Reply #101: 2 years will do it to you [View All]

[China_cat]

when you lose a job with benefits and have a family member with a serious medical condition.

We went through our savings, took one hell of a hit on cashing in the IRA so we could keep the house and car (needed for even looking for other work) There's nothing left.

My husband's 55, working 2 part-time jobs, no benefits, to make ends meet. My SS benefits disappeared 4 years ago (I've worked since I was 16 but my yearly statement went from having benefits in 2000 to not being eligible for anything in 2001). I'm unable to work.

If anything should happen to my husband, I'm out on the street. If nothing happens to him medically, he'll be working until he dies. We won't survive otherwise.