If Harrigan lived here you'd better believe that we'd be keeping a bowl of sage in the house!He seems to have taken a brief sabbatical, possibly when my husband brought in a huge bowl of sage instead of Mexican mint marigold (Texas tarragon). That man can't tell a tomato plant from a cabbage, and everything is labeled! The sage sat around and dried but was ultimately thrown out. While it was in the house, peace reigned. Harrigan was probably off ruining someone's vacation.
Advantage plans are somewhat different from supplemental insurance. Basically, when you get a Medicare Advantage plan you sell the company your Medicare plan. All claims go through the company (in this case Humana), rather than through Medicare. Then the company puts in a claim with Medicare. The company has the right to tell you which doctors you can go to, and you may have no coverage at all if you need care while traveling, because you can't just go to any doctor who accepts Medicare. Be very sure before you agree to sign up with a Medicare Advantage plan.Humana (I know, but this is actually a good policy) MAPD (Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug).
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I sorted through a lot of possibilities when signing up for supplemental insurance. For me, the best bang for the buck was to get Part G (medical/hospitalization supplemental insurance) through United Healthcare, which is an AARP insurance company, and Part D (drugs/prescriptions) through SilverScript, but that's what works best for me. Things may vary between states, as well as depending on what pre-existing conditions you have. However, United seems to be accepted by just about every doctor or facility which accepts Medicare, which is a very good start. As for SilverScript, I entered all my prescription information in all of the plans which seemed like they might be viable, and then compared how much those prescriptions would cost me, and how much the plan cost. Medicare's website has some good tools to help you do this.
Margret