[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by geofitz13

Thanks for the info, folks. I will definitely be contacting SHINE to get pointed in the right direction. This retirement stuff is going to be complicated!

You can do a search on the site lots of info and opinions, but here are some questions to ask SHINE.
SHINE - Home
SHINE Program Department of Elder Affairs

4040 Esplanade Way, Suite 270 Tallahassee, FL 2399-7000
Toll Free 1-800-96-ELDER 1-800-963-5337
TDD/TTY 1-800-955-8770
Fax 850-414-2150
Email information@elderaffairs.org

Consider the following:
Advantage versus supplement plans
What happens if you go advantage and then want to go back to supplement
Existing health concerns or conditions
Cost per month for health care and drugs.
Villages Health (primary care doctors) only accept advantage plans (2 or 3 options), specialists, hospitals, etc, accept supplemental (maybe advantage) plans
Lots more to consider, send me a PM with phone number if you would like to discuss further.