Gotta love Obama Care

[carpoor]

My mother turned 65 and retired Tuesday. She worked for Florida Hospital 30+years. Great insurance until "unaffordable care act" went into effect. Now, their medications aren't 100% covered anymore. Some BS about a "doughnut hole." Basically, once a certain amount is reached - they are on the hook for the rest. My dad had a heart transplant a little over 10 years ago. My mom has been suffering from afib since 2010. Both are on a lot of medication and require frequent doctor visits.

This healthcare debacle is affecting me indirectly, but it still gets me angry. Any time some worthless human being starts saying "free", I literally kill them in my head over and over. It's a damn shame that socialism is slowly taking over without a single shot being fired.

[Hank70SS]

Originally Posted by carpoor

My mother turned 65 and retired Tuesday. She worked for Florida Hospital 30+years. Great insurance until "unaffordable care act" went into effect. Now, their medications aren't 100% covered anymore. Some BS about a "doughnut hole." Basically, once a certain amount is reached - they are on the hook for the rest. My dad had a heart transplant a little over 10 years ago. My mom has been suffering from afib since 2010. Both are on a lot of medication and require frequent doctor visits.

This healthcare debacle is affecting me indirectly, but it still gets me angry. Any time some worthless human being starts saying "free", I literally kill them in my head over and over. It's a damn shame that socialism is slowly taking over without a single shot being fired.

If your mom has Medicare only then yea, prescriptions can be a problem. Need supplemental insurance for that or a Medicare advantage plan. Basically Medicare sends your monthly premium to the insurance company and they pay the bills, nothing gets billed to Medicare. It will cost more, how much depends on the plan.

[carpoor]

They have a supplemental plan, not sure about the exact details.

[FlintTony]

Glad to hear that Lynda did OK. Are you going to be riding the vacuum sweeper and doing the dishes for a while now?