I received a survey from Medicare about my health

[question everything]

Pretty much I am OK - overweight notwithstanding. Most about my physical ability to do things. But when it came to "During the past 4 weeks, how often have I felt calm and peaceful," my response was None of the time. Felt downhearted and blue - some of the time.

Let them figure it out why I have no problems with physical activity but am feeling emotionally drained.

[Hoyt]

1. Sadly, that will be considered "normal" in 2020. Hopefully the clouds

will part in early November.

[Illumination]

6. Right. Like maybe even before November, the DICKtaterTOT wanna be will drop dead from a

stroke, C-19 or something else & finally give this world some peace!...

[SWBTATTReg]

2. You get 500 surveys from all sorts of medicare providers etc. It's all junk. Throw it away.

[Rebl2]

4. That's what

I would do.

[question everything]

8. I think that this is legit. Even got a second one to reminde me

[SWBTATTReg]

14. I get them too. I don't answer them. How do you do you know what they do w/ the responses? Do ...

they protect your privacy afterwards? You can go ahead and answer the surveys, but you are putting yourself up for more possible junk mail, etc. from those that buy the mailing lists from the government (how do they know your age in order to send the notices/surveys/etc.?).

I am just being safe, and of course, if there is an 'official' letter from SS, then of course, look at (and you'll know exactly what I mean when you see this kind of correspondence, e.g., yearly benefits statement one gets in the mail, etc.).

[Illumination]

11. Every time I get a piece of junk mail I call them & waste their time!

Needless to say I get very little junk mail. It works! Have received advertising
from Century Link since March 2019. The same advertising! I called them 13 times. The last time I called, I talked to someone in their advertising dept. Hoping I have this stopped!...

[customerserviceguy]

12. Medicare itself sends out a lot of this

and if you sign up for a Medicare-advocacy group, as I've done, you get even more. I think they believe that seniors need a lot of nannying.

[Illumination]

3. Received that also...They wanted my phone #or #s (which they should have). So I gave them

NO phone #s @ all! Left that part blank. Told them I dislike phone calls (which is true!) & to Not call me. I'm fine. Dropped UnitedHealthcare because they were forever calling me & sending me all kinds of crap in the mail. They were real pests & hoping Anthem is not going to be like that also. Told them if I need their help, I'll call them! Don't need a nanny to take care of me...

[Rebl2]

5. All health

insurance is that way I think. Have Blue Cross Blue Shield and they call occasionally and always sending stuff in the mail.

[Illumination]

7. It's damn irritating...if you didn't have a mental disorder before, you will now that we pester

you all the time! Maybe they're just checking to see if we're dead yet!...

[question everything]

9. Not this one. No personal sensitive information except of gender, race, range of age, and income

which I declined.

As for UnitedHealth - we use only not for profit - meaning, they do not trade on the stock exchange. UnitedHealth has been paying hundred million dollars to the CEO so I knew this was off, even before started with Medicare. Now it is "only" 50 million.

[Illumination]

13. My ex received some when he was with Medicaid. He never filled them out & threw them

in the trash!...

[Freddie]

10. I just turned 64 on Monday

It’s started already - had someone come to my door yesterday wanting to talk about Medicare plans. I understand you get bombarded the minute you turn 64. Decided to just take Part A for the first (almost) 2 years and stay on husbands work plan until he retires when I’m 66. It’s a great BC Personal Choice plan with no deductibles and minor co-pays if you stay in network. Of course this could all go out the window if his employer changes their plan.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Good plan. When husband retires, his H.R. department should create a letter for you ...

... stating that you were covered under his plan until (ending date). Then, you can get on Medicare Part B and D without paying a penalty for the delay from your 65th birthday. The penalty is permanent, but routinely waived with that standard form letter.

Selecting the Part D company and plan is pretty easy, using the tool available on medicare.gov.

I had agents offer lectures and free dinners to discuss options. The dinners were mostly pretty good. I went with one of the agents who only "sold" plans that were nation-wide, so no problem with relocation or travel within the U.S.

All in all, it was no more of a headache than the annual choice between company-provided health insurance plans when I worked.