Any credibility you had was washed away with that comment. Sorry, but a medic is bupkiss as far as medical knowledge is concerned but I do concede that you will have had extraordinary medical training compared to the average person.

You mentioned that you are retired. Things are most definitely different now than they were even 5 years ago. The severity of the problem, the number of people affected, the costs, it's all worse. That said, we are also finally TRYING to fix it now that enough Boomers have aged enough that Reagan's hatred for social care is no longer relevant.