I took out the Blue Advantage supplement to Medicare for my mother 2 years ago. We had just been paying the 20% out of our pockets and between she and I we were getting it paid. She was going to have to have cateract surgery so we decided we would take out the supplement. At that time it was $56 a month for hospital and medicine (which she has medicine coverage still from my dad's retirement which we kept and would just fill med. on whichever was cheapest). Well guess what...last year Blue Advantage went up from $56 to $71 did add a couple of extra things they were covering so we didn't complain too much. Just got a letter yesterday that it is going up from $71 to $141 starting Jan. Not only are they not adding any new coverage but they are going to start charging copays on everything that didn't have any. I told my mother she would be better off to put the $56 or $71 she has been paying in a special savings account each month and just go back to regular medicare and we would pay the 20% out of pocket. It is ridiculus they are doubling the cost as well as adding co-pays!