My attorney said that medicare will only pay after I pay the first $60,000.00 unless I don't do a compromise and settle, which closes the case. If I don't go that direction and keep future medical open, I will 1.) end up with no monies out of it, and 2.) I'm not sure if I have to continue to fight with the insurance company to try and get the surgery. They've been denying it for the last couple of years or so. That's why I feel as though I'm caught between a rock and a hard place right now, and I've got to make a decision in the next day or so, as I need to let her know before Wed. A hearing is set for that day, and she says that I'd get less if it goes before the judge.