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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes, best decision ever.

no one ever says at a funeral of somebody that the deceased wishes they could have spent more time more time at work or making more money............[/quote]

Everyone says this but it is not true.  I know several elderly people who didn't save enough and now they have very limited housing choices.  Think subsidized nursing homes with up to 4 to a room.  They "lived for the moment" and didn't save and now they are stuck.[/quote]

And, there are lots of people who save their entire life and still end up in a nursing home sharing a room as there are very few singles (most are doubles) and on medicaid.  The majority of the residents at many nursing homes burn through their savings and end up on medicaid.  Nursing homes suck every penny out of you and the government.    Even if you have a million saved, that can go very quickly.  And, speaking from experience, the private pay still get treated as poorly as the medicaid residents.[/quote]

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