According to Olympia Snow, it's going to cost those who would be covered by Medicare between the ages of 55 and 64, $7,600 annually in premiums, until 2014 when the subsidies will kick in. If that's what we're getting, JtS and I are totally fucked. That's more than $15,000 per year in premiums for the two of us. We just don't have that kind of money. If we did, we could buy private insurance right now.