# America's Elder Crisis, Medicare Edition

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**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-elder-crisis-medicare-edition/937146 "2021-03-04T05:55:49Z")\
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I turn 65 in August and I’m ignoring the messages I’ve received from Kaiser about Medicare. I’m in California.

I just do not want to deal with this.

I know my current coverage is not great and I don’t know if it’s going to get better or worse when I have to make the change.

I had an episode of bad indigestion the other day and I wasn’t sure for a little while if I was having a heart attack or not. But the only thing on my mind was how much it was going to cost me to get help. I think this is ridiculous.

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