Cavman Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I`m getting medicare the first of the month and don`t understand the part about selecting a plan. Can you help me out? Cavman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otey2171 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Cavman, I'm in the same boat as you. I also start getting medicare next month and have no idea what plan to choose. ROD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 When you speak of plan are you talking about the drug plan? If so my mother-in-law went with the AARP one and it seems to work well for her. She is not on many medications so that may be a factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Pete53 Posted February 5, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted February 5, 2007 I added an HMO Medicare HMO to my Medicare at no extra cost that works pretty good. I think that you can get a current list of what is available to you from Medicare. It cost me 100 bucks for my 19,000 angioplasty. Veterans deserve real choice for their health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder LarryJ Posted February 5, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted February 5, 2007 I went with the AARP thing on the prescription drug deal, but, that's just because they're a bunch of old farts, just like me. I tried reading all the different companie's literature on their different plans, etc. I got tired and just said "Heck, I've belonged to AARP since I was 50 years old, they haven't done a darn thing that I agree with, so I'll just sign up for their plan........!" I know, I know, doesn't make sense, but neither does the whole "drug plan" deal. "It is cold and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food; no one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." Chief Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Philip Rogers Posted February 6, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted February 6, 2007 I`m getting medicare the first of the month and don`t understand the part about selecting a plan. Can you help me out? Cavman What do you mean? Part "A" is free and covers hospital. Part "B" covers other medical expenses(around $85 a month). Both have a co-insurance payment. The drug one is Part "D" (I think) and helps pay for prescriptions. As a vet we get our scripts free or reduced so I see no need for part"D." I have parts A & B and pay about $85 a month. I have one script I pay out of pocket because VA doesn't carry it and I feel it's worth it. I don't use VA except for routine blood work and scripts. Your choice. I feel free care is worth just what you pay for it. jmo pr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rickb54 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I`m getting medicare the first of the month and don`t understand the part about selecting a plan. Can you help me out? Cavman Caveman, I don't know if you are retired military. For those of us that are we have Tricare. In order for me to continue to use Tricare, the law required me to take Medicare Part B. At first I really didn't want to pay for Medicare because to me it was forced on me. In the end I am glad I took it, because it paid for my first power chair when the VA had there head in a dark place. And just last week it paid for my home oxygen therapy. I don't actually pay for tricare for myself, but I do pay for it for my wife. The cost is $57.50 a quarter, of course Medicare part B is about $85.00 a month and goes up every year. Those of us that have tricare have a choice of using Military Hospitals, as well as any civillian hospital. Our medications are free as long as we use the post pharmacy. Of course I can also use the VA so I am lucky that I have two places to seek care, and between the two I can usually get the medications I need without an additional Drug cost. I chose to continue with the "straight" Medicare plan that is I did not select a HMO because my choices remain unlimited. Sorry I am long winded. My point is you do not have to select a plan if you want to be able to go anywere at anytime, other wise with an HMO you are limited and have to play buy the HMO's rules as well as Medicare rules. I guess you choice will depend on what is available in your are and the cost of different plans. Go to http://WWW.Medicare.gov and see what they offer for your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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