Happy May!
May. 2nd, 2026 05:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elisem It's nice to have good news to share.
As of May 1, I have health insurance again! In all directions available! (Medicare is complicated that way, and explaining it takes more words than I have time for, but the TooLong,Didn'tRead of it is: if your Medicare lapses, any supplemental insurance is also voided until you get the Medicare back. Which took from January 25th until now, in my case.)
Anyhow, yay health insurance. My doc will be pleased, as will my other providers.
Social Security also told me that the lapsed time period (for which I had paid, because they don't do reinstatement until you've paid for the part you didn't get -- I AM NOT KIDDING) will include reimbursements, which will mean I can close the pay-in-installments agreement with the providers for the three over-$500-each appointments I had before I was notified that I had lapsed already. Or if not close the arrangement, I can keep paying the providers knowing that someday SocSec/Medicare/whichever will reimburse me someday. So that's good too. Complicated and more paperwork, but good.
Sorry, I'm tired just thinking about more paperwork. Am going to go do the next thing, which is cycling laundry, and then go to my workbench and Make Something.
But still, good news!
How's your May going so far?
P.S. Heh. My phone notification just reminded me to go to my workbench. I'd better get the laundry moved and get to the bench!
As of May 1, I have health insurance again! In all directions available! (Medicare is complicated that way, and explaining it takes more words than I have time for, but the TooLong,Didn'tRead of it is: if your Medicare lapses, any supplemental insurance is also voided until you get the Medicare back. Which took from January 25th until now, in my case.)
Anyhow, yay health insurance. My doc will be pleased, as will my other providers.
Social Security also told me that the lapsed time period (for which I had paid, because they don't do reinstatement until you've paid for the part you didn't get -- I AM NOT KIDDING) will include reimbursements, which will mean I can close the pay-in-installments agreement with the providers for the three over-$500-each appointments I had before I was notified that I had lapsed already. Or if not close the arrangement, I can keep paying the providers knowing that someday SocSec/Medicare/whichever will reimburse me someday. So that's good too. Complicated and more paperwork, but good.
Sorry, I'm tired just thinking about more paperwork. Am going to go do the next thing, which is cycling laundry, and then go to my workbench and Make Something.
But still, good news!
How's your May going so far?
P.S. Heh. My phone notification just reminded me to go to my workbench. I'd better get the laundry moved and get to the bench!
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Date: 2026-05-03 12:11 am (UTC)The most exciting thing I've had happen recently is finally receiving the replacement rear license plate for my car; the previous one was faded to the point of failing the state safety inspection, which I hadn't known was a thing.
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Date: 2026-05-03 01:11 am (UTC)Yay insurance indeed! Condolences on all the stress it took to get to this point.
So far, my May has been pretty good though low key.
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Date: 2026-05-03 01:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-05-03 02:39 am (UTC)And it looks like spring out there!
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Date: 2026-05-03 06:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-05-03 07:57 am (UTC)P.
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Date: 2026-05-03 09:54 am (UTC)Mazel tov! Good grief!
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Date: 2026-05-03 11:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-05-03 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-05-03 05:27 pm (UTC)Oh, I'm so excited for you! Medicare is such a fucking hassle and I'm sorry you had to end up wrangling it, but it's so good that you have everything you need again.
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Date: 2026-05-03 05:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-05-03 11:34 pm (UTC)Massive congratulations are in order for wrangling SSA/CMS, who are frustrating and incomprehensible at best.
I had four medical appointments last week and the practitioners were positively reinforcing me at all of them. New world record.