Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F Robert, nearly none of my Manhattan doctors takes Medicare, and that's been true for about a decade. Luckily, Joe is still working, and we pay for the Columbia faculty medical plan, but when that stops, I d

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Pamela McCorduck
Robert. > > Nick > > Ooops. I forgot I was exiled. N > > > \ > > > From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf > Of Robert Holmes > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 11:53 AM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Co

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Nicholas Thompson
ay, April 23, 2012 11:53 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F Move to Europe? -R On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: Today I had my first experience of a doctor refusing my medicare insuranc

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Bruce Abell
Owen-- I have that same type of coverage, A, B, and F (as well as D). Medigap does not pay the difference between the Medicare B payment and the doctor's normal fee. If that were the case you'd be readily accepted. But it only pays the difference between the amount Medicare B pays (something li

Re: [FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Robert Holmes
Move to Europe? —R On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > Today I had my first experience of a doctor refusing my medicare insurance. > > This was particularly surprising because I have the Plan > F supplement which purports to pay the difference between the Medicare > schedul

[FRIAM] Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Owen Densmore
Today I had my first experience of a doctor refusing my medicare insurance. This was particularly surprising because I have the Plan F supplement which purports to pay the difference between the Medicare schedule and the doctor's normal fee. I even offered to pay for it all myself and was refused