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As a 67 year old singel retired person who went on Medicare August of 2008 I can tell you it is not the answer to medical reform. Medicare is not a single payer system my basic Medicare costs me over $200 dollars per month plus the tens of thousands of dollars I contributed prior to my retirement this is provided by the goverment. I then must pay $28 per month to CVS a private insurance company for prescription drug coverage. Due to the limited medicre coverage the 80/20 provision and lack of a major medical stop loss I must purchase a third policey from United health Care (AARP) bringing my basic out of pocket expense to over $400 dollars per month plus the donut in the Medicare rules / private drug program for a grand total of over $600 dollars per month. This comes to more money for less coverage then I would have recived had I taken COBRA from my former employeer. My first attempt to use Medicare was a disaster after two months, six long hold time phone calls two visits to the local SSI office and a letter from my former employeer showing my last date of employment I had to pay the $64.00 bill out of my own pocket to protect my credit. To this day I am not sure if Medicare has corrected my records corrected. Please give me back the money I contributed over the years, give me a private insurance pool and let me shop for my own insurance.

As a 67 year old single retired person who went on Medicare August of 2008 I can tell you it is not the answer to medical reform. Medicare is not a single payer system my basic Medicare costs me over $200 dollars per month plus the tens of thousands of dollars I contributed prior to my retirement this is provided by the goverment. I then must pay $28 per month to CVS a private insurance company for prescription drug coverage. Due to the limited medicre coverage the 80/20 provision and lack of a major medical stop loss I must purchase a third policey from United health Care (AARP) bringing my basic out of pocket expense to over $400 dollars per month plus the donut in the Medicare rules / private drug program for a grand total of over $600 dollars per month. This comes to more money for less coverage then I would have recived had I taken COBRA from my former employeer. My first attempt to use Medicare was a disaster after two months, six long hold time phone calls two visits to the local SSI office and a letter from my former employeer showing my last date of employment I had to pay the $64.00 bill out of my own pocket to protect my credit. To this day I am not sure if Medicare has my records corrected. Please give me back the money I contributed over the years, give me a private insurance pool and let me shop for my own insurance.

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