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amontro
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My employer's insurance agent is helping me decide if I should go on Medicare instead of the company's med insurance. The agent recommends AARP, but they have a prescription drug "donut hole". After my drug cost exceeds $2800 and up until about $4500, I'm covered. However, I have to pay the $1700 for drugs in between. (Howq stupid is that?)
I'll ask him, too, but my current ins carries a hospital deductible of $2500. I guess, on AARP, if I go to the hospital, which would be less, it would make sense to go for the donut hole to balance it off. If I don't go to the hospital, $1700 comes out of my pocket anyway.
Any comments?
2008 Stg 4 DeNo: lung/spine, mx, rx, herceptin/arimidex til now, reconx 2011; Zometa 2010, side fx oral ulcers wbone exposed (to present); 2019 stop Zometa w/onset of osteo-necrosis (lower left jaw), losing parts of jaw bones til present.
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Apr 5, 2011 04:54PM
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Donut hole is Medicare rule, not just AARP or other insurance. This year there's a 50% on non-generic druge in the donut hole. Are you looking at a Medicare Advantage (replaces Medicare A, B and D) or Medicare Aa nd B plus AARP supplemental insurance plus AARP prescription insurance ? You can get info on Medicare from medicare.gov ...I spent the year between 64 and 65 trying to figure this out.
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Apr 6, 2011 11:28AM
amontro
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I'm looking at AARP for Medicare B and supplemental and D. As I mentioned, my company's insurance agent is helping me with this. He said that the literature the insurance companies send out is difficult to understand even for him, an insurance agent.
2008 Stg 4 DeNo: lung/spine, mx, rx, herceptin/arimidex til now, reconx 2011; Zometa 2010, side fx oral ulcers wbone exposed (to present); 2019 stop Zometa w/onset of osteo-necrosis (lower left jaw), losing parts of jaw bones til present.
Dx
9/2008, Stage IV, Grade 3, mets, HER2-
