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02/01/2011: "It's My First Day Of Medicare Coverage!"

I was really excited that I was going to finally have medical coverage when I turn 65, until I found they are taking $115.40 out of my Social Security check so now I get 446.00 a month. I called them and asked if I could skip the deduction for a year or two and pay for my own doctors visit, but they said it would only save me $5.00 a month because they will take it anyway. They feel I'll probably need it more than I do. Yes, I agree that one of the reasons I don't like going to the doctor is the cost but it's more that I think the whole medical system is more about the money than actually caring for people. Of course there are doctors that truly care for your health but most keep you coming in so they'll make more money. Medicare also supports all drug addicts by keeping them addicted. It's a legal way of staying high. The doctors make more money by making you come in before they'll refill your prescriptions while the pharmacy and drug company's get richer and richer.
More later, time to work, it's a beautiful day but very cold still.
In a few weeks I'll be singing "When I'm Sixty-Five" I'll still be saying, "Let's All Dance!"