Probably gonna make you cry some more but my former private employer, which is now my secondary insurer, reimburses me in full for medicare premiums withheld from my S.S. checks.
Their logic, which I do not try to refute is, that since said former employer requires that I have Medicare, they should pay for it, I also do not have part "D" as my secondary insurer (former employer) has a prescription drug plan, the benefits of which, far exceeds part "D".
By the way,(Neither here nor there) I just got a new pair of hearing aids last month, price $8,200, paid in full by my secondary, since medicare pays nothing for hearing aids but they do pay 100%, no co pay, no deductible, for AIDS testing,I guess I got the wrong kind of "aids" gotta take care of those queers ya know. I guess I could sell them and send the proceeds to SS. but I ain't gonna do it, greedy old bastard that I am.
My brother worked for the state of NY. He receives the same deal in retirement. The NY taxpayers essentially pick up the tab for his Medicare premium.
Nothing is free. Someone always gets stuck with the bill. In this case, it is us and our progeny.