David Combs wrote:

Why am I posting this here (of all places)?

1: when I get real sick (someday), I might well be in
final bed at home, and sorely needing some repairs.
Maybe even "alternate" type repairs!

2: You guys here are clearly *really* smart (I've been
reading the group for YEARS -- heck, after just
an hour of so it is already pretty obvious).

3: From the amount of time and effort put into your
answers to questions, many, very many of you must
be retired. Thus over 65. Thus dealing with medicare.

4: Where else can I post this and be able to trust the
reply, that it's not from some salesman trolling
the medical newsgroups, and pretending to be unbiased?


OK -- here goes. Last year I hit 65, and am on medicare.

(I'm also in a hole right now -- a DONUT hole! These
company-owned politicians must get a real high out
of dreaming up these ways to screw us, huh?)

Anyway, that's all I have -- the basic part a or b or
whatever it is Medicare.

My question: is that enough?

This country has gone so far towards "nuthin for da people,
everything for da rich and da corporate" that if I do end
up sick, in hospital, I'll get a real awakening from my
belief that medicare will takes care of us.


On person said I should look into AARP for what they have;
several others said that they're insanely expensive
for what you get.


I suppose that just like with home insurance, you file a
big claim (wolf blew the house down, or whatever) and
you find out that small print says "no, that's not covered".

And likewise some companies are ~ok, and most horrible.

So, how about a thread on this. I bet that 50% of
us on alt.home.repair will be EXTREMELY interested
in the information shared in the thread.

Anyway, thanks so much!


David





Go to medicare.gov, click on "Compare Health Plans and Medigap Policies
in Your Area". Plunk in
your zip code and they will furnish all you could possibly want in the
way of confusing nonsense.
I used to work in employee benefits, explained complexities of health
ins. and pension plans to all
who came, but haven't a clue what my plan covers. I just grabbed AARP's
most expensive; can't
go wrong, can I? Got an idea for a new TV reality show - round up a
bunch of over-65's, grill them
on details of M'care and supplement ins. coverage ..... whoever
understands wtf it means wins the
big prize (free healthcare for life?) If I come down with a terminal
illness, I'm not going to a freaking
hospital, I'm going on a cruise.

I know someone who just had dental implants, three teeth, for $15K.
Freaking dentist can send
his kid to Harvard on one patient's payment. Hospital bill for birth of
my first baby was $300; the
owner of the hospital (I worked there) would give pay advances when
employees came up short.
Those were the days- inflation was so bad that a gallon of milk got four
price increases sitting
in the cooler at the store. My parents were getting 13% on their cd's.
Now the gummint wants
to pay yer mortgage when ya' overindulge?