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Early Retiree Health Insurance Alternatives
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Medicare & Insurance
Early Retiree Health Insurance Alternatives
Share Medicare dos and don’ts, including eligibility and supplemental insurance.
I will be retiring next March at age 60, and was just told by my company, that my option to the current company health insurance (United Healthcare), will be Cobra for 18 months at $1080/month.
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Early Retiree Health Insurance Alternatives
posted at September 26, 2011 12:15 PM EDT
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First: September 26, 2011 Last: September 26, 2011 |
I will be retiring next March at age 60, and was just told by my company, that my option to the current company health insurance (United Healthcare), will be Cobra for 18 months at $1080/month. Welcome to retirement!! What if any alternative to Cobra are out there for us early retirees? |
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Re: Early Retiree Health Insurance Alternatives
posted at October 12, 2011 6:10 AM EDT
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First: October 11, 2011 Last: October 12, 2011 |
My husbands cobra will be $308.00 a month.We still can't afford it. My arthritis is effecting my work so I don't know how much longer I will be able to continue. Together we will only get $1800.00 a month.What with out other bills we will be forced to apply for medicaid ( we live in Michigan) |
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Re: Early Retiree Health Insurance Alternatives
posted at October 13, 2011 1:27 PM EDT
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First: January 28, 2008 Last: May 19, 2013 |
Ypu might try joining and posting in the Community forum with the same title"insurance and Medicare" . Unfortunately many have the same problem and I don't have a solution, but maybe somebody in the 800 or so members do! Karl |
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