Re: Cigna Medicare Part B Supplent Insurance?
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:05 pm
Didn't trump fix healthcare costs yet? I thought we were gonna have the best coverage with no cuts and it will be less expensive for everybody??
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The "Medicare" part B has not gone up ... your separate carrier is raising the price of what they charge for part B coverage including their supplement.Ken0069 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:10 am Got a letter from Cigna Tuesday stating that my Medicare part B supplement insurance that I've only had for 10 months will increase from $139 per month to $173.62 a month come July 1, 2018? That's a 25% INCREASE??? WTF???
Went and talked to an Insurance Specialist in town yesterday to see where I stand with this and what I came away with is that I'm basically screwed because I can't just leave and go to another company. If I cancel this policy, that Agent told me that I might not be able to find another company that will sell me B Supplement coverage and that they are NOT required by law to do so.
And back in January my Medicare Part B insurance premium that's deducted directly from my checy went up from $109 a month to $134 that took all but $1.60 of the $27.83 COLA we got in January. Now my Part B Supplement is going up 25% to $173.62, which is about a $35 increase. That and my Medicare Part D prescription drug plan went up from $14 to $20 this year!
So now I'm paying $327.62 per month out of my Social Security check for Medicare Health Insurance. [/whineoff]
Anyone else seen premium increases in their Medicare Supplement insurance premiums or is it just Cigna ripping us old people off?
Recently didn't increase from the $134.00 ... but, forget it, sorry I replied at all. It certainly was not to cause an argumentKen0069 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:00 pmWell, I beg to differ with you on this because the regular Medicare part B that comes out of my SS Check DID go up from $109 a month last year to $134 a month starting back in January of this year. THAT part B only covers 80% of what Medicare allows for covered services.Walter R. Malik wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 6:22 pmThe "Medicare" part B has not gone up ... your separate carrier is raising the price of what they charge for part B coverage including their supplement.
This latest increase is for the Cigna Part B SUPPLEMENT, which only covers the 20% that the regular Part B doesn't pay for covered services.
So the part B insurance that only covers 20% of the total charge is costing me $173.62 a month while the part B that covers 80% of the total charge is costing me $134.00?
He is trying. However the dimoKKKRATS and John McCain blocked the passage of the bill.sanfordandson wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:05 pm Didn't trump fix healthcare costs yet? I thought we were gonna have the best coverage with no cuts and it will be less expensive for everybody??