[RichardMoore]

Golly gee, you mean they lied to me! Thanks for the heads up. I don’t feel like having healthinsurance anyway. I’m 62 and in better health than I have been in a long time since I took things into my own hands. Cut the carbs, take suppliments and drink beer! You’ll live longer. Most guys my age are on blood pressure meds and are told not to drink. If they cut the carbs completely, almost, they would reverse the hardinging of their arteries. It’s called glycation, look it up!

[Silentgypsy]

Yep, they lied to you but if you only accepted Part A (hospitalization), you’re O.K. You’ve already paid for that through payroll tax. If you want B,C and D, I think you pay a premium.
Your health-maintenance philosophy sounds good—particularly the beer part.

[stimulant]

Your Medicare hospital Insurance is free of charge,(part a). Part b, is for anything other other than hospital care,and you will be charged for it.Nonetheless, you are not forced by law to buy it under Medicare.Without a health ins. supplement you will pay 20% of what Medicare doesn't pay even under part b.Your Health ins. supplement should pay that 20% difference.

BTW, when you're hospitalized there is an initial deductable which amounts to several hundred dollars that a private ins. co. should cover. Contact them and find out how much before dropping them.

Get it in writing!