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I’m fortunate that I don’t yet have to use Medicare this very week though sooner or later I will have to. But all the things they are telling me sound nuts.
I admit that because I had a government job, I’ve enjoyed a very liberal coverage through that plan. And I know that Medicare is preferable to having nothing, and that a lot of people are much worse off.
But when the Medicare agents tell me that the very first time I want to see a physician I have to pay my full deductible for the calendar year, that sounds completely crazy..
Now I’ve just passed the six-five, so I had no choice about making Medicare my primary. But I have had older family members using the service, and none of them ever told me about paying a yearly deductible in one visit. One person did tell me that a few years the system got really jacked up, though.
I admit that because I had a government job, I’ve enjoyed a very liberal coverage through that plan. And I know that Medicare is preferable to having nothing, and that a lot of people are much worse off.
But when the Medicare agents tell me that the very first time I want to see a physician I have to pay my full deductible for the calendar year, that sounds completely crazy..
Now I’ve just passed the six-five, so I had no choice about making Medicare my primary. But I have had older family members using the service, and none of them ever told me about paying a yearly deductible in one visit. One person did tell me that a few years the system got really jacked up, though.