Tag Archives: health insurance

Medicare And My Move

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Tom Trimbath

As if there wasn’t enough to do, my move made Kaiser Permanente move – move to cancel my insurance. Isn’t bureaucracy grand? You don’t have to answer that. Their move makes some sense, I guess. I moved to an area … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts 2023

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Tom Trimbath

Where to begin? Change accelerated in 2023, and that included changes at the personal level. Sure, the world saw an acceleration in AI, climate change, societal unrest, and technological achievements. In my smaller world I recovered from one job, got … Continue reading →

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Surrendering To Medicare

Posted on December 1, 2023 by Tom Trimbath

(Gotta chronicle this now because there are so many details that my memory won’t hold them for long. It may not even want to. If I Had More Time I Could Have Made It Shorter. #IIHMTICHMIS) Aargh!!! Sign up for … Continue reading →

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Scared By Medicare

Posted on September 29, 2023 by Tom Trimbath

Do you mean to tell me that is all there is to signing up for Medicare? I’ll take Classic, please. Thanks, ads that interrupt my shows, thick brochures mixed in with my bills, barely overheard horror stories about the service. … Continue reading →

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My Economic Development

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Tom Trimbath

I haven’t felt so relieved in years. The check cleared the bank. A steady income? Nice to see you, again. Life isn’t all about money, but when you’re frugal by necessity rather than choice, it does matter. My first paycheck … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

Another year. Another period of posting; but the ten most popular posts are all from before 2022. Why? MicroVision. MicroVision’s 2021 was such a story that it dominated this blogs traffic, including previous years’ MicroVision posts as people researched the … Continue reading →

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Taxes Stocks Electric Cars

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Tom Trimbath

OK. There’s so much going on that it has been hard to know where to start. So, pardon me as I literally roll up my sleeves. I didn’t need to roll them up, but that act let me think a … Continue reading →

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Popular Posts in 2020

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Tom Trimbath

Oh, what a year it was. Some of the topics I wrote about where: Politics, a pandemic, wildfires, storms, floods, changes in a social structure (including social media), health care, health insurance, Social Security, tea, writing, science fiction, real estate, … Continue reading →

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My Healthcare Plan For 2021

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

For folks in Washington State (and probably other places, too) it is that time of year to pick a healthcare plan for 2021. At least that’s true for people using the Washington State health insurance marketplace. The entire process took … Continue reading →

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Health Insurance Confusion 2019-2020-

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Tom Trimbath

Neglecting to click one button leads me to a health insurance bill of over $1,200, and there wasn’t even a doctor’s visit or prescription or consultation involved. I called my health insurance company to clear up a lost $90 payment, … Continue reading →

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