• words by Sol Abrams, Corinne Willinger & Adele Rolider, NYC Raging Grannies
• tune: O Tanenbaum

Oh Medicare, my Medicare
With all those plans, are you still there?
Can I stay indestructible,
With such a high deductible?
So Congress please go very slow,
Don’t make me join an HMO.
You’ve given me an awful scare,
Don’t privatize my Medicare.

Oh Medicare, my Medicare
Why don’t you pay for long-term care?
Insurance premiums are insane,
My nest egg’s going down the drain.
The rotunda of the Capitol Dome
Will soon become my permanent home.
The whole Congress will see me there,
My misery I’ll make them share.

Let’s all support John Conyer’s Bill
To help us all when we fall ill.
It covers you, it covers me,
Yes, everyone in our country.
It’s managed by the USA,
With few deductions
From take-home pay.
And each of us will find it fair.
Put everyone on Medicare.