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  1. #1549

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    Quote Originally Posted by nasa1974 View Post
    Tsunami,

    I have Federal BC/BS basic, plus Medicare Part A & B for myself and my wife and other than some drug costs we paid $0.00 last year for our doctor visits and procedures. Plus BC/BS reimburses each of us $600 on the Part B portion. I don't worry about the Part D since BC/BS has pretty good coverage. The one disappointing thing about Medicare is that it doesn't really cover; dental, eye and hearing. But who knows what will change in 6 to 10 years.

    Enjoy retirement.
    That's Exactly what we have plus GEHA High Option Dental, works for us!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Tsunami View Post
    "Plus BC/BS reimburses each of us $600 on the Part B portion."

    NASA,

    Could you explain that? I wasn't aware that BCBS would send us $600/year per person if we get Medicare Part B. Why? That would be $1200/year and certainly changes the equation.
    Last year we had a total of $524 in copays that Medicare would have probably covered (or BCBS would have just dropped the copays), but that doesn't come close to the current premium of $134/month, times 12 months, times 2 people = $3,216.

    We've had Blue Vision and United Concordia for vision/dental for many years now and that's saved us a bundle.

    Market...OK, I'm grasping at straws now hoping for a pullback LOL...maybe a swing high today per the stars?
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    Tsunami,

    After I signed up for Medicare I got a letter from BC/BS and it said since I had the Basic coverage (not Standard) I was eligible for a $600 rebate. They just don't send you the money. There is some paperwork and time involved in order to get the information to them. But that is explained in the letter. Then after the wife signed up she got the same letter.

    I just got my quarterly bill and it bumped up to $135.50/month each for Part B.

    If you suspend your Federal Health Insurance and get supplemental coverage (Part C) instead, some of them cover your Medicare Part B. Supplemental groups vary from state to state. I found here in Ohio AARP was one of the best. Right now it is cheaper for us to be on my Federal BC/BS instead of supplemental coverage because I would have to get it for both of us.
    May the force be with us.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nnuut View Post
    That's Exactly what we have plus GEHA High Option Dental, works for us!
    We have GEHA Dental also. One of these days I will have to check out the vision portion.
    May the force be with us.

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    Thanks NASA.

    Regarding my switch from BCBS Basic to the Blue Focus plan, I finally got through to OPM by phone this morning after many busy signals over the last week, and then 25 minutes on hold...they said that they do now have me shown under the new Blue Focus plan, so that's the premium amount that will be taken from my annuity (along with the monthly premiums for Blue Vision, United Concordia, and my FLTCIP coverage) but they haven't and won't notify BCBS of the change until my assigned Specialist gets around to it. That could be soon, or could be weeks, or many weeks, no way to know. Argh. It's frustrating since the doctor visits and Rx copays are piling up and will all have to be corrected retroactively to January 1st.

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    Tsunami,

    Good luck.
    May the force be with us.

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    Tsunami, thanks for posting that link about Social Security. Time for me to rethink about when to start collecting. Good luck with the FEHP changes. Sounds like we are on the same OPM time line so far. Hopefully we get the full amount by May or June?


    nasa, thanks for posting that info about the $600 reimbursment from Fepblue. I had forgotten about that as the letter got buried. It took me about 15 minuts to create an account at Fepblue wageworks and submit the claim for 2018.


    PO

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    PO,

    Glad I could help.
    May the force be with us.

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    Could be wrong (again) but it sure looks like a top to me right now. I'm seeing a complete 5 waves up and lots of divergences. Hoping for (finally) a pullback over the next week or two at this point.

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    Disregard please. Error.
    Is today Saturday again?


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    Quote Originally Posted by jkenjohnson View Post
    Disregard please. Error.
    Excuse me, who are you... a new guy???

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    Final installment in my insurance change saga....yesterday BCBS got word from OPM of the change to the new Blue Focus plan and made the change. I called them and they will send out new ID cards today, and they're retroactively correcting all the copays for 2019 to-date back to January 1st. So that takes care of that and is further evidence that the OPM specialist is working on my case.

    As for the market, boy it's stretched. I'm fine remaining in G for now, and expect at least a small pullback over the next week.

    https://northmantrader.com/2019/02/17/caution-2/

    Charts 51 and 52 sure look like they're wedging into a final tippy top...

    https://stockcharts.com/public/1107832/tenpp/5
    Snow falling here today, the region is pretty much shut down...just 5 weeks left until the move to Florida.
    Last edited by Tsunami; 02-19-2019 at 10:44 AM.

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    My OPM status has changed to "case finalized" and says I'll get my annuity package within a few weeks. Glad there were no hang-ups there.
    The move to Florida is getting close, just 3 weeks left in the Land of Enchantment...got a condo leased near Sarasota (in Lakewood Ranch) and once settled in we'll start the home search.

    The I fund's seasonal strength started a little early this year, in mid-February:
    VEA:VXF | SharpChart | StockCharts.com
    ... so I'm tilting my account that way and will be 50% I, 25% C and 25% S after today. Who knows how long I'll hold though, maybe only through OpEx next week, maybe longer....

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