@fffred wrote:
. . . . After this situation with Medicare and the Advantage carrier, and the train wreck we encountered only 2 weeks ago with my wife's ACA insurance as provided by FloridaBlue, we have "had it". (well, not only with these two situations but a number of others.)
My wife has Canadian citizenship, as well as US, and we have idly considered moving to Canada now that we are retired. Having gotten reamed by the US health care system for both 2019 and 2020 the sting only makes it seem even less burdensome to move to Canada. Canada's public system is not perfect, by any means, as I have seen myself. But at least there is clarity and one knows where you stand.
(by the way, it was my doctors' group who elected to no longer accept the Advantage plan. I have been going there for 10 years and have continued to do so since retiring 2 years ago.)
Yes, you (and wife) seems to have had some health care coverage snaffus this year. Gets tiring, I know -
If you do decide to relocate to our northern neighboring country, make sure that you check the coverage offered by the province or territory for specific groups or services - some of these supplemental coverages are better than others. The country of Canada offers no prescription drug coverage, nor are certain providers covered at the National level - some provinces make up for these lackings. Also check the adequacy of the medical infrastructure in the area you are considering - again, some are better than others.
I will assume that the providers that you want to stay with here accept Traditional Medicare and if so, there will be room for you as an existing patient with them. Some of the folks I know around here that are NEW to Medicare and want the traditional program are having a hard time finding a Medicare primary care physician that is accepting new patients.
Good Luck - BTW, did that ACA tax credit thing get worked out on your wife's plan? Did the agent just forget to enroll her via the Marketplace?
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