Recent content by Buckeye

If you do decide to get hearing aids, be sure to check out Costco. They have salaried, experienced audiologists and the prices of their hearing aids are excellent. Adjustment visits are free. No games.

I have a Microlife BP monitor that is bluetooth capable to send my measurements to the Microlife and it flags if it detects an irregular heartbeat during the measurement. I bought it at Costco for about $45 on sale. There is currently a Homedics BP monitor on Costco dot com for $49.99 with...

I switched to Plan G-HD with United American. My monthly premium (at 65 in Central FL) is $55, $100 less than my AARP/UHC Plan N. Plan N was too much insurance for my age, my health profile, my financial situation, and the availability of high quality VA healthcare to me

Glad your knees are in great shape. I thought I've heard running was harder on the hips. When my husband was in with his surgeon after his hip replacement, he made a joke about taking up running and the surgeon responded about seeing him in a few years to do the second hip. Hopefully, nothing of...

Doesn't Medicare use your Medicare number and not your SSN?

I think I'm going to take a look into this option. Are you in South, Central, or North Florida? I need insurance to pay for the big crashes, not the oil changes and general maintenance. Between my husband and I, we are up to $4,150 a year in supplement premiums (both Plan N's).

Be sure to use GoodRx code at Costco. I get a prescription every once in awhile for us or the cat and I always use GoodRx. The GoodRx price always beats insurance. Just go to the GoodRx website or download the app and put your med into the search box. There is a paid tier but I don't bother with...

Well, you're going to pay either way, whether you're healthy or not or whether you're paying the premium or paying the 20% Medicare co-pay. When I look at the EOB's, even including my husband's hip surgery, the 20% co-pay is a relatively small number compared to the amount of supplement premiums...

I also use this function for songs in the background of shows, especially on Britbox and AcornTV. I've found some interesting international artists.

We have a lot of launches in FL. A lot! Sometimes my neighbor takes time-lapse images of them and posts them to our private neighborhood Facebook group. This one was at 5:12 am a couple of mornings ago. Often we will walk outside a minute or 2 before the launch and watch it with several other...

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Does it still make sense to pay the premiums versus just paying the 20% not covered by Medicare out of pocket? At some point, it might make financial sense to just pay out of pocket.

You might not be eligible but it never hurts to ask. Your level of income doesn't disqualify you from care but will cause you to make nominal co-pays. https://www.va.gov/health-care/eligibility/ https://www.va.gov/health-care/how-to-apply/

I did not deploy and I did not retire from the military and I qualify for VA healthcare. Neither of those two things are required to qualify for VA healthcare. Even if it's just a backup, it might be worth applying and getting a formal acceptance or denial.

At a current age of 57, there is a very high probability he's in the window. Free to apply.