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SheltieLover

(60,913 posts)
3. Call your senior center & Council on Aging
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 03:38 PM
Nov 17

They helped me immeasurably when I needed a gap plan.

Gap plans ranged from $125/mo to nearly $400/mo for identical coverage!

Farm Bureau was the $125/mo option for the best plan available, so that's what I went with.

Same with Part D for drugs. Make sure you sign up immediately because there is a 1%/month penalty for life for every month you wait. And it's not 1% of the plan you choose, it's the median price plan. This year that's $40/month (that they base the penalty on).

I can't say enough about how wonderful standard Medicare & my gap plan have been.

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