Re: IBM $3,000 Heath Care subsidy terminated effective 1/1/2023
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Question:? With all of these companies fighting to sign us up, just how much do they receive from the federal government for eacg Medicare person they sign up, I guess it is also based on zip code. Thanks Joe Rothengast retired in 2011 Started in SBC'68 (NYC) IBM Time-Life Lab (NYC) VM Common System (Kingston) CAC Architect (Kingston) Network Lab Manager (Kingston) Usability (RTP) Router Dev. and Support (RTP) Lenovo (FPT Support)
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 12:25:11 PM EDT, Rich Beaudry <richpbg@...> wrote:
Thank you.? There are those who started years back with Medicare Advantage, were not happy with the coverage but were able to change to a Medigap plan when IBM started up with Via Benefits.? Now IBM is dropping us again (so much for guaranteed retirement medical coverage), this time pushing us to Medicare Advantage.? If we take the MA option due to apparently "favorable"?coverage/cost, we will probably not have a new one time "trial period" even if the MA plan should change to be unsatisfactory.? This "double coverage" option might be worthwhile for those who can afford to maintain the cost of both plans (could be $1500 or more for the year). Our Plan F has been very worthwhile, but the MA options as now defined would be financially helpful.?? Here's what Medicare has to say about concurrent Medigap and Advantage plans: |
JoeRoth