tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123419132697929931.post800825824734855514..comments2023-11-01T06:58:44.005-07:00Comments on ibm medicare options: IBM Medicare www.extendhealth.com/ibm Confusion Abounds - Beware What you Hear and ReadPlatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060433813948859747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123419132697929931.post-69846089472719018882013-10-06T14:17:08.459-07:002013-10-06T14:17:08.459-07:00The Aetna Integration plans were actually unique c...The Aetna Integration plans were actually unique corporate group plans crafted by Aetna for a bunch of corporations called the Retiree Health Access. This was a TRUE exchange where the product was a group product crafted fpr the pool of insurees who benefited from being in a large insurance pool of corporate retirees that were possibly healthier than the the general population in that age demographic. One would have thought IBM would have picked this marvelous private health exchange to serve our needs given for 3 years many IBM retirees were delighted with Aetna Integration. For some reason IBM walked away from it. It probably meant IBM couldn't mess with the subsidy money in a way that gives them the potential of having retirees leave money on the table because the reimbursement process is so onerous. Platohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060433813948859747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123419132697929931.post-56372852814102035472013-10-06T11:29:17.541-07:002013-10-06T11:29:17.541-07:00Plato, again I want to thank you for the cogent su...Plato, again I want to thank you for the cogent suggestions you have been making in dealing with the IBM retiree betrayal. Extend Health is offering me five Medigap plans, but only one F plan. BC/BS Plan F thru Extend Health costs $230/month, $15/month more than AARP UHC Plan F, which is not offered by Extend Health. The cost of Plan F for one person is $25/month more than I will have in my account, so my wife will be buying her Medigap plan from someone else, not Extend Health.<br /><br />My wife and I together will have to pay $240/month for supplemental health insurance, instead of the $57/ month we have to pay in 2013 for Aetna Traditional Choice Medicare Integration Plan A, which is comparable coverage. Dr. Rhee said in his letter that we would be getting the same or lower cost health insurance coverage through Extend Health. Not only is that clearly not true, but I have a hard time believing that health insurance premiums have gone up so much in one year. I would have expected to pay about $100/month more in 2014, but actually we are going to be paying $183/month more in 2014. This idea of something being left over in the account to cover eyes and teeth is a pipe dream.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338420787404980253noreply@blogger.com