I think I'm also a bit sensitized because my partner is a medical social worker and regularly comes across the people that don't retire. People that can retire

I think I'm also a bit sensitized because my partner is a medical social worker and regularly comes across the people that don't retire. People that can retire don't tend to hear about the experiences of the people that don't. It's a long slog of scrambling to survive and earn while physically able, cutting expenses, cutting them more, qualifying for aid, getting into medical difficulties, spending down, qualifying for medicaid, and then... well, it's a journey that a lot of people would wave off as a normal way to live and die. Big question: does that happen to people who made median income? More than before?