It's even worse than it appears.
Thursday April 16, 2020; 12:17 PM EDT
Signed up for Medicare#
  • I just completed signing up for Medicare including a Medicare Advantage Plan. My two cents. When Bernie says "Medicare for All" -- no I don't think so. It's a bastard child. Complicated and convoluted. Obviously something that has been fought over repeatedly in Congress. And in the end, after getting educated, and coming back again and again, I did what everyone seems to, shrug their shoulders, pick a plan and hope for the best.#
  • The medical system should work like this. #
    • You need health care.#
    • You get health care.#
    • That's it.#
  • Medicare isn't that. It's way better than I what I've had until now, ObamaCare, which was a vast improvement over what I had before that (I'd call it Maybe I'm Covered We'll Find Out When I Need It-care). It feels like graduating, finally I get treated like I matter, a little. And I'm pretty sure that if I get in deep shit medically I will be helped. #
  • But why should you have to wait until you're 65 to get that?#
  • PS: I'm not 65 yet, but soon. 💥#
  • PPS: It feels like that great moment in Goodfellas where Paulie says to young Henry Hill "You broke your cherry!" Basically every moment in Goodfellas is a great moment, btw. #

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