Yes, we did pay for Medicare over our lifetimes and the government has had their hands in the Medicare pot sucking out “our” money. Corruption in government has gone on far too long without those responsible being outed.
Have you seen what Medicare pays? If it were not for secondary insurance, we would all be in deep doo doo. Medicare “rules” and, if Medicare aka The Government, doesn’t want you to have whatever treatment your doctor feels necessary, you are “out of luck” up to and including death. The government’s own form of “death panels.”
Why are people, who had medical insurance as part of their retirement plan, “forced” to enroll in Medicare?
To keep the facade of 'health care' from collapsing for as long as possible..................