By Diane Archer and Wendell Potter Earlier this month, “the Medicare team” inside the federal government sent an email inviting millions of us to mark our calendars for the Oct. 15 start of a 54-day period to enroll in Medicare health plans. At the end of the email, Medicare makes a suggestion we felt should be far more prominent and noticeable, one that is akin to what the Surgeon General requires tobacco companies to plaster on a pack of cigarettes: “A plan with the lowest premium might not always provide the lowest total cost to you.”