Medicare?

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Medicare Part A is "free" if you are eligible for social security, but if you didn't have enough social security "credits" (also referred to as "quarters"), you can buy it for about $244 to $443 a month, depending on how much or how little you paid into social security. The answers to some questions about premiums, deductibles, and co-pays can be found here.

Yep Part A is free but it just covers a bed in the corner at the local hospital..that is not health care. Most folks think seniors get full health care service totally free...at least many of the folks I have encountered. As you know Bird, there is more to health care than Part A...LOL