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<blockquote data-quote="MorkandMindy" data-source="post: 75951131" data-attributes="member: 172332"><p>On a normal commercial healthcare plan I get one free yearly medical which is very cursory, and then various blood tests.</p><p></p><p>But as for getting the results, I've been phoning the clinic and being told I'll be called back but that never happens. Today I called early and couldn't even leave a message because the mail box was full. I've been at that two weeks so I'm going to go down there and see if I can get an appointment. Telephones don't seem to work the way they used to.</p><p></p><p>Even scarier than the quality is the cost:</p><p></p><p>'On average, a couple retiring at 65 can expect to spend $220,000 on health care costs during retirement -- and that does not include long-term-care costs, according to new estimates by Fidelity Investments.'</p><p><a href="https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/t027-c022-s003-reality-check-health-care-costs-early-retirees.html" target="_blank">https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/t027-c022-s003-reality-check-health-care-costs-early-retirees.html</a></p><p></p><p>This assumes you buy into traditional Medicare, Medicare D and Medicare Advantage, costs are then limited by a new law to 6,700 dollars a year out of pocket on top of what you spent on medicare. Any nursing home or assisted living is going to add to any medical costs and will itself be expensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MorkandMindy, post: 75951131, member: 172332"] On a normal commercial healthcare plan I get one free yearly medical which is very cursory, and then various blood tests. But as for getting the results, I've been phoning the clinic and being told I'll be called back but that never happens. Today I called early and couldn't even leave a message because the mail box was full. I've been at that two weeks so I'm going to go down there and see if I can get an appointment. Telephones don't seem to work the way they used to. Even scarier than the quality is the cost: 'On average, a couple retiring at 65 can expect to spend $220,000 on health care costs during retirement -- and that does not include long-term-care costs, according to new estimates by Fidelity Investments.' [URL]https://www.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/t027-c022-s003-reality-check-health-care-costs-early-retirees.html[/URL] This assumes you buy into traditional Medicare, Medicare D and Medicare Advantage, costs are then limited by a new law to 6,700 dollars a year out of pocket on top of what you spent on medicare. Any nursing home or assisted living is going to add to any medical costs and will itself be expensive. [/QUOTE]
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