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Thanks so much for all the research and effort you put into this. However, my question was: Why can't a person buy a separate Part D plan if he or she has an Advantage HMO (or PPO) plan that does not have drug coverage?
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The Medicare web site says a person cannot legally have a Medicare Advantage plan that includes drug coverage at the same time as having a Part D plan. It also says that if you have an Advantage HMO plan with drug coverage, you can reject that covera...
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We are on the same page. Is the spousal benefit more than my own benefit? No, but my intention is to switch from spousal to my increased benefits at age 70. Having a spousal benefit (plus my wife's Social Security, which she'll claim at FRA) will giv...
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Ever feel as if we're talking past each other? I believe we agree on just about everything, but our posts don't seem to get that across. Based on what you've written – and on what I believed to be the case when I posted my original question (“Do both...
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For some reason, there is no "reply" link to @GailL1's post, so I'm doing it this way.Here is what I believe is the heart of the matter, and I am going to use part of what you, @GailL1, included in your post and add in my comments in brackets [ ] and...
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Thanks so much for all the research and effort you put into this. However, my question was: Why can't a person buy a separate Part D plan if he or she has an Advantage HMO (or PPO) plan that does not have drug coverage?
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The Medicare web site says a person cannot legally have a Medicare Advantage plan that includes drug coverage at the same time as having a Part D plan. It also says that if you have an Advantage HMO plan with drug coverage, you can reject that covera...
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We are on the same page. Is the spousal benefit more than my own benefit? No, but my intention is to switch from spousal to my increased benefits at age 70. Having a spousal benefit (plus my wife's Social Security, which she'll claim at FRA) will giv...
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Ever feel as if we're talking past each other? I believe we agree on just about everything, but our posts don't seem to get that across. Based on what you've written – and on what I believed to be the case when I posted my original question (“Do both...
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For some reason, there is no "reply" link to @GailL1's post, so I'm doing it this way.Here is what I believe is the heart of the matter, and I am going to use part of what you, @GailL1, included in your post and add in my comments in brackets [ ] and...
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Thanks so much for all the research and effort you put into this. However, my question was: Why can't a person buy a separate Part D plan if he or she has an Advantage HMO (or PPO) plan that does not have drug coverage?
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1196
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The Medicare web site says a person cannot legally have a Medicare Advantage plan that includes drug coverage at the same time as having a Part D plan. It also says that if you have an Advantage HMO plan with drug coverage, you can reject that covera...
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1338
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We are on the same page. Is the spousal benefit more than my own benefit? No, but my intention is to switch from spousal to my increased benefits at age 70. Having a spousal benefit (plus my wife's Social Security, which she'll claim at FRA) will giv...
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0
Kudos
4362
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Ever feel as if we're talking past each other? I believe we agree on just about everything, but our posts don't seem to get that across. Based on what you've written – and on what I believed to be the case when I posted my original question (“Do both...
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4466
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For some reason, there is no "reply" link to @GailL1's post, so I'm doing it this way.Here is what I believe is the heart of the matter, and I am going to use part of what you, @GailL1, included in your post and add in my comments in brackets [ ] and...
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