I’m 64 (M), self-employed, buy expensive insurance for wife and self, Blue Cross/Shield PPO Bronze, California. Costs about 18K to $20K per year. Painfully high deductible, $6K/$12Koop.
I will probably need a hip replacement soon. Next year 2021 should be my last year buying insurance at full price. The following year I should be eligible for Medicare. Wife too (same age).
Would it make sense to try to do the hip replacement in 2021 on Blue Cross/Shield, or wait till 2022 on Medicare?
I won’t have such steep monthly insurance premiums in 2022, so I should have more cash around. But is Medicare going to be more or less helpful than Blue Cross? Send me to a lesser hospital, or a less experienced orthopedic surgeon?
Hurry or wait?
I appreciate any advice.
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I’m 64 (M), self-employed, buy expensive insurance for wife and self, Blue Cross/Shield PPO Bronze, California. Costs about 18K to $20K per year. Painfully high deductible, $6K/$12Koop. I will probably need a hip replacement soon. Next year 2021 should be my last year buying insurance at full price. The following year I should be eligible for Medicare. Wife too (same age). Would it make sense to try to do the hip replacement in 2021 on Blue Cross/Shield, or wait till 2022 on Medicare? I won’t have such steep monthly insurance premiums in 2022, so I should have more cash around. But is Medicare going to be more or less helpful than Blue Cross? Send me to a lesser hospital, or a less experienced orthopedic surgeon? Hurry or wait? I appreciate any advice.
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