Happy May!

Sat, 02 May 2026 22:41:11 GMT

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!

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Elise Matthesen

Happy May!