Elizabeth Warren says her plan will result in "everyone get[ting] the care they need, when they need it, and nobody goes broke."  It appears that senators, such as Ms. Warren, are excused from the worst effects of Medicare. I have a friend with a chronic back problem that needed an operation.  She got a run-around from her Medicare program for years and finally paid $13,000 to have the operation done privately.  My parents were briefly resident in a Medicare nursing home.  It was terrible, with demented people wandering around screaming, etc.  When they moved to a non-Medicare nursing home, the difference was between a zoo and a 4-star hotel.  The cost was only marginally higher.  However, doctors declined to visit the patients in the nursing home because the reimbursement was extremely low under Medicare.  If you go to a medical facility that mostly deals with seniors, such as an eye clinic,...(Read Full Article)