I'm retired, on Medicare and my wife is not on Medicare. We have Medical Mutual Basic (pays nothing till we reach over $6,000.00) and costs us $1026.00/month auto pay out of my $2400.00 retirement. We pay $67.00/month for a dental plan that only pays for simple stuff. I've been retired since 2012 and the insurance company has never paid a dime toward anything. It's a cash cow due to the obamacare fiasco. That's why none of the politicians are on it. If you were an illegal alien it would be free. My Great Grandfather was a bricklayer. Back in the 50's he said he was was too cheap to go to the dentist. He would take a bottle of whiskey, a screwdriver and needle-nose pliers, sit on the front, and pull his own teeth. He pried it up with the screwdriver pulled it, then used the whiskey as mouthwash and pain killer while all the kids sat and watched. Good old days??????? I do not advise it.