Oh BTW, since I just looked it up for a friend who's wife is having serious heart surgery and who has just plain vanilla Medicare without supplemental, Medicare.gov finally put up a nice clear page outlining what seniors currently get and how much it costs, after a lifetime of paying in, I might add:

https://www.medicare.gov/your-medicare-costs/medicare-costs-at-a-glance

Of particular interest to this friend was the $1,364 deductible you have to kick in for hospitalization per year, and should things go bad, the $341 per day you have to kick in past day 60 and the $682 per day after day 90.

There's useful info. on how much they charge people who haven't paid in enough to get the full (free) subsidy on inpatient hospitalization coverage as per above:  If you paid Medicare taxes for less than 30 quarters, the standard Part A premium is $437 per month.

Part B, doctors other providers and equipment: $135.50 per month premium minimum, or more, sliding scale based on income. Deductible of $185 per year, and 20% of everything after that.

That's without prescription drugs, the plans vary and are complex, you have to click through. She doesn't have one, no coverage.

Easy to see how some seniors getting like $1,500 a month in Social Security are going bankrupt....