Republican bastards that won't budge on the healthcare budget.
This is absolutely tragic raising the fees in order to give tax breaks to billionaires and wasting money on ICE.

God help us.

Imagine next fall. Who knows?

is it a private plan in addition to Medicare? or a Medigap plan? what exactly is going up

I'm in Canada.

it doesn't make a lot of sense to a lot of us Yanks either

Some people don’t have traditional Medicare, instead they have “Medicare advantage” plans, which are private plans they pay a fee for.

But once you are on an advantage care plan, you can’t yo back to regular Medicare.

but if you want a Medigap plan it will cost you out the ass (not that they are cheap for anyone) and they CAN be denied

but I think that's coming right up. Regular Medicare is parts A and B. I would recommend getting part D if one has chronic conditions (here, Sheriff). I am fortunate in that the employer I retired from opted to go to an HRA program. Keeping an active Part D with a particular company is a condition of keeping it, but that works well for me - I just got the notice from them that next year's premium will go down a little If Part D is not an option, a DUer recently posted an article about a service that Mark Cuban is involved with,, so that may be an option.

Please don't tell them I said so, but in my opinion all Medicare Advantage plans are scams. The only one who gets an advantage with them is the insurer.

I don't blame people for using them - especially people of modest means, a lot of money is spent enticing them - but the entire goal of MA is to eventually get rid of Medicare and turn it all over to the insurance wolves. Only then will people see what those "freebies" really cost.

I FAWKING HATE THEM ALL. and not sorry. I hope they do infiltrate this site. I hope they see what I’ve written and said. I FAWKING HATE, DESPISE, and DETEST THEM ALL. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

My copay insurance is going to be raised 50%. It was high before but now will be ridiculous.

But, I’m confused.
She states that she’s a senior and low-income and medicaid . Am I wrong to assume that she is receiving Medicaid?
I don’t know her situation , but something doesn’t add up for me , $1000/monthly Increase to her Medicaid plan.?
And why would she cancel her health insurance when she has many serious health issues?

I am not criticizing this woman, I’m sorry for the difficulties she faces. It must be stressful.

I hope that a relative can sort this out for her and explain that she is risking her life if she discontinues medical insurance and medical care.

If the facts are accurate , I wish we had more details.

Thanks for reading my post.

That is probably a combination of premiums, Part D deductibles and copays. If some of her meds changed tier, her cost could go from zero dollars to maybe 50% of the cost (which for specialty drugs could be thousands). Her deductibles could have gone up from possibly zero to some astronomical number. Its also possible that instead of having zero copay for doctor visits, that has gone up, as well as referrals to specialists.

My wife and I are both in our late 70's, and I have just gone through this. In my wife's very specific case, Part D deductible went from zero, to $615. That's along with the monthly premium going up $25 a month. She only has 4 prescriptions, and all of those are generics, so it will take us about 6 months to cover the deductible. Along with that, my wife's supplemental insurance rates went up $50 a month, and for the last 4 years, the only claims have been for quarterly doctor visits; no specialists, no hospitals, no expensive testing.

My wife and I are lucky, we're both pretty healthy, but we both feel the need to be insured because we don't know when one of us will need it. Most recently, we've spent more money on keeping our dogs healthy, than we have on ourselves.

I found the post to be confusing. Yes, I can better understand if one factors in her deductible, copays, monthly premium and meds.

I don’t doubt that the costs are going up. But this is crazy.

I’m glad that both you and your wife are able to stay healthy! It’s important to take care of our little fur-babies, too!

Many thanks!

the lady is implying that her out of pocket expenses (a.k.a co-pay and/or deductible) is going to go up by over a $1000 more per month. In other words, if she only has to currently pay $400 a month for all her care, medications, etc., next year her payment is going to get jacked up to $1400 (or more) per month. If her income from ss and other sources is only $1500-2000 or so a month, a $1000 or more increase is going to be devastating.

seeing as she is a person who most certainly routinely uses up deductibles, when they are raised that can be quite costly

what a fucking SCAM American health insurance is, it is just plain WRONG......not to mention how constant worry about medical bills affects someone's health and recovery

ALWAYS 'cruelty and evil", so I am confused..... there has BEEN no great change here