On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:05:35 -0600, rbowman
wrote:

On 09/24/2019 05:32 AM, Frank wrote:
On 9/23/2019 8:32 PM, Dan Espen wrote:
Dean Hoffman writes:

I need to sign up for Medicare in the next couple months and was
wondering if anyone had words of wisdom to offer.

I went with AARP Medicare Complete.
They had me enroll in Medicare Part B and D.
There is _no_ other premium for supplemental coverage.

I've had it for a few years, everything covered 100% and same doctors.

The plan does have dental but my dentist won't do any form of Medicare.

I take 2 medications, both sent through the mail for free.
On my old employer plan, I paid for them.

So, working well for me.

My former employer pays for a supplemental dental plan. My dentist
would only accept about 70% for checkups and charge me the rest so I
just switched to a dentist that accepts the plan. It is a poor plan in
that I may pay nothing for biannual checkups but it paid nothing for a
broken partial replacement.

I haven't seen many dental plans that let you do anything more than
break even. Start talking crowns and root canals and you'd better bring
your checkbook.

I have had some kind of dental plan from IBM since the 70s and it
never really paid squat. The dentist says I get a discount from the
full rate but when I pressed them about whether I could negotiate the
same price as a cash customer he stuffs that spit sucker back in my
mouth.