My ticket to the MEDICARE Buffet
It came in the mail yesterday and I can start using it on July 1st. “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it is free.” P.J. O’Rourke
Medicare for Fun and Profit
About six months ago I started getting advertising in the mail about Medicare. By now I’ve received about a hundred. See the picture nearby. According to politicians Medicare is going broke. According to doctors Medicare doesn’t pay enough to reimburse costs. Follow the Money But according to where the insurance companies are spending their advertising …
Medicare Complexity Day One
Complexity thy name is Medicare or diving in donut holes. Except for joking about the “Medicare Buffet” I have put off thinking about Medicare its costs and its complications for as long as I can. But now I’m within a hundred days of having to sign up and I’m starting to pay attention. The first …
The Medicare Buffet Gets Closer
In the last few weeks I have received a couple of pieces of mail about signing up for Medicare. I started a folder. What else can I do. 259 days to go. I’m not going to think about the choices until about 60 days before my birthday. My hip has stopped hurting so the taxpayers …
The Medicare Buffet
Matt G my brilliant blog dude has added a counter to this blog that reminds me, and you, how many days it is until I’m eligible for the Medicare Buffet. I’m already putting off some medical treatment. I have written before about the unsustainable cost of the baby-boomers on the Medicare system. To continue …
Scary Medicare Math
It is costing the Medicare system about $500,000 to take care of my Father-in-Laws heart-hip-infection problems and they aren’t finished yet. My friend Wally and I took that number as a starting point and did some extrapolative math. Which is at best scary. The executive summary is that every working person in America will have …
Words Seldom Seen: Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy Noun: The practice of espousing beliefs to which ones actions do not conform. Example see below the break
A Immigration Trade Proposal
Why would the Federal Government print a new health insurance card in two languages. Isn’t this the reason that lots of people don’t like immigration. They know intuitively that it is a lot harder to run a bilingual country and they want to transact their business in English. It is making me crazy, so here …
SweaterHenge
We (the royal we, since it is mostly me) build an occasional henge as installation art. Henges are a great photo-op and a fun mixer opportunity. See more henge stuff here Yesterday for my 65th birthday which was a few months ago we had a lovely party and an interesting henge. I have built a …
Sweater Henge
Sweater Henge or SweaterHenge Is coming on August 26 to Pasadena A celebration of Simon’s reaching the head of the line at the Medicare Buffet. If you come bring a sweater to donate. It won’t be destroyed and will end up helping a good cause.