Check your benefits. Mine include free membership in a local gym.

Include Silver Sneakers. That is free gym membership. It is great.

I visited a Clinic the other day, cost me $5. Doctor Office call, $5. Specialist $45. Deductable for Hospital, $4000, but have heard you can negotiate that.

Yes, I would like Medicare for all. We can get that if we vote democratic.

there's also the payroll deductions from every paycheck.

Glad you made out.

Wow..My spouse & I are paying WAY more than - I'll check out Kaiser Permanente.

and procedures under my old plan that were not covered until the deductible was satisfied 100%. For instance, my wife ended up in the Hoag ER in February with a bill over $5000 for a two-hour stay. Our Covered CA plan paid 0%. Treated the whole bill as deductible. Fortunately, we were able to apply for financial assistance thru Hoag’s Foundation- they covered it 100%. The ambulance bill for that ER trip was $900. Medicare is $250.

I checked KP and, unfortunately, it's not available in my state. (Illinois)

Cost for exam = $0

And, my Medicare vision plan gives me a $325 benefit to the purchase of glasses every two years. I was able to get one pair of distance and one pair of reading glasses for $325.75.

I pay $20 a month for this coverage which also includes dental and hearing.

think the military is? Or the law enforcement not to mention the fire department they are all services needed to keep a country of our tech level functioning just like good healthcare is needed.