Medicare - H E L P ! !
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2016 6:09 pm
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I am starting to look into Medicare (JULY).
What's the difference between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage?
Which did you choose and why?
I read that you can't use supplemental insurance when you use a Medicare Advantage plan??
Part A = hospital
Part B = doc visits, tests, etc.
Part D = prescription drugs ? ? ?
From looking at the Medicare site, the Part A premium is $105/month; the Part B is $166/month, and then I have to add a drug coverage - Part D?
$105 + $166 = $271/month, or $3,252/year + drugs (which Medicare is estimating will cost ME $4,200/year. I don't pay anywhere close to that now...)
And then I'd have to add a Medicare Supplement plan on top of all that? Here I was looking forward to Medicare...
My, there's a lot to this. I have a headache and I just started this stuff...
I gotta be missing something, considering how surprised I am at the unexpected high cost?
(Beth is facing these same challenges next year, too.)
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I am starting to look into Medicare (JULY).
What's the difference between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage?
Which did you choose and why?
I read that you can't use supplemental insurance when you use a Medicare Advantage plan??
Part A = hospital
Part B = doc visits, tests, etc.
Part D = prescription drugs ? ? ?
From looking at the Medicare site, the Part A premium is $105/month; the Part B is $166/month, and then I have to add a drug coverage - Part D?
$105 + $166 = $271/month, or $3,252/year + drugs (which Medicare is estimating will cost ME $4,200/year. I don't pay anywhere close to that now...)
And then I'd have to add a Medicare Supplement plan on top of all that? Here I was looking forward to Medicare...
My, there's a lot to this. I have a headache and I just started this stuff...
I gotta be missing something, considering how surprised I am at the unexpected high cost?
(Beth is facing these same challenges next year, too.)
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