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pnwmom

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46. It wouldn't matter to me because the bottom line was $174. Maybe Medicare Advantage

Sun Oct 29, 2023, 12:37 AM

Oct 2023

could beat that, but I wouldn't care. I don't want an insurer interfering in treatment decisions. That doesn't happen with Medicare supplements/Medigap. They pay for whatever treatment a doctor and patient decide on. With Advantage policies, your doctor has to get your treatment plan approved, and hope they don't deny it.

My relative has a very unusual cancer, and it's hard enough for doctors at UW to decide on the best course of treatment, without having an insurer sticking its greedy nose in, looking for ways to keep its profits up.

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You're right. I am paying about 800 dollars a month for 2 with part D, but no dental. JohnSJ Oct 2023 #3

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My husband's as well. phylny Oct 2023 #11

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DAYUM! dpibel Oct 2023 #26

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i lived too fucking long orleans Oct 2023 #21

Medigap policies are worth the expense, if you can at all afford it. pnwmom Oct 2023 #23

wow -- which ins. company -- sounds like a good one nt orleans Oct 2023 #24

Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. It's a Boeing policy and that's where Boeing pnwmom Oct 2023 #27

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But what would it be with M. Advantage? dpibel Oct 2023 #28

It wouldn't matter to me because the bottom line was $174. Maybe Medicare Advantage pnwmom Oct 2023 #46

I asked my Agent when one should get original MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #31

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