Like most of the people on this thread you are in over your head. When you learn to read, read the post again and you will see that I have signed my Medicare benefits over to a private insurance company. When they start losing money I presume they will quit the business - and if I am left without health insurance so be it! I said nothing complaining about my payments - I said I resent being told I am getting it for free.
Message finally arrives after long dance through a thick skull. Got it. I'd be pissed, too. I get the same kind of pissed at people who say Social Security should be "means tested" because it's unfair Bill Gates can get payments.
With all due respect; pound sand. I'm not in over my head. Sometimes when it seems like everyone else is wrong, it's best to look in the mirror. You complained that Rush was calling you a leech (which he didn't) because you were getting something for free (which you are). You basically pay for 3 months of insurance and the taxpayers (me and others on the thread) pick up the difference. In the retail world this would be called "buy one and get three free" Note the word FREE there.
Maybe it's because you are an idiot. Maybe you just can't do math. Maybe you think that since you pay something, you are self supporting. Maybe you just don't know how to effectively communicate using the written word.
SImple fact is that if YOU paid for the entire bill rather than having taxpayers chip in the rest of us on the thread would probably not have chimed in,
Think about that. you post something and tons of people reject your premise. Somehow in your little brain, the whole crowd here at FR can't read. Time for some self reflection.