Social Security & Medicare

trixie2

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2. If Medicare doesn't include dental what does it matter? I understand your plight though.

Mon Sep 25, 2017, 10:45 PM

Sep 2017

I am having a very, very hard time with insurance right now. I am on the ACA and my premiums have gone up and up and up. Every time they raised it they reset the clock on my co-pays and yearly deductible. Right now my prescription are $35 each. My premium is 5x what it was. I have to find something cheaper or not have insurance October 1. What I don't like is that there is no dental coverage for adults right now. On healthcare.gov they say you can get Delta but what they don't say is that it only covers children. I continued my dental coverage with Cobra and it was very affordable. It did not interfere with the ACA.

I agree with others to talk to anyone at Medicare. I don't understand why you both can't get dental. Dental care is just as important as medical care. An infection in your mouth can ride throughout your body. It makes no sense to me! Nothing right now makes any sense to me. Just to be clear, I am a very left leaning Democrat.

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COBRA & Medicare [View all] catrose Sep 2017 OP

Call the COBRA representative for your company and find out what is going on. You should be able to still_one Sep 2017 #1

That would work, because he's the one with the expensive work to be done catrose Sep 2017 #4

That is the way they do it. A spouse can be covered up to 18 months on COBRA, while the principal still_one Sep 2017 #6

Incredible catrose Sep 2017 #8

If Medicare doesn't include dental what does it matter? I understand your plight though. trixie2 Sep 2017 #2

I found this and it stinks trixie2 Sep 2017 #3

Thanks, Trixie catrose Sep 2017 #5

catrose, your spouse should be able to continue COBRA coverage even though you won't be eligible still_one Sep 2017 #7

That's just weird catrose Sep 2017 #9

and if you look at trixie's link it says the same thing still_one Sep 2017 #10

(cut/paste) It's not like Medicare is offering its own dental plan trixie2 Sep 2017 #11

So I called the BCRC number on one of the web pages catrose Sep 2017 #12