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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6098548" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>That's fine if you're young and healthy.  I had a heart attack and double bypass at 60.  Fortunately the local hospital system is a nonprofit and they forgave over $107,000 of the bill.  But there were a bunch of medical services involved that were from outside the hospital.  I'm just now getting caught up on them and only could because my Social Security kicked in last year giving me enough income to get them paid.  But in the last year I've had a number of issues that racked up thousands more.  So hoping to pay that off by the end of the year.  My dad covered those and I'm paying him back.  When I took retirement at 55 I was hoping to make it to Medicare without needing insurance.  But I didn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>