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Aging Successfully ~ Aug. 14
bellemere:
I think it all boils down to health , wealth and friends, doesn't it?
I am also a Massachusetts resident. We are hopelessly progressive, with universal health care that has , as a benefit,m a plan for those withoy employer gased insurance and not yet eligible for Medicare As a supplement to Medicare, we have one ofr those probleatic Medicare Advantage plans, acutlly private insurance. Today we got a notice that our monthly premium has been LOWERED from 108 a month to 86! nI(t's l9ike ngetting a raise.
I worked full time until age 66; then part time until 71. I favor raising the age of eligibility by one year as a means of trying to save Medicare for the future, what do you all think? And what about a pro-rated "means" test for Medicare for those with high incomes?
Besides insurance, I have a reat primary care doctor, and my local Y, part of the membership paid by Medicare Advantage. My only proble , and it
s a doozy, is macular degeneration, requiring constant adaptations in daily living - only driving during daytime, velcro dots all over my appliances, and more reliance on a willing husband. If I am alone some day, i't independent living for me. Anyone doing that now?
ANNIE:
Have you ever wondered who else is paying for that Advantage policy?I think its those who stuck with original Medicare and a supplement. Our bill for the supplement is $700 a month and yours is only $86? Hmmmm, see what I mean??
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