I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
Sunday, December 20, 2009
No Compass, Donut Hole in Ship, Health Insurance Where Are You?
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I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
I won't bore you with the details of my long phone calls to insurance companies this past week, trying to decide which company to go with. I have no drug coverage right now, just Medicare. Since I have been on Medicare in 2006, I would guess it has paid about $3 worth of coverage. My employed partner's insurance was primary. Now I'm on my own with Medicare.
All the ads you see on TV, in magazines, I called them all. I got on all the web sites (THAT was a nightmare, no elderly or mentally challenged person could possibly absorb the data, let alone NAVIGATE the sites!) and I will just tell you one story.
I asked one rep. about the donut hole. He (or she, I talked to so many) had no idea what I was referring to. Ugh. Then I asked another how should I deal with the Obama reform? They had NO IDEA any health care reform was happening. "I don't pay attention to that sort of thing."
WHAT?? I knew then and there that it was a lost cause. My choice will be by roll of dice. (The one I liked best has only FOUR customer service reps....FOUR!! sigh) I consider myself more on top of politics and health care, drugs and insurance than the average person...so WHAT IS THE AVERAGE PERSON TO DO? sigh
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