Lordy Ms. Alffe, you got THAT right! After watching what my mom and dad go through, I'm worried about my golden years.

Reminds me of a story a professor just told me about this week when he was in Denmark and dramatically started to lose vision in both his eyes due to something wrong with his retinas. He was in the hospital (this was years ago) and told them I don't have any insurance here. After several surgeries and a lengthy stay in the hospital, it ended up costing him nothing.

He said the care he received was second to none and the hospital was very pleasant.

Did I tell you when mom was in the nursing home...well, I knew eventually when you land in one of those you basically lose everything. Medicare would pay for only 21 days there. Aye aye aye!