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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. Regular Medicare and what else?
Mon Sep 26, 2022, 10:38 PM
Sep 2022

Because regular Medicare is very limited in what it covers.

Again, I've had my Advantage Plan since the beginning, nearly 10 years now, and it has done me well, including through hospitalization for a heart attack. A huge bill (around $80k) for which I owed under $1,000. My meds and my doctor visit are likewise very inexpensive.

I'm likewise reminded of how people here trash annuities, as if they are all totally and completely bad. Nope. I have two, that my wonderful financial advisor got me into about a decade ago. I am collecting from them now. If I die before I actually use up all I spent on them (which is highly likely) the remainder will go to my beneficiary. Remind me exactly what is wrong with that?

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