Social Security & Medicare

with chronic ailments and I have nothing good to say about it at all. Nothing at all. It's pauper care with service far worse than Medicaid. I can't afford the Medicare Advantage and so I'm losing teeth one at a time with considerable untreated pain and I haven't had a new pair of glasses in ten years. Be prepared for neglect and disrespect.
If you can afford the 'Advantage' you might as well do it. But they are fleecing you. They find every mode possible to pry the last few dollars out of a pensioners hand.
Sorry I dont have anything encouraging to say, just the facts as I'm experiencing them. For instance, last week I spent $33 copay to see my Dr for a simple prescription refill authorization. The prescriptions cost me $700, all out of my pathetic $1100 Social Security check. And the dentist wants $540 to pull this molar that's swelling its way out of my head. I guess it's my own fault for being a blue collar construction worker all my life. Enough of my anecdotes - If you can afford it then do it. If you can't - then welcome to capitalist America where if you're poor you pay more.