We get to pay into Medicare and Social Security for our entire working lives whether we want to or not. And now the proposed plans are when you get to the age when you are going to rely on those systems you will be faced with a form of repeal and replace. It's analogous to paying for and building a house and then, just as you are preparing to move in, are told you can't. But here is a voucher for 50% off at Motel Six and another for "Buy one, get one free" Happy Meals. And of course, the always popular Pay-For-Nine-Medical-Procedures-Get-The-Tenth-One-Free punch card. How about concentrating on actually making health care affordable and making the tweaks to Social Security suggested by Simpson-Bowles rather than how to get out of paying what we were promised and forced into buying during our working years.