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Casady1

(2,133 posts)
43. I have done all the work
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 04:48 PM
Apr 2022

All supplemental plans are the same. They are government mandated. AARP pushed United and Blue cross is the most expensive. The least expensive is Mutual of Omaha and they give you a 12% discount for being married. You have to choose a a separate RX plan and the medicare site will guide you to the one for you. Dental is separate as is optical. AARP dental is decent and it is $75 per month andt it is the only plan that covers implants (it is delta dental).

Your cost will be as follows

Medicare- $170 to more(means tested) and it goes by your last year's earnings.
Mutual of Omaha is $112 per month
Dental is $75
RX is about $20.

You are immediately accepted into medicare. If you go to Advantage and you get sick and want to go back to original medicare the insurance companies now have the right to underwrite you( you are screwed)

Last year my wife had 3 operations and one included a 25 day stay in the hospital. Her bills were $800,000.

I paid $205 total with the supplemental and I did not have to fight the insurance companies one time.
Private insurance companies are in the business of making money Deminpenn Apr 2022 #1
Stick with Medicare....there is no private plan that is cheaper and better... ashredux Apr 2022 #2
These are Medicare supplement plans unless I'm reading this wrong Bengus81 Apr 2022 #31
I read it as Medicare Advantage, it was a way the Right tried to "Privatize" Medicare ashredux Apr 2022 #33
Medicare Advantage is entirely different from Medicare Supplement aka Medigap plans progree Apr 2022 #34
the good part of Medigap plans.... Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #52
Car insurance ads pull this shit and it drives me crazy aocommunalpunch Apr 2022 #3
I understand what you are saying, however, Progressive has been very good to us. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2022 #7
I have AAA membership plus their auto insurance policy FakeNoose Apr 2022 #25
I can't stand Joe Namath and the Dyn-O-Myte guy gab13by13 Apr 2022 #4
I think Joe Namath has had more tv exposure time in the ads than as a football star. keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #23
and they never call it "Medicare Advantage" RussBLib Apr 2022 #30
The premiums are low? Bengus81 Apr 2022 #32
Are you speaking of Medicare supplements or Advantage? DuaneT Apr 2022 #39
What are the lifetime penalties in some plans you speak of? DuaneT Apr 2022 #41
Medicare Advantage Plans suck "literally" PdamnedQ Apr 2022 #5
Good to know. Delphinus Apr 2022 #8
Check out Medi-Gap, it's better than MA. gab13by13 Apr 2022 #12
I had friends that had the Med Advantage and it cost them their INdemo Apr 2022 #16
Was there a seminar Delphinus Apr 2022 #27
My Brother had a supplement policy and told me about the plans INdemo Apr 2022 #35
I have done all the work Casady1 Apr 2022 #40
Bless you! Delphinus Apr 2022 #46
and not once Casady1 Apr 2022 #47
It was Clinton that originally got the ball rolling on Medicare Advantage and Bush with the Medicare DuaneT Apr 2022 #42
you get it Skittles Apr 2022 #51
Like a mass of tangled fishing line and they are telling us how to cast. twodogsbarking Apr 2022 #6
Fought with insurance companies for years. The Jungle 1 Apr 2022 #9
Same here! Fritz Walter Apr 2022 #20
Before I got on Medicare my premiums were about $400 leftyladyfrommo Apr 2022 #28
Never get a Medicare Advantage plan if you travel frequently. kellytore Apr 2022 #10
One of the main reasons I never got an Advantage plan Ohioboy Apr 2022 #14
No kidding! Usually when you are travelling it's an emergency. You don't have time Emile Apr 2022 #38
A doctor or hospital does not have to be in network if it is a bonifide emergency. DuaneT Apr 2022 #44
Okay. . . Emile Apr 2022 #45
While true Sgent Apr 2022 #59
Of course they were. It's a private, for profit industry. paleotn Apr 2022 #11
I like how certain supplemental plans are designed to make you pay more than if you paid yourself Ohioboy Apr 2022 #13
Original Medicare needs to add vision and dental coverage and also get rid of the Advantage plans. Lonestarblue Apr 2022 #15
Exactly! Wuddles440 Apr 2022 #18
MediGap is the way to go. Raven123 Apr 2022 #17
My experience has been that Medigap is great but a leftyladyfrommo Apr 2022 #29
yes, it costs more to get actual care Skittles Apr 2022 #50
I get actual care. I have never been refused anything. leftyladyfrommo Apr 2022 #53
read the original article Skittles Apr 2022 #55
My husband and I have Plan F. murielm99 Apr 2022 #56
I Am Now Experiencing This First Hand. panfluteman Apr 2022 #19
I have done all the work Casady1 Apr 2022 #43
Got a friend struggling with this now. His local doctor is on the plan, but Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #21
Wow a 100 mile roundtrip just to do a blood test. My doctor is a vampire Emile Apr 2022 #58
Kick dalton99a Apr 2022 #22
After reading up on it, MA is more of a HMO and it was less risky to pay the Part B for better cover keithbvadu2 Apr 2022 #24
"Medicare Advantage" is converting seniors from their gov't Medicare coverage into a private plan FakeNoose Apr 2022 #26
I agree moose65 Apr 2022 #54
+1. Emile Apr 2022 #57
I have been rather lucky then with my Humana plan as they so far have yet to deny anything. cstanleytech Apr 2022 #36
I tried to warn so many about this. Only two people I know out of dozens believed me. nt Samrob Apr 2022 #37
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2022 #48
NO SHIT Skittles Apr 2022 #49
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