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Bluesaph

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26. I'm finding that out too with my mom.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #23)

Mon Oct 10, 2022, 02:25 AM

Oct 2022

She cancelled her advantage plan because she web to to Costa rica pre pandemic and got stuck there. Now she owes 20% of her hospital bills for breaking five ribs. She came back for a visit and bam. Got hurt.

It is stranger to me that this who,e time they’ve been taking $170 out of her $590 social se unity check for Medicare part B. Might as well have MA then. Or am I missing something?

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In person, it would've been obvious I already knew that answer. LOL Beartracks Oct 2022 #17

Yup... Mr. Evil Oct 2022 #19

And of course private doctors never cheat the system. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #15

Don't have to be a doctor Traildogbob Oct 2022 #18

Almost all hospitals are for profit anymore. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #23

I'm finding that out too with my mom. Bluesaph Oct 2022 #26

Stories like yours are exactly why I don't understand the hate for Advantage plans. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #30

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