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Old 09-23-2024, 06:47 PM
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Supplemental costs vary by age, sex, smoking history, the company, where you live, the plan (F, G, N, etc.), and whether you switched to an Advantage Plan and then switched back in less than a year. Prescription drug plans vary and can be as low as $0 per month. The numbers you presented are ballpark.


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Originally Posted by Rainger99 View Post
I watched the video. Are his numbers correct? He says medigap is about $175 a month plus about $25 a month for prescriptions or about $2400 a year. Add the $240 deductible and the most you would pay would be $2640. But that doesn’t include dental or vision.

It seems that the most you pay with Medicare supplement would be about $2700 a year. But you pay that every year-whether you go to your primary care doctor once a year or if you have open heart surgery and chemotherapy the same year.

At this point I am paying less than $500 a year. I assume that will go up as I get older. But until then I am saving about $2000 a year.

Last edited by biker1; 09-23-2024 at 07:15 PM.