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Old 01-01-2019, 09:36 AM
Carla B Carla B is offline
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Unfortunately, at our age the biggest budget item is healthcare. We were once covered by insurance that was secondary to Medicare. Often there would be a balance left that we had to pay. I called the insurance company and asked why they didn't pay the entire 20% remainder after Medicare paid. The answer was that the Medicare-approved amount exceeded their "usual and customary" fee schedule. We dumped that insurance and got a Medigap Plan.