As far as I am concerned they can take Medicare and shove it. As far as I am concerned. I have private insurance and do not ever use Medicare. I did not opt to pay additional money for medicare B, so I have A only. "A" is what you get when you pay all your life out of your paycheck and it covers nothing but hospitalization. No doctor visits, no prescriptions, etc. So, I now pay for full coverage BC/BS and do not use my Medicare. To me it is useless. It should have been modified long ago to make it better for those that have paid all their lives for it. You shouldn't pay all your life for it and then when you retire, surprise, you have to pay during your retirement if you want anything other than hospitalization.

But, for some that's all they have and it is pathetic. On top of that, Obamacare took half a trillion bucks from it. Our money that we put into it.