Unless you consider Medicare "pork".

It's a sacred cow now - that's beef. :) Lotsa folks are tied into using Medicare as a primary, and some other health care as secondary. Seems to be the way Medicare Advantage works. My own healthcare, FEPBlue uses medicare as primary and it is secondary. I don't know anyone on Medigap. Does anyone?

I discovered my wife's Ambetter Gold healthcare was ACA and she gets a credit, but a lot of Doctors won't take Ambetter. The nearest gastroenterologist is 2 hours away on Ambetter, so I downgraded to a basic PPO on FEPBlue and added her. Now she has access to all the Docs that take Blue Cross Blue Shield and some 6 gastroenterologists close by. The big minus is my Out Of Pocket Max doubles. :(

Touch medicare and millions will feel pain. One of the odder things is that in another three years she becomes eligible for my social security. At a reduced rate until the Fairness in Social Security Act is signed, then she gets it in full if I pass.

Figuring out health care in the USA is complicated.

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