maddmaxx ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Share #1 Posted May 25, 2021 All I can say is don't get sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Share #2 Posted May 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: All I can say is don't get sick. Or old! Especially sick AND old! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Share #3 Posted May 25, 2021 You didn’t sign up for an advantage plan did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Share #4 Posted May 25, 2021 Social Security spousal options also sound pretty serpentine to me. Or should that be Byzantine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted May 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Longjohn said: You didn’t sign up for an advantage plan did you? I haven't signed for anything yet. That was three hours of having various costs examined vs payouts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted May 25, 2021 Share #6 Posted May 25, 2021 Medicare....is not that complicated at our end. Then one can buy additional health insurance ...the base line is same for everyone in each province. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Share #7 Posted May 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I haven't signed for anything yet. That was three hours of having various costs examined vs payouts. Don’t sign for anything that says advantage on it. Medicare supplement part G is what you want along with a part D drug plan of your choice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 25, 2021 Share #8 Posted May 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, Longjohn said: Don’t sign for anything that says advantage on it. Medicare supplement part G is what you want along with a part D drug plan of your choice. That is a lot simpler than 3 hours! Just the fax, maam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 26, 2021 Share #9 Posted May 26, 2021 The advantage plans throw in $150 of eye care per year and then charge you out the wazoo with copays and deductibles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted May 26, 2021 Share #10 Posted May 26, 2021 Just now, Longjohn said: The advantage plans throw in $150 of eye care per year and then charge you out the wazoo with copays and deductibles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 26, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted May 26, 2021 8 minutes ago, Longjohn said: The advantage plans throw in $150 of eye care per year and then charge you out the wazoo with copays and deductibles. Because my eye problems are currently my biggest cost an liability I'm looking at plans that are quite a bit different than that. Womaxx, with the genetic predisposition to colon cancer is looking at something else entirely covering chemo and hospital stays. The trick seems to be to customize the plan to what is most important to each circumstance. Just look at the cost of a couple of small words "inpatient" vs "under observation" when staying in a hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted May 26, 2021 Share #12 Posted May 26, 2021 Plan G has a small initial yearly deductible, plan F was discontinued about a year ago. It cost more but had zero deductibles. Plan g covers all hospital bills and doctor bills. Scans, xrays, mris all covered 100%.Medical eye care is covered (surgery, checkups, testing, the only thing they don’t cover is glasses or contacts. Don’t let them talk you into an advantage plan,all plans have to take you when you go off private insurance but after that all plans don’t have to take you if you have pre-existing conditions. Who at 67 years old doesn’t have pre-existing conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted May 26, 2021 Share #13 Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Philander Seabury said: Social Security spousal options also sound pretty serpentine to me. Or should that be Byzantine? Labyrinthian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted May 26, 2021 Share #14 Posted May 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said: Labyrinthian? Ludicrous. Usurius. Oops, that is for health insurance. I think Byzantine applies for SS options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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