[grania]

Most of us still get charges every month

You get charged on Part B and Part D....Part A is free. What I'm saying is the parts you're charged for are not part of the original Medicare program and should be totally private sector. Having parts B and/or D is your choice; it's not what you paid for all those years.

[Kackikat]

Most people can buy drugs cheaper than you can pay for the Part D prescription drug charges, unless they are extremely ill and taking horribly expensive drugs. The average charge for the Part D plan is about $250-400 per quarter, over $1000 per year.

With Walmart’s $4 drugs, and the coupons you can get online...it’s stupid to pay for Part D unless you take drugs without use of coupons or aren’t covered by $4 list of most drug store lists.

[oh8eleven]

What I'm saying is the parts you're charged for are not part of the original Medicare program ...
And what I'm saying is - I don't give a damn. The Takers of Society have done nothing most of their lives (including not even living in this country), and yet they get treated like they deserve everything for free.
As Øbama keeps defunding the Medicare Advantage program, where do you think that money is going? Yeah, ØbamaCare, Medicaid and any other program set up to help the "poooooooor."