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Originally Posted by cmac2012
Well, it's happened y'all. I've turned 65, well, 66 a few weeks ago. I haven't hardly dipped into Medicare yet beyond making the payments. I've had one brief visit so far. But now I may need knee surgery. Not sure but I think I should get an MRI and have it looked at.
I spent way too much time on my knees recently knocking a job out that had a deadline. I felt the pain, the weariness, but hey, I'm a tough guy, right? 
The next morning had swelling and pain in the right knee. Best I could find on the web, it was bursitis. My one doctor visit that I mentioned was to my previous clinic, she agreed that's what it was, said to keep icing and elevating it. This was 3 weeks and a few days ago. But I'm feeling something loose in there and occasional sharp pain. I definitely do not walk as well as I did. I know from my shoulder operation (rotator cuff) in Aug '16 that if you wait too long the chances of success go down - scar tissue.
My question, I'm considering going with the Kaiser Permanente plan. They have a large center about 2 miles from my place. I think it will be $105 a month, and I'll have to pay the medicare fee also, right?
But damn, there is so much I don't know. Trying to find out which is the best route for sports medicine action. |
Yes I did not realize that you had to pay the $134 what is th $136 a month for the A and B part of the Medicare. If you start it later they penalize you and you pay more per month. When you sign up for it, and get Social Security it is automatically subtracted from your social security benefit.
Since I turned 65 and could not collect Social Security till later I had to pay the A&B fee directly from my pocket till the social security kicked in.
So right now the A&B fee is deducted from the social security check but I let the VA take care of my Medical needs which only has some minimal charge as long as I am low income.