[DrC]

“I was referring to Medicare part B”

By law, the $110 monthly you pay for Part B coverage only covers 1/4 of the true cost of the benefit (the rest is subsidized by taxpayers). Thus, unless you are unusually healthy or have employer coverage, it generally pays to take Part B, as the premium you’ll pay generally would be well below what it would cost out of pocket to get those services were you lacking Part B coverage.

[Roccus]

I was just attempting to explain to TP what he was facing, I wasn't complaining about the premiums. If there were no Medicare, chances are my former employer would not have had my insurance reduced. With Medicare, the reduction in coverage becomes the only sensible option for my employer to take, just as part B is the only sensible option for me. Those are the rules and I'm just playing by them. The justice or injustice of Medicare was not the point of my post. I had no say in its passage. I wasn't allowed to vote.