checkups, treatment not requiring hospitalization, preventive care, prescription drugs). You don't get any coverage at all unless you enroll and pay your share of the premiums.

[0]https://faq.ssa.gov/en-US/Topic/article/KA-01897

Re:Embracing Sabbaticals, Sunsetting Retirement Age by jandrewrogers on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @05:06PM (#37314111)
> You must have had at least 35 high-earning years in your wage/earnings record.

Almost half of those years were the opposite of high-earning, and I don’t have 35 years yet. If it is near the max then it is because the fraction of years that are high-earning are carrying a lot of weight. I have been quite poor for a large fraction of my working life.