Medicare

…this morning: - He comes off the Brennecke & Voss plan on January 31. - He goes onto mine, Kettlestone, as my spouse, from February 1. I filled in the form today. They need a letter from his firm giving the last day of his coverage. ASK HIM TO ASK THEM. - He stays on mine until his Medicare starts at 65 (May 2018).…

…gh the district benefits office and the state retirement system, and I have a folder for each. 1. Pension (Wisconsin Retirement System): application filed in March. I chose the option that keeps paying Ray if I go first; the amount is on the annuity statement. First payment July 1, by direct deposit to the credit un…

ENDED. Ray came off April 30, 2018, and I did March 31, 2020, when our Medicare started. Not valid for anything now.

Effective 05-01-2018. Plan F is closed to new people; Ray keeps it because he was eligible before 2020. $214.75 a month in 2026. No deductible at all on his.

$31.20 a month in 2026, taken out of his Social Security.

1. Parts A and B: the card came in March. 2. Supplement: Aldergate Health Plan, Plan F. No deductible at all on his. 3. Drug plan: Corliss Rx. 4. He came off my Kettlestone plan on April 30. My own turn comes April 1, 2020.

…are examination. A1c 7.3. BP 136/84. Weight 212. EKG normal. She did not change the metformin. Labs again in January.

…7.3, BP 136/84, weight 212. EKG normal. She wants him back in January with labs.

Effective 04-01-2020. $196.40 a month in 2026, billed quarterly with Ray's. Pays what Medicare leaves, after I pay the Part B deductible myself.

$31.20 a month in 2026, taken out of my Social Security. Heron Lane Pharmacy is in network.

1. Parts A and B: the card came in February. It is in the bedroom safe and I carry a photocopy. 2. Supplement: Aldergate, Plan G. Plan F, which Ray has, is closed to anyone who became eligible this year or after. I pay the Part B deductible myself once a year and he does not. 3. Drug plan: Corliss Rx, the same as Ray'…

…top. I put on a dress. R. put on a tie, saw me looking, and said, "It's Easter." Bill Thronson died on Tuesday, R.'s first boss. There will be no funeral, because there can be none; the family will "gather when it is possible." R. read the notice twice and went and stood in the garage. He would have been asked to ca…

…in, with the blood drawn at Sawbill Clinic. TSH 1.9, LDL 98. Dr. Raghavan will do the Welcome to Medicare exam in person when she can.

Moderate to severe loss in the high pitches, both ears, worse on the left. Hearing aids, both ears. He said yes. The pair she recommends, with the charger and three years of visits, is $4,890.00. Medicare pays nothing and neither does the supplement. Fitting: Thursday, March 16, 1:00.

In the parking lot he stopped with his hand on the truck door and said, "What is that?" It was the turn signal of the car beside us. At home it was the refrigerator, the furnace, the dog's toenails, and his own footsteps on the stairs, which he says are louder than he would have designed. This morning he was standing…

Fitted by Kelsey Vanderhoef. Two serial numbers, left and right. Medicare and the supplement paid nothing. Kelsey says a like pair would be about $5,200 today.

…the left, in my glasses. She says it is time. - Which first? The right; it is worse. March 12. The left on April 9. - What goes in? The plain kind Medicare pays for, and glasses still for my astigmatism; or a "toric" lens that corrects it, $1,150.00 an eye out of my own pocket. I said yes to the toric. - Driving? So…

…h glasses, and glare at night that has stopped me driving after dark. Right eye first. The toric lenses for astigmatism are $1,150 an eye out of pocket; Medicare pays for the plain kind only.

My share; Medicare pays for the plain lens only. Paid April 2, 2024. · Arbor Bluff Eye Center - toric lens, right eye

Both of us for three months, (196.40 + 214.75) x 3. Paid December 22, 2025. · Aldergate Health Plan - Medicare supplements, January to March

Paid September 22, 2026. · Aldergate Health Plan - Medicare supplements, October to December