end up going bankrupt from costs of care not covered. Original Medicare has not our of pocket max. Which when you have a catastrophic event, like a bad car accident, you end up spending all your life savings and go broke. This happening to a neighbor of ours currently, luckily our community has stepped up with fund raisers that might keep them from losing all they have worked their whole life for.
This is what I do for a living and the amount of misinformation and ignorance when it comes to Medicare is massive.