Granny's gone and done it again

[SourRoses]

No Medicare Advantage, just Medicare and AARP. We spent nearly $1,000 out of pocket just in July because of that stupid spider bite and our copay on the Ozempic.

Ouch!

medicare advantage

Yeah, my mom is on Medicare advantage and her insurance is United Healthcare.
She not only doesn't have copays, but every month she gets $220 on a Healthy Foods Benefit card that can be used in most stores. Just their way of motivating people to choose veggies and whatnot.
We swipe it every time we shop so it lowers the grocery bill a bit.
Which is so needed right now, I can barely believe how much we are paying.
My mom was surprised when I came home with a small rather than large bottle of bleach yesterday. I'm like, Okay but it was $8 / gallon, so I chose the $3.79 size. She doesn't believe me because the last time she was handling the shopping bleach was still $1.50. I threatened to drag her along with me next shopping trip, lol.

I remember during Covid when the government was saying to manufacturers, "NO price gouging"... and they were responding in the news, "Well we're going to have to raise the prices later for keeping them the same now." They claimed they were loosing money because the projected earnings were not met (bananas!).
That was followed by the big stuck ships debacle and they shot the prices up and now they're just raising them all the time. It's got nothing to do with the dollar, IMO, it's corporate greed. They're happy that people learned to be scared of running out of necessities during the Great TP Wars and now they think they can get away with whatever.

 

[lovesfarms]

11:00 here so will move on to dream land. Good night all!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

11:00 here so will move on to dream land. Good night all!

Good night!

 

[Nomadicus]

Yeah, my mom is on Medicare advantage and her insurance is United Healthcare.

Yup that is what we have. Finally found out about it after being bled by other agencies.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

So .... how do I get on Medicare Advantage? Y'all have sold me!

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm about to take my meds and see if I can drop off in La La Land. I got a couple of decent naps in before working outside when it cooled down.

So .... how do I get on Medicare Advantage? Y'all have sold me!

Talk to a United Healthcare agent or first your current agent. It shouldn't be a bit different in price or benefits between agents if they offer it.

 

[Nomadicus]

https://www.uhc.com/medicare//lp/me...oduct:2022:8030251&WT.mc_id=8030251&gclsrc=ds

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Talk to a United Healthcare agent or first your current agent. It shouldn't be a bit different in price or benefits between agents if they offer it.

Will do, thanks. Good night, Larry, sleep well.

 

[SourRoses]

I know it's crazy but if I find a worm in my food, it takes me a long time to get over it. You would think I grew up in the city! My mom was butchering a chicken once when a long white worm slithered around. That did it for me for a lonnnggg time

How's that crazy?
There's a little region in our brains responsible for the disgust reaction. It's tied into our senses more directly than our forebrain is. That area developed to keep humans from doing unhealthy stuff, like eating decayed items, parasites, or touching dead bodies. It's particularly concerned with food. It would be illogical for that area to stop functioning after millennia of keeping people alive. And growing up in the country in touch with food sources could actually reinforce it rather than reducing it.

I've looked into this due to being diagnosed with OCD/Germaphobia. Which is the version of disgust and control that's gone a bit too far. Animals help me, but seeing gross human habits make it worse, so I avoid cities and crowds like the plague.

 

[Nomadicus]

Just fill in your zip code and start learning. When the open enrollment period comes in the fall you should be able to make an informed decision if it will work for you.