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Our healthcare future now goes behind close doors to a House-Senate conference committee with the Senate version likely to dominate.   The good news is that most conference committees have heavy White House involvement. We need to let the decision makers like Sen. Christopher Dodd, Conn,  Harry Reid, Nev., Max Baucus, Mont., and Tom Harkin, Iowa  along with from the House Charles Rangel NY., George Miller CA, and Henry Waxman CA know how we feel.   Now is not the time to celebrate.

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I'm a 56 year old Encore careerer who worked 30 years in the high tech industry, went back to community college and got a degree in gerontology.  I now work in an non-profit as an advocate for older adults.  I live on about one-fifth of my previous income but my job satisifaction is way up.  I spend most of my time previously outsourcing, downsizing and being controlled by a Blackberry.  Now I go home every night knowing I've made a positive difference in other people lives  Could I do this without having significant savings to supplement my current lifestyle probably not as well but I have scaled back how I live.  I am now convinced that people should work into their seventies but they should change what they do.  They don't have to work 50 or 60 hrs per week but staying engaged and active keep you young.  Our current buzz phrase is quit talking about what you did in the Sixities and what you are going to do in your sixities.

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