Nearly 250,000 retired New York City employees and their spouses could have their health insurance changed to “Medicare Advantage” plans managed by private insurers as soon as July 1, New York Focus has learned.

 

Retirees, who are pushing to delay the switch, say they are worried that a switch away from their current Medicare plan could lead to dramatically higher out-of-pocket costs and a smaller network of providers.

AWS provides the backbone for COVID research, pharmacy services, Amazon Care virtual home health care and more . . .

https://mailchi.mp/statnews/your-december-member-benefits-608542?e=1f75128518

Seems like Walmart or Target started the $4 prescription offering several years ago. Most of the larger drug stores have joined the fun since then.

 

I constantly beat the drum about GoodRx vs your Part D coverage. Medicare drug plans often overcharge for generics.

 

Some drug chains have their own discount drug plan that will, on occasion, beat GoodRx.

https://clark.com/health-health-care/4-dollar-prescriptions/

Final note . . .

 

Rachel is getting (my) money’s worth out of her Medigap plan. Last month she had her Welcome to Medicare exam and found out she is falling apart.

 

That is a bit of an exaggeration, but she did have an abnormal EKG. That led to a cardiologist referral and a follow up EKG which was normal. The cardiologist said she has almost no body fat which means the leads may not get a good “reading” on your heart.

 

Your low, or high, BMI can result in a shift in your QRS waves. Rachel had an EKG 3 years ago which was normal. The cardiologist accessed that record and compared it with the one done in her office and said there was NO CHANGE.

 

She also was told she was much healthier than most of her patients and no follow up is needed.

 

If you want to read more about factors that can affect your EKG this article has good information.

https://www.healthline.com/health/abnormal-ekg#medical-treatments

 

She has a few more tests but hopefully nothing major.

 

Feel free to pass this along to your friends!

 

Bob