Letter to the editor: AgeWell offers good guidance on Medicare options

The mail coming to me every day from for-profit private health insurance plans advertising an alternative to traditional Medicare, is overwhelming.

Remember that you are giving an insurance company control over your Medicare dollars and they are making a profit.

It takes both good luck and good care to survive cancer. After my breast cancer diagnosis in 1999 I had both. 

A recent conversation with my aunt brought to light a possible flaw with some of the Democratic candidates’ “Medicare for All” pitch. Medicare is beloved, true, and folks look forward to reaching eligibility age for it, also true. They can get excellent c … (read more)