As a federal retiree, I have medicare and blue cross/blue shield, and it still costs me $400 a month for health insurance.
Everytime I get a small cost of living increase, they take at least half of it for health insurance increases. My pension is double what it was in 1980, and my health insurance is at least four times as much. The drug companies are bleeding us dry and the damn politicians allow it becaue they are owned by those greedy bastards.