Crippling insurance costs
Just got a quote back for supplementary travel insurance to stay at our little place in Texas for 4 months. Cannot afford to take it out but the consequences could be grave if we do not. Damned if we ...
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John&Joey wrote:
Just curious, what is so special about age "71"? Also is there other key ages you need to worry about when it comes to health insurance.
At age 71 the scale for premiums takes a drastic jump and continues to climb every year after. My wife turned 71 last November and her premium went from $6.75 per day to $9.36 per day and would go to $13.96 at age 76. Because of a pre-existing condition, my rate is 13.16 per day. For us to go to Texas for 180 days would cost $4053.50 cdn.
Only hope is a lottery win.
