it looks so complicated compared to work plans! it reminds me of the myriad of ACA plans available. but at least those don't require interrogation to sign up.
Medicare is a complicated mess. I get a ~1/2" thick 8.5x11" book in the mail yearly from the government concerning what's up with it. I save it but don't read it. I did that when I first signed up, a sobering episode. Just signing up in the first place was like taking a college course in complexity. They expect all these 65 year olds to do that. Fine, if you're sharp mentally, a good reader, have an ability to deal with complex extensive issues, in short if you're capable to going to law school. I did it, I know. I made my choice and have stuck with it (a highly rated HMO). Are there problems with it? You bet. There are also benefits.
We need a nationalized health care system in the USA that cuts the crap, that treats people like human beings, not like pawns in a giant complicated game which is what we have now with our 5 dimensional health maze afloat on shifting continents. What Obama did was amazing, but I figured it was a first step and wouldn't look anything like what should happen and hopefully will, ultimately develop. There are too many stakeholders now who will throw monkey wrenches into attempts to create a workable effective national health care. Competition is sacrosanct in the USA. Any attempt to stop that aspect of solving issues is called socialism. I ask, what's intrinsically wrong with thinking of the broader good? Isn't that what socialism should mean? It doesn't mean that the means of production are owned by the state. To me it means that we have the well being of the people foremost in our thoughts in developing policy and solutions.