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buzzycrumbhunger

(2,228 posts)

1. Absolutely!

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2026, 11:37 PM

10 hrs ago

Pharmacy tech here. Advantage coverage is crap—and can prevent you from switching back to regular Medicare...

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Don't sign up for Medicare Advantage when you turn 65: [View all] applegrove 10 hrs ago OP

Absolutely! buzzycrumbhunger 10 hrs ago #1

I've had an advantafe plan for ten years and didn't know this. How can they prevent me from switching? FadedMullet 10 hrs ago #2

you can switch back to regular Medicare Skittles 10 hrs ago #5

Plan B is allowed to do "medical underwriting," nilram 9 hrs ago #8

You generally have a one-time opportunity to sign up for a Medigap/Supplement plan. Ms. Toad 9 hrs ago #9

It's not that you can "never" go back buzzycrumbhunger 9 hrs ago #11

I think you mean Plan C dflprincess 8 hrs ago #13

When I was about to turn 65, I was inundated with mail ads for Medicare Advantage Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #3

I'm 76, and I still get those ads occasionally. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #15

I agree, but they have made regular Medicare unaffordable for a lot of people Skittles 10 hrs ago #4

Gods, yes! buzzycrumbhunger 9 hrs ago #12

it's all a racket Skittles 8 hrs ago #17

The biggest pisser? buzzycrumbhunger 7 hrs ago #22

oh wow Skittles 5 hrs ago #24

My traditional Medicare is my biggest budget expense by far. GoodRaisin 6 hrs ago #23

yup Skittles 5 hrs ago #25

Bull OhioBack2Blue 4 hrs ago #28

why not just say single payer Skittles 4 hrs ago #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Emile 3 hrs ago #33

That's the worst part imo. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #16

I had a landlord several years ago, who said she had changed her mom's health plan to one of those... C Moon 9 hrs ago #6

Medicare has a trust fund? n/t aggiesal 9 hrs ago #7

Switching Medicare options after you are already on it can be done at the same time of year that other switches summer_in_TX 9 hrs ago #10

If it was designed to destroy Medicare, why would President Clinton sign it into law? MichMan 8 hrs ago #14

LOL Skittles 8 hrs ago #18

Good question Hope22 8 hrs ago #19

Republicons held the house and senate in 1997... OhioBack2Blue 4 hrs ago #31

They just discontinued my medical Sector 001 8 hrs ago #20

? Skittles 5 hrs ago #26

When I called Sector 001 5 hrs ago #27

try online Skittles 4 hrs ago #30

same answer as two years ago - and two years before that - and ... stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #21

Once again, thanking God for my union. Scrivener7 3 hrs ago #32

Same here gab13by13 2 hrs ago #35

My wife is delighted with parts A/B plus supplemental plan G Shrek 3 hrs ago #34

We've had a good experience so far babsbunny 2 hrs ago #36