Anyone remember the lies told about Medicare when it first came in? [View all]

[hedgehog]

i was only a little kid, but I recall the discussions between my mother and my aunt, a surgical nurse for an ophthalmologist. My aunt was disgusted at the surgeon telling people they had to hurry and rush their appointments for cataract surgery. She whispered to them behind his back that it was fine for them to wait a few weeks so they could be covered by Medicare!