No senior can afford to be without Medicare supplemental insurance or a Medicare Advantage plan. I think I pay about $100 a month for United Healthcare Plan F and everything is covered. My knee replacement didn’t cost me a nickel. Marlene’s chemo bills came to more than a million dollars. Medicare payed for about $800,000 of that. United Healthcare covered the rest under the plan F Supplemental. Medicare Advantage plans work well also. But a lot of health care professionals recommend supplemental plan F. You don’t have to buy it from the AARP affiliated United Healthcare. Every insurance company’s plan F is the same, but AARP makes it easy and provides a lot of guidance. They also work hard for senior benefits in a variety of ways. It’s hard to fault them.
> On Dec 29, 2017, at 8:34 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't afford Cadillacs :-) > ann > > On 12/29/2017 5:33 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Nothing wrong with the AARP insurance. It’s United Healthcare, and their >> Plan F is the Cadillac of Medicare Supplemental insurance. >> >> Paul >> >>> On Dec 28, 2017, at 11:26 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I wouldn't for a minute go for the insurance.. I toss all references to >>> such.. >>> the mag has some interesting articles and sometimes nice long lists of >>> different categories of things >>> that I find useful - The only other subscription I have is the Berkeley >>> Wellness Letter (which I just re upped for after not doing it for a few >>> years) AARP doesnt have my email address, happily .. they probably don't >>> even know I have a computer. >>> >>> ann >>> >>>> On 12/28/2017 9:59 PM, John wrote: >>>> My primary medical provider is the VA. I go to the local clinic or to one >>>> of the specialty clinics at the hospital. It's not supposed to cost me >>>> anything. That was the agreement when I enlisted in 1975 and those >>>> benefits were confirmed when I got my 20 year letter in 1995. I stayed in >>>> a dozen more years beyond that, retiring in 2007. >>>> >>>> I don't understand how Medicare works with the VA. My Medicare Part B is >>>> Tri-Care for Life, but they don't give me any kind of card showing I'm >>>> covered. >>>> >>>> I get bills from the VA on a regular basis. They show someone paying them. >>>> If the bill is for more than Medicare pays they eventually deduct it from >>>> my Social Security or from my Retired Pay. >>>> >>>> They're not supposed to. I earned VA care for life, but they apparently >>>> changed the rules while I was in Iraq in 2004 and are applying them to me >>>> retroactively. >>>> >>>> So, I don't need insurance coverage from AARP. Shredding their letters >>>> isn't that much extra work. I was just wondering if there were enough >>>> other benefits to be worth the dues. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 12/28/2017 16:55, ann sanfedele wrote: >>>>> I like the magazine and the occasional newsletter as well.. I have found >>>>> useful information in those pages.. >>>>> >>>>> There may be times when having the card to show would be useful but >>>>> I suppose that depends on where you live. >>>>> >>>>> ann >>>>> >>>>>> On 12/28/2017 2:22 PM, John wrote: >>>>>> Is there any advantage to joining AARP if you don't need their insurance? >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
