Another example of people not understanding the issues? Is that the real problem with America?

My last question involved medicare supplement insurance. A response was---medicare advantage plans are heavily government subsidized, which is true BUT, that is not a medicare supplement .In fact, advantage plans takes the place of medicare in most cases, and thats why they are subsidized. Anyway, the problem is that people really dont totally understand the problem or the proposed solutions to that the problem. I am including myself in that category, but I am trying to get the FACTS regarding both