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tblue37

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2. It is! I had to have a lawyer friend help me figure it out, because he is used to

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 01:49 PM

Feb 2020

reading bureaucratese. And I was retiring from over 40 years of teaching college English, so I would have been able to understand the mess if it had been written in readable English.

Oh, and even my lawyer friend took hours to figure it out. (One problem, though not the only one, is the proliferation of obscure initialisms.)

I suspect that making it so difficult is at least partly on purpose, to prevent many people from accessing benefits.

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After months of studying the different plans I finally signed up for Medicare supplement and Part D. [View all] redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 OP

That's what i have, and glad i had help deciding Rorey Feb 2020 #1

Thank you so much! redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #5

It is! I had to have a lawyer friend help me figure it out, because he is used to tblue37 Feb 2020 #2

Yes, your last statement I agree with. There is NO reason otherwise to make this so GD CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #4

well, remember .. even with Medicare we had to cut the private insurers stopdiggin Feb 2020 #8

Isn't it? I'm smart and computer savvy but what do people do who aren't? CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #3

I felt like a mental midget. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #6

I felt the same. lynintenn Feb 2020 #7

It was unbelievably complicated Lulu KC Feb 2020 #9

What does it say Ohiogal Feb 2020 #10

For Meds that are not covered (or even those that are), try GoodRx.com JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #11

I had pretty much what you have lillypaddle Feb 2020 #12

Yes I hope I made the right choice. redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #13

What is also nice is that every year you get a chance to change PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #14