Remembering When
Posted by Simon
“You despair when you recall how much you’ve forgotten.”
National Review Columist
The Hasting Drive-in circa 1970 at the corner of Halstead and Rosemead
April 19, 2012 Maxim
Posted by Simon
“Age doesn’t matter, unless you’re a cheese.”
Attributed to:
Billie Burke an American Actress
and others
Medicare for Fun and Profit
Posted by Simon
About six months ago I started getting advertising in the mail about Medicare. By now I’ve received about a hundred. See the picture nearby. According to politicians Medicare is going broke. According to doctors Medicare doesn’t pay enough to reimburse costs.
Follow the Money
But according to where the insurance companies are spending their advertising dollars there is plenty of money to be made in selling medicare supplemental insurance.
Medicare Complexity Day One
Posted by Simon
Complexity thy name is Medicare or diving in donut holes.
Except for joking about the “Medicare Buffet” I have put off thinking about Medicare its costs and its complications for as long as I can. But now I’m within a hundred days of having to sign up and I’m starting to pay attention. The first thing I discovered is that my countdown counter has been wrong about when I become eligible. I am closer to the front of the buffet line than I thought. It is only 87 days until the taxpayers are taking responsibility for paying my medical bills. I’ll see if Nancy H. my brilliant computer dude can change the counter.
Eligibility for Medicare doesn’t start on your sixty-fifth birthday. It starts (I’m not making this up) on the first day of the month in which your birthday falls, unless you were born on the first in which case your eligibility starts on the first day of the prior month. Fortunately there is a calculator on the Medicare.gov website. All you have to do is answer about 10 simple questions and it does the calculation.
Next I’ll explore Medicare parts A, B, C, D and the mysterious donut hole.
Two Digit Midget
Posted by Simon
“If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it is free.”
Today I am officially a Medicare Two Digit Midget. It is now less than 100 days until my 65th birthday and my turn at the medicare buffet. Since I’ll be getting there before most of you rest assured that I will exercise restraint. I will not take the last expensive hip replacement just like I didn’t take the last piece of prime rib at the wedding buffet. Ha!
I first heard the expression “two digit midget” when I was in the army and everybody was counting the days until they got to go home from Vietnam. It is not intended to offend those who are height or digitally challenged.
Here is a link to my post when I became a “three digit midget.”











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