"NKato" (NKato)
04/16/2019 at 16:10 • Filed to: None
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"NKato" (NKato)
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I’ve been trying to disenroll from Medicare for the last few months after realizing that when my SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) ended, it did not automatically disenroll me from the mandated medical coverage.
And I apparently missed two open enrollment periods in a row in which I could “easily” disenroll. I’m now on the hook for about two or three quarters’ worth of Medicare Part A/B billing, and MedicareRX.
Which comes out to almost a thousand dollars. Am I supposed to be impressed? If I’m not actively using a medical plan, and I’ve had coverage for that time period, I should be allowed to retroactively nullify those bills.
The worst part is, the only way to disenroll from Medicare is to fill out a single sheet of paper, and mail it in. I did this twice. Once in January/February, and once this month.
I have yet to receive confirmation of any kind. I’m considering lawyering up if they don’t process my disenrollment after the third time and I’m saving a copy of that letter, plus mailing it by certified mail.
I really do not need this bullshit. I’m trying to rebuild my savings, and I’m trying to save for a house. And I’m trying to actually have a life . All these financial pressures are not helping, America.
Something’s gotta give -- and I’ll be damned if it’s the roof over my head. I’d sooner give the State Legislature an unholy ass-beating before that happens.
VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
> NKato
04/16/2019 at 16:25 |
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They’re incompetent for the reason any organization is incompetent -almost everyone is already incompetent regardless of what they are doing and where they are. It’s guaranteed that in any process that involves more than a few steps that someone will screw up a step in between.
I myself had to spend about 5 hours on the phone with OnStar trying to fix an account problem, redirected 6 times to the same 3 departments, while I hung on for dear life.
Sorry to hear about your issues, though. They’re much more important than my issues and I hope that they fix that bullshit.
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NKato
> VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
04/16/2019 at 16:30 |
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I’m seriously considering just giving up, buying an airline ticket, going directly to Medicare headquarters, and flogging the people in charge for making things so needlessly difficult.
atfsgeoff
> NKato
04/16/2019 at 16:30 |
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If I’m not actively using a medical plan, and I’ve had coverage for that time period, I should be allowed to retroactively nullify those bills.
Insurance doesn’t work that way. You can’t get a refund (or in this case nullify the bill) for your premium just because you haven’t used it.
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NKato
> atfsgeoff
04/16/2019 at 16:32 |
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I KNOW. I’m not a bloody idiot.
I’m just saying, I was under the mistaken impression that it was going to automatically disenroll when I stopped drawing SSDI. Because when you’re on SSDI, you’re automatically enrolled into Medicare anyway! So if it automatically forces you to opt into Medicare, it should automatically opt you out if you’re off of Social Security.
The worst part is that the form-by-mail method is the ONLY way you can disenroll from Medicare. You can’t do it over the phone, or at an SSA office. It’s only by mail. What the fuck!?
Future next gen S2000 owner
> NKato
04/16/2019 at 16:36 |
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Have you thought about faking your own death?
gettingoldercarguy
> NKato
04/16/2019 at 16:43 |
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Certified mail works wonders.
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NKato
> gettingoldercarguy
04/16/2019 at 16:49 |
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I’m planning on that if I end up having to send the form a third time. I’m getting real sick of this shit.
Your boy, BJR
> Future next gen S2000 owner
04/16/2019 at 17:26 |
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Everyone will know when “MCato” shows up on oppo
pip bip - choose Corrour
> NKato
04/17/2019 at 04:18 |
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incompetent people in charge of other people’s money and you expect good outcomes?
bhtooefr
> NKato
04/17/2019 at 08:23 |
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The incompetence is by design, to make you think government is inherently incompetent.
It’s not - at least not any more so than any other bureaucracy (like those of corporations) - but the corporations benefit from you thinking it.