Moving from non-Medicare health care insurance to Medicare?

[Rianne]

All that said, here's my question....and I know it varies from person to person, provider to provider *BUT* generally speaking,
what were the biggest changes you noted when you started receiving Medicare coverage, compared to when you had other, non-Medicare coverage?

Thank you in advance for any commentary on this topic.

This is a good question. DH employed in megacorp 10 years ago. He was in the megacorp world for 25 years. We had gold standard health insurance, equivalent to Medicare IMO (but Medicare is better). Granted the health care deductions were not taxed, but with the $50/per Dr visit, the deductibles for surgeries and other treatments (blood work, tests etc.), prescriptions we paid an average of $700/month taking the years worth of healthcare expenses. I had to examine all the explanation of benefits, make sure the coding was correct. Sometimes they coded treatment incorrectly. I think back...great healthcare insurance from a big company is expensive. We're paying on original Medicare + part G (part B is going up to $185 in 2025) $612.63 for both of us. All our meds are generic and very cheap. Just saying, Medicare is a deal for as long as we have it. Granted the deductible will be $257 in 2025.