Medicare is not free. Once you are on it you still have to pay a premium. If you are taking social security they deduct the premium from your social security check. If you are not taking your social security benefit yet and still working you pay your premium quarterly. You also pay additional premium if you make to much money. Medicare only pays 80% of doctors and hospitals so you need to purchase a medicare supplement in the open market to cover what medicare doesn’t pay. You also have to purchase a Medicare Prescription drug plan if you want coverage for prescription drugs. I repeat medicare is not free.
You missed my point completely.
I never said Medicare is free!
Again to make it simpler to understand...
When one gets Medicare benefit, which pays 80% of hospital costs, the person has QUALIFIED himself/herself by contributing Medicare taxes. You do not get Medicare if you did not contribute enough taxes to Medicare. My mother was in that situation, and could get Medicaid, not Medicare after age 65.
If Medicare for ALL is passed, every Top Dick & Harry, who has not contributed any Medicare taxes IMMEDIATELY gets that 80% hospital benefit.