The premium for Medicare Part B is $104.90 and I will have no choice about that being deducted from Social Security payments in November. That's not acceptable as I won't get anything for it and it's a huge chop when I don't currently make payments on anything. It's one of the biggest reasons I don't have a phone as they cost far more than they're worth and Medicare is even more worthless than that.
Here's the beauty part: the high-end component of Medicare is around $407 a month. Half my income gone in an instant. That part my be optional but I'm screwed in any case.
There's a minor advantage as it's legal medical insurance rather than VA which I already know to be a farce. I could have seen a doctor in Greece but only by taking a five-hour one-way bus trip to get to Athens. The same applies in Germany as you can get VA medical on a military base but they've got lots of active duty troops who got shot up in the Middle East and old VA bums are the lowest priority they've got. That's not opinion but rather what I have read from those who know that aspect of the system. (Toytown Germany: Veteran Administration (VA) offices in Germany) <-- new link
It's quite likely Medicare doesn't apply outside the U.S. so it's probably a complete waste.
The fundamental rule of being screwed is when it's going to happen anyway then be somewhere it won't piss you off so much. Greece is extraordinary for that.
All this says all the more to move fast as I'm screwed in November anyway. I'm not sure Yevette realizes how fast this will move once it starts but maybe it's supposed to go that way so I blaze the trail. Once that starts, it's likely three to six weeks before I'm completely portable.
Talking to Cat and Cadillac Man is a gaping void in this just now as I don't know what Cadillac Man wants to do over there, I just know he likes to wander. But maybe he wants to see the Eiffel Tower ... while I need to see that as much as I need to see a Caitlyn Jenner porno movie (i.e. not at all).
Cadillac Man knows I'm not bluffing because I did it before and I've kind of felt him achin' to do a solo jaunt of his own. Maybe he splits off and does something like that from this. No tellin' but what I do know is we've got to talk. He will be free of any pulls in a short time now and he will be drunk on that for a while. It'll be cool.
Maybe Cat knows of some way to hook up a cheap car so that's planned before ever getting there. Maybe a cheap car isn't even a good idea as no matter how cheap the car, it still comes with insurance payments.
Note on the south of Italy: that's a big favorite as I told Cat I would take her to dance on a volcano (Mt Etna) but then didn't do it. The dance would be virtual in the way I took her to the concert by Tony Bram's Orchestra in France but the difference is the concert did happen ... and the volcano dance didn't. This also means maybe don't be so quick to chuck the iPad as it wouldn't fetch all that much and it could still be useful in twisted situations ... such as dancing on volcanoes.
Yevette hasn't laid out any clear preferences beyond making life something other than completely boring.
My interest in traveling isn't so much the things one sees but rather the people one meets as suddenly you can buy the world a Coke even if it is one person at a time.
Here's the beauty part: the high-end component of Medicare is around $407 a month. Half my income gone in an instant. That part my be optional but I'm screwed in any case.
There's a minor advantage as it's legal medical insurance rather than VA which I already know to be a farce. I could have seen a doctor in Greece but only by taking a five-hour one-way bus trip to get to Athens. The same applies in Germany as you can get VA medical on a military base but they've got lots of active duty troops who got shot up in the Middle East and old VA bums are the lowest priority they've got. That's not opinion but rather what I have read from those who know that aspect of the system. (Toytown Germany: Veteran Administration (VA) offices in Germany) <-- new link
It's quite likely Medicare doesn't apply outside the U.S. so it's probably a complete waste.
The fundamental rule of being screwed is when it's going to happen anyway then be somewhere it won't piss you off so much. Greece is extraordinary for that.
All this says all the more to move fast as I'm screwed in November anyway. I'm not sure Yevette realizes how fast this will move once it starts but maybe it's supposed to go that way so I blaze the trail. Once that starts, it's likely three to six weeks before I'm completely portable.
Talking to Cat and Cadillac Man is a gaping void in this just now as I don't know what Cadillac Man wants to do over there, I just know he likes to wander. But maybe he wants to see the Eiffel Tower ... while I need to see that as much as I need to see a Caitlyn Jenner porno movie (i.e. not at all).
Cadillac Man knows I'm not bluffing because I did it before and I've kind of felt him achin' to do a solo jaunt of his own. Maybe he splits off and does something like that from this. No tellin' but what I do know is we've got to talk. He will be free of any pulls in a short time now and he will be drunk on that for a while. It'll be cool.
Maybe Cat knows of some way to hook up a cheap car so that's planned before ever getting there. Maybe a cheap car isn't even a good idea as no matter how cheap the car, it still comes with insurance payments.
Note on the south of Italy: that's a big favorite as I told Cat I would take her to dance on a volcano (Mt Etna) but then didn't do it. The dance would be virtual in the way I took her to the concert by Tony Bram's Orchestra in France but the difference is the concert did happen ... and the volcano dance didn't. This also means maybe don't be so quick to chuck the iPad as it wouldn't fetch all that much and it could still be useful in twisted situations ... such as dancing on volcanoes.
Yevette hasn't laid out any clear preferences beyond making life something other than completely boring.
My interest in traveling isn't so much the things one sees but rather the people one meets as suddenly you can buy the world a Coke even if it is one person at a time.
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