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JustABozoOnThisBus

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15. Good plan. When husband retires, his H.R. department should create a letter for you ...

Thu Sep 24, 2020, 01:17 PM

Sep 2020

... stating that you were covered under his plan until (ending date). Then, you can get on Medicare Part B and D without paying a penalty for the delay from your 65th birthday. The penalty is permanent, but routinely waived with that standard form letter.

Selecting the Part D company and plan is pretty easy, using the tool available on medicare.gov.

I had agents offer lectures and free dinners to discuss options. The dinners were mostly pretty good. I went with one of the agents who only "sold" plans that were nation-wide, so no problem with relocation or travel within the U.S.

All in all, it was no more of a headache than the annual choice between company-provided health insurance plans when I worked.

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I received a survey from Medicare about my health [View all] question everything Sep 2020 OP

Sadly, that will be considered "normal" in 2020. Hopefully the clouds Hoyt Sep 2020 #1

Right. Like maybe even before November, the DICKtaterTOT wanna be will drop dead from a Illumination Sep 2020 #6

You get 500 surveys from all sorts of medicare providers etc. It's all junk. Throw it away. SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #2

That's what Rebl2 Sep 2020 #4

I think that this is legit. Even got a second one to reminde me question everything Sep 2020 #8

I get them too. I don't answer them. How do you do you know what they do w/ the responses? Do ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2020 #14

Every time I get a piece of junk mail I call them & waste their time! Illumination Sep 2020 #11

Medicare itself sends out a lot of this customerserviceguy Sep 2020 #12

Received that also...They wanted my phone #or #s (which they should have). So I gave them Illumination Sep 2020 #3

All health Rebl2 Sep 2020 #5

It's damn irritating...if you didn't have a mental disorder before, you will now that we pester Illumination Sep 2020 #7

Not this one. No personal sensitive information except of gender, race, range of age, and income question everything Sep 2020 #9

My ex received some when he was with Medicaid. He never filled them out & threw them Illumination Sep 2020 #13

I just turned 64 on Monday Freddie Sep 2020 #10

Good plan. When husband retires, his H.R. department should create a letter for you ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2020 #15