Mountain Mama wrote:
Is it possible to get a printed copy of the Medicare & You book? When there is so much reading & comprehending to do, we prefer an in hand book.
If you are currently eligible for Medicare, you automatically get a hard copy mailed to you every year at enrollment time (unless you signed up for the electronic only version). Then of course, you can always use your printer to convert your digital copy to paper (less than a half ream of paper).
Two yrs before eligibility is certainly not too early to educate oneself. It is not wasted time. It is time to actually specifically track one's annual medical expenditures by category (including all costs paid by current insurance) In order to categorize, one needs to know what the categories are (Parts A, B and D). Without that knowledge it is difficult/impossible to reasonably forecast the upcoming year and without a well considered forecast by category, it is impossible to make an educated selection between the various Supplemental Plans to determine risk/reward/value. Actual Traditional/Original Medicare does not go through upheaval style changes from year to tr but rather tweaking.
Of course one can just wait until forced to make a Medicare coverage decision and then make one based solely on desperation and cost perhaps picking a Part C Medicare Advantage insurance only to find out that there are geographical restrictions amongst other things. Early homework is good.
