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FIRST TRY IS A VICTORY!<\/span><\/h2>\nI have had a major victory this last month, and I thought this would be a great platform for you all to hear\/read about it.<\/p>\n
I have successfully used my new insurance status on Medicare!<\/p>\n
Yup, got the red, white, and blue card and everything. It was no small feat. If you are on Medicare, you know what I am talking about.\u00a0Do you do the Advantage pipeline or the supplement? <\/em>If you do the supplement, which insurance do you take? Oh, and get this, Medicare isn\u2019t free.<\/p>\nNope.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026a big chunk\u2026.<\/h2>\n
There is a big chunk of that bad boy you have to pay for. Do you want a high deductible? How about a pharmacy plan, you need one of those. Dental? I have dental through another plan. What about vision?<\/p>\n
The thing about this whole circus dance is you need something.<\/em> You need several things. If you do it right, and so far, so good-I have, you might save money from whatever you had before. So far, I filled one script.<\/p>\nOne.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t have to get my wallet out with the five cards of health coverage proof. Right behind my auto insurance card and my son\u2019s business card with the handwritten words \u2018In case of emergency\u201d\u00a0<\/em>written on it. You know, in case someone finds me floating in the canal-again. Don\u2019t ask.<\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I haven\u2019t tested\u2026.<\/span><\/h3>\nI haven\u2019t tested the waters with doctor visits yet except for my chiropractor. I\u2019m still in the deductible thing so it\u2019s easy for a while. I pay for everything. There. That\u2019s easy.<\/p>\n
The other thing about this time, this season, is it does remind me, pretty vividly, I am getting older. When I was a kid-teenager, I used my body like it was free. Sports, running, biking, if it wasn\u2019t tied down or drugged, I would try it. Then, I approached the age of forty-two and, coincidently enough, the same year as the second millennial and everyone thought the world would melt down. I thought \u2018gee, what a coincidence, my body feels like its, well, melting down.\u2019 My hands look like they\u2019re melting<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My memory\u2026.<\/h3>\n
Fast forward twenty-three years and it is-sore. My memory is not as sharp. I walk into the kitchen and realize I have no idea why I am there. It takes me three strides from a sitting position to stand up straight. Of course, I did that when I was twenty-one as well. But now its significantly more married to my age. I have trouble turning my head to the left. Of course, that could be from flying my bike into the canal at about twenty miles an hour and landing on my shoulder. I heard in grind on the submerged bricks. Hence the need for my son\u2019s business card in my wallet. \u201cHey, we found your dad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nope.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2026a big chunk\u2026.<\/h2>\n
There is a big chunk of that bad boy you have to pay for. Do you want a high deductible? How about a pharmacy plan, you need one of those. Dental? I have dental through another plan. What about vision?<\/p>\n
The thing about this whole circus dance is you need something.<\/em> You need several things. If you do it right, and so far, so good-I have, you might save money from whatever you had before. So far, I filled one script.<\/p>\n One.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t have to get my wallet out with the five cards of health coverage proof. Right behind my auto insurance card and my son\u2019s business card with the handwritten words \u2018In case of emergency\u201d\u00a0<\/em>written on it. You know, in case someone finds me floating in the canal-again. Don\u2019t ask.<\/p>\n I haven\u2019t tested the waters with doctor visits yet except for my chiropractor. I\u2019m still in the deductible thing so it\u2019s easy for a while. I pay for everything. There. That\u2019s easy.<\/p>\n The other thing about this time, this season, is it does remind me, pretty vividly, I am getting older. When I was a kid-teenager, I used my body like it was free. Sports, running, biking, if it wasn\u2019t tied down or drugged, I would try it. Then, I approached the age of forty-two and, coincidently enough, the same year as the second millennial and everyone thought the world would melt down. I thought \u2018gee, what a coincidence, my body feels like its, well, melting down.\u2019 My hands look like they\u2019re melting<\/em>.<\/p>\n Fast forward twenty-three years and it is-sore. My memory is not as sharp. I walk into the kitchen and realize I have no idea why I am there. It takes me three strides from a sitting position to stand up straight. Of course, I did that when I was twenty-one as well. But now its significantly more married to my age. I have trouble turning my head to the left. Of course, that could be from flying my bike into the canal at about twenty miles an hour and landing on my shoulder. I heard in grind on the submerged bricks. Hence the need for my son\u2019s business card in my wallet. \u201cHey, we found your dad.\u201d<\/p>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I haven\u2019t tested\u2026.<\/span><\/h3>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My memory\u2026.<\/h3>\n