WASHINGTON D.C. – It's hard to tell what gets more press these days: health care, the economy or the war(s).
To hear the candidates or the talking heads tell it, everything's either about to be or already is in a state of crisis. It can be downright depressing.
And not that we need something else to worry about, but whatever happened to the retirement crisis? It seems like it was all we heard about during the last election cycle. Did Social Security suddenly become solvent? Did Medicare suddenly pick up a mysterious benefactor?
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According to some numbers someone sent me last week, Americans should be worried a lot more about their retirement than their co-pays. Apparently about 60 percent of Americans will have to fund the bulk of their retirement with a simple 401(k) plan while less than 16 percent of them have no health coverage. I'm no actuary, but that's one hell of a gap.
Again, we hear nothing about that. But, I suppose that's what happens when we allow uninformed policymakers or shortsighted lobbyists to frame the national debate for us. So it's refreshing to see more than 600 people here in the capital at NAHU's annual Capitol Conference to make their voices heard and bring educated opinions to the suits on the hill.
Now that I think about it, maybe that's why we're arguing about health care. I haven't seen any retirement planners this week.
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