Let's see if I can manage to get this Post Published in Order now? *Smiles* Sorry the last Two were out of Order, forgetting that I had one already pre-scheduled to publish for the 5th in the Queue and instantly Posting the one I wrote later first by accident. Luckily I'd set a Time on the Unpublished one that was later in the Day, so I could just go back in and change the Date then to Publish the next Day instead. *Whew* Otherwise they would have Posted together and been really confusing and harder to clean up my mistake. And speaking of Mistakes, ones I didn't make... here we go... hang on...
Just fuckity-fuck-fuck on a Monday Morning in Real Time, as, I'm currently waiting for 8:00 a.m. to call my Humana Representative who Signed me up and Enrolled me, to see if he can fix the mess Corporate made and is hounding me about now on Two Issues? The first being the erroneous Late Enrollment Bullshit they are now telling me they'll charge me Extra for every Month. I Thankfully Keep Paperwork, so I have their Welcome Letter that is Dated prior to the Enrollment Deadline the Government gives us to Enroll in a Plan. I didn't Enroll Late so I shouldn't be assessed a Penalty and they need to Fix that immediately.
Secondly, the whole thing about them sending me the same Verification Documents again and again proving that I do have TriCare For Life as my provider of required Prescription Drug Coverage the Feds and my Advantage Plan apparently Need to Know. They've been informed of this Three separate times now. Once when I enrolled, which is why my Representative, Paul, signed me up for the fucking Veteran's Dependent Plan they have in the first place, and they KNOW all Veterans and their Dependents have TriCare Coverage as part of our Earned Medical Benefits!
The Second time I filled out their Documents and sent them in with their Postage Paid Envelope. Which then they claimed they couldn't process it coz my Signature isn't "authorized" becoz I don't have a Power Of Attorney?!??! For my OWN Signature????? And, I'm not incompetent so I don't Need someone else to Sign FOR me or even have a Medical Power Of Attorney issued!!! And if they're inferring that my Sponsor Sign on my Behalf, that's what they should have said and explained, so I Need to verify all of THAT. The Man never has Needed to Sign anything on my behalf for TriCare or Medicare EVER, so it would be a New Requirement they've implemented for 2026 if he has to now.
And Why would I give a Spouse I have to provide Full Time Unpaid Caregiving FOR a Power Of Attorney to Sign Paperwork on MY behalf, I haven't a Clue? It's all quite nonsensical, he's not even deemed Incompetent yet so he's still Legally allowed to Sign his own Paperwork and have it be valid until such time as he's Officially deemed Incompetent to!!! So, I don't Sign anything FOR him yet, I don't Need to yet. I didn't even Need to for my Mom or Dad up to and including their Deaths! And I did everything for both of them when they got Older, so that they didn't have the hassle or stress of doing it without Help and Advocacy!
It was never necessary for them to have me Sign anything in order to receive whatever they received thru TriCare and Medicare!!! They both always Signed for themselves. And Mom DIED of complications from Final Stage Dementia!!! And she was almost 20 Years Older than I am now! So, I'm calling Paul first, coz I was impressed with that Young Man when he Enrolled us, he's on top of his Game. Mebbe this is a common error his Company makes, easily rectified, I dunno? I just want no Drama and no Headaches with my Medicare Coverage, it's enuf Drama and a Headache to Deal with TriCare or the VA, Trust and Believe. Medicare complicates things enuf without your Advantage Plans making it even more complex and confusing. And you HAVE to Deal with them as a Senior, it's mandatory and required.
They know they're Dealing with Old People, and Heaven forbid some of them are in cognitive decline and would have trouble on a Good Day wading thru Bureaucrazy. I'm not of the Cognitively Declined Variety of Senior yet, Thanks Be To God!!! But, I am Mental Enough to go Ham on them if they Play me Hard that way. *Eye Roll and Le Sigh* It's like what is expected of my Loved Ones with Serious Mental Illness by The System. It's virtually impossible for the majority of them to get thru it on their own without Advocacy and having an Advocate present at all times. And many of the Seriously Mentally Ill don't have one so they don't receive what they should all be Entitled to Receive as Help considering they're Vulnerable Adults.
The Elderly, we're ALL considered Vulnerable Adults by Law. ALL of us, just by Virtue of Age. That's why if you involve us in the commission of a Crime you commit, it's a more Serious Felony Charge you'll catch, just like involving a Minor is. A lot of Younger Adults don't know that Fact, so if they're gonna decide to commit a Crime, don't take your underage Kiddos or your Grandparents with you and involve them in any way when you do it! Or now you'll catch additional Charges for contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor or of a Vulnerable Adult. TED Talk now over. *Winks and Smiles* Yep, leave Granny or Pawpaw Home when you go on your Crime Spree, just in case you get Caught. And don't choose any their Age Demographic as your Crime Victim either or it's more Serious Charges you'll be facing in front of them Judges and Prosecutors that will sending you Up. *Public Service Announcement, Winks*
I think Humana Rep Paul was in Florida so I'm trying to gauge when Humana Reps on the East Coast start Work, with the Time difference and all compared to the West Coast? I want to call early before their Phone Lines get busy and you're put on Hold indefinitely. The earlier I get this shit sorted out, the Calmer I'll be for the rest of my Monday. Right now it's all disturbing my Calm. Not a good way to start any Day, Right? *Winks* I left a Message on Paul's Voicemail and Hope he gets back to me soon so we can discuss it at length and see what can be done to Fix this? I Like things Fixed and Solutions to my Problems. I'm like a Dog with a Bone until my Problem is Fixed in fact. *Winks* The Daughter came wandering in and saw I'm already on the Warpath with some Agency all Bright and Early, she Laughed... she knows how I am... and how Not Good it will be to be THEM and Start their Day now! *Snort*
Usually I'm the Fixer of Problems, but sometimes you must rely on someone on the Inside to Fix a Problem FOR you and so cultivating those important Contacts is crucial. I felt I had a good rapport with Paul when I Enrolled and he gave me his Personal Number and Extension should I have any Problems, well, now I got Two. And since Life can be 99 Problems already with the Hand this Family has already been Dealt to Play to the best of our Abilities, that's Two more I don't Need, you know? *LOL* I don't Need for Humana to become not even ONE of them! *Eye Roll* But, Listen if you're gonna jerk my Chain, expect me to go Junkyard Dog on your Ass and Hope to Hell that Chain is short enuf I don't reach you, or, you're Mine and there will be carnage. It won't be Pretty. I'm quite Agitated right now and ready to go to War and take Scalps as Trophies!
Okay, so that was another almost whole fucking Post about Medicare Woes. And the FUBAR American Medical Insurance Nightmare. So, are we having Fun yet? *LOL* Let's Hope and Pray you all aren't having equal amounts of Fun with your own Medical Insurance Coverages my Friends, or lack thereof, of Insurance... or Coverage... I suspect Millions of Americans ARE tho'!? And I mean, come on, every other First World Nation on the Planet has figured theirs out satisfactorily for their Citizens, including some 3rd World Countries BTW, so Why is America acting so incompetently Third World about it? I'll wait for an Answer...
And Why is this all even Necessary? Today's Rant now over for now... the rest of the Day should now go swimmingly? *Bwahahahaha* I see my Doc this Wednesday in Real Time, so I really do Need for my Medicare Provider to be on Point and not dicking me, or my Medical Team, around about Coverage. That would not be Good, in fact, it would be very Bad and perhaps interrupt my Treatment Plan. And neglect of any Client's Medical Situations and Needs only means pay now or pay much more later. I don't mind costing them a fucking Fortune, so, to get it Right now would be beneficial to any Provider whose Wise and Frugal about their Costs and Bottom Line.
Lord I Wish The Man was as Lethal with his Tongue as he is with a Gun, I'd just have him to this FOR me so I don't Snap and go Off Rails about it. *Ha ha ha* That's Handsome Him when he was a USMC Special Forces Baby Face Sniper in Vietnam. Well, shit, he WAS a Baby, he was a Teenage Soldier sent out to Assassinate whoever our Government wanted Neutralized! {Above Pix} Yes, the Average Age of our American Youth being sent to Fight for our Country, and mebbe Die for it, that we involve ourselves in War with are only 19!!! And in that Pix I don't think The Man was even that Old yet... but, he'd be Ordered to start racking up his Body Count of Specific Targets the Government wanted Assassinated.
Consider that for a Minute, how that would Weigh on a Teenager? And some are Younger, my Dad was 17 when he Enlisted and was Recruited off the Reservation, and The Man never finished High School before he got sent to Vietnam! My Dad was only 35 when he got sent to Vietnam and he was considered an "Old and Short Timer" almost ready for Retirement!!! This is Why I am incensed when the Cowardly Draft Dodger Warmonger In Chief is making Threats towards numerous Countries, Kidnapping their Leaders and their Wives, and saying he's taking over their Countries illegally! To Seize their Assets for enriching himself and his Cronies. Oh, Mylanta!!! The Ride will get even recklessly Wilder with no Guardrails, Seatbelts, Safety Net, Exit Ramp, regard for the Rule of Law, or anyone Sane behind the Wheel.
The President Of Peace my Ass, he'll get us into more unnecessary Wars and deep shit than any Prez in History, out of his Greed and Ignorance, which knows no bounds. Losing ones, coz he's a notorious Loser, everything he Touches Dies or gets fucked up in fact. And now he's Threatening Cuba, Mexico, Columbia and Greenland that they're 'Next'?! And that's for a START!!! Fuuuuck... What could possibly go Wrong? He'll start shit he can't finish and on many fronts. Think also for a Minute, the Heavy Hitters of Serious Crime Organizations and Syndicates who are in just Four of the Five Countries he's making Threats towards. How do you think they will Receive being Threatened and what tactics they will take if we go to War with not only Countries, but also the major Cartels all around the World that are IN them?
And the 5th being a NATO Ally, since Denmark controls Greenland. He's getting in way over his Motherfuckin' Head pretending to be Tony Soprano or some pretend Fictional Mob Boss Wannabe. This ain't some cheesy Reality Show or your 'Brand', Fool!!! They may have Hollywood that Fool Up and Made Up how Successful he never was for Ratings and Hollywood so they could have Cheesy 2nd Rate Reality Show Successes, but, this is Real Life now. Not some Imaginary Alternate Reality he Lives in coz he's so fucking detached from Reality now he's never coming back. And about that Oil he's wanting so Bad... there's a reason that Kind of Oil hasn't had major Production... too expensive. And not a Major Supplier, mebbe 1% Worldwide and extremely costly to Refine... tho' there is a lot of it. Just coz there's a lot of something doesn't make it most desirable nor Economical or beneficial. Jey-sus I Need a Drink and I don't even partake of alcohol! *Ha ha ha*
Has anyone tried to explain any of this to DonOld? In Toddler Terms of coarse, so he MIGHT understand? Not that he'd Listen to Experts who know what they're talking about. He'd rather surround himself with incompetent unfit Nepo Hires who'll just ask How High, not Why, when he tells them to Jump and do Tricks for him like trained Circus Animals, and Stroke his Ego as the Ringmaster of this Shitshow. That's no way to Run a Country... are we making America 'Great' yet? Asking for a Friend. *Huge Eye Roll* We seem only to be getting 'Great' Exposure for being Criminally Led on the Global Stage and NOT to be Trusted, our Reputation now is in the shitter and might never be Restored due to this Senile Psycho whose been Elected to 'Lead' us right over a fucking Cliff to our utter destruction as a Nation. Now I think I also need a Dessert... something with a Sugar High preferably. So that when I Wake Up from my Sugar Coma, it'll be a Brand New Week! *Ha ha ha*
All the Kiddos are telling me, just don't keep Informed at all anymore Mom/Gramma, we all know the Country is fucked and we're all fucked. So why go wade Deep into the Weeds to get the Details of how badly we'll be fucked and how hard? Does it really matter... fucked is just fucked. They could be Right? Out of the Mouths of our Youth who know for a Fact their Future is Questionable at Best and at Worst, they won't even have one. So, most of them are like, Listen, at least YOU had a Good Run, so, Eat, Drink and be Merry... for Tomorrow we probably all may Die and definitely will be fucked first.
And that Calm Pessimism and Resignation they all seem to have of the Younger Generations, is becoz our Generations HAVE fucked things up for them all. It's evident we have. We got a near 80 Year Old Senile Dying Man with No Future, so he doesn't Care if anyone else on Earth has one either. And he's doing whatever the fuck he wants to. I'm dredging up Archived Imagery for some of this Post of Blast From The Past of my Loved Ones that make me Smile and feel Happy. Coz right now, I'm struggling to stay Centered, I ain't gonna Lie. In a Maniacal way too, where you'd Hysterically Laugh instead of Cry, that Type of Losing it, due to circumstances beyond your Control, so, you have no more Fucks to give about any of it either and Merrily the Wheels come Off and you don't Care.
We aren't, as a Nation now, Winning Friends or Influencing Enemies, that's for damned sure. Our Friends and Relatives abroad are Worried for us as a Nation, they see America going Down like the Titanic heading straight and furiously fast for an Iceberg and a totally Mad Captain sailing and then sinking this Ship. I doubt he's willing to go Down with the Ship, Hopefully he's gonna be the First Casualty, he has it coming and caused it. We're just Passengers and Collateral Damage on this here ill fated Voyage now. And there's not enuf Life Rafts to go round, that's for sure.
And I needed to call my Agent at Humana again to leave a Message for Paul to call me on my Cellphone Number rather than our Home Phone, since I got things to do Today. Well, since Paul wasn't available they transferred me to another Agent called Mary. Fine, I'll talk to Mary and if she can't Help me, Paul can Help me later, I don't Care who Solves said Problem so long as they Solve it. Well, Mary sounds Elderly and she starts fucking Singing, "Holy is the Lord", like she's in fucking Church and going full on Praise and Worship!!!!!!! OMG, you can't make this shit up!!! And I'm deciding I don't want "Holy Roller Mary" Helping me at all if the only way she's getting thru her Shift this Early in the Morning is by Singing Pentecostal Style Hymns while she's on the Phone with Members! *LOL* I didn't then Need her then to break out Speaking in Tongues, coz then we're really fucked and Peace Out. *Bwahahahahaha* Below, me and my "Flotation Devices" Mae West Style are The Girls, I have no Inhibitions or Shame in my Game. *Winks*
So, anyway, I'm Sharing said Pix coz I'm trying to be all Zen, and all, on this Crazy Surreal Call that's getting very Weird, and feel all Floating in Blissful Calm and Space... so, I tell "Holy Roller Mary" that tho' she's been Swell, I really have a good Relationship with Agent Paul. So would it be Okay if I wait for Paul to not be so busy, or come in to work, whatever, and remedy this Situation/Problem for me? Since he's 'My Agent' who Enrolled me and I really Like Paul and feel an attachment and "Called to Paul Dealing with it"? *Winks, I can Speak Crazy Religious too, when it's necessary to Deal with the Religious Nuttery or someone really so ready to Lose it that they Need the Lord and their Hymns to get them thru it?! LOL*
Thankfully, Praise God and all the Saints, "Holy Roller Mary" quits Singing "Holy is the Lord" and tells me that would be best. *Whew* I just think my Problems sent poor Religious Mary over the fucking Edge, I really do. And I didn't Need an Agent unraveling in Real Time when I'm already Dealing with Problems regarding her Employer, so I don't really want to Talk her Down off her Ledge if she's about ready to Jump and Go Be with The Lord? *Bwahahahahaha* Like I said, I got 99 Problems and I don't Need for Mary or anyone else to be One of them, I just don't have it in me to be doing anyone else's Crisis Intervention right now.
And Agent Paul called me back right away, I Love Paul, he's a Riot and when I told him about my experience with Mary, he was incredulous! He asked me what I said, and I told him and he said at least I had a sense of Humor and they aim to Please and to Entertain, but Bloody Hell! {LOL... He's British} That could get poor Mary Fired. I said I know, and that I also know Mary must work with him coz she said she knew him, she sounds Elderly, is definitely Religious {winks and a giggle}, and that if she breaks out into Hymns any more Today he might wanna keep an Eye on her coz I don't think Mary is Okay!? Well, he was laughing so hard, as was I.
He told me my Silver Sneakers with them is all Tiered up, so he has no Idea why our Codes Humana gave me wouldn't Work at Lifetime, coz they should. But, I told him that's not as problematic for me, but if he can remedy that too, Cheers, get to it then Boy-O. As for the rest, he said it would be Medicare imposing the Penalty and not Humana actually, and they probably think it's something to do with me not having Prescription Drug Plan required Coverage Evidence or what they Believe to be some Lapse in it? Which, there hasn't been and I've now Signed Two Documents Verifying Coverage thru TriCare/Express Scripts. So he said if the 2nd Set of Docs won't go thru, and NO I do NOT Need a Medical Power of Attorney for my own Signature, then he and I will do a Conference Call with Medicare to remedy this.
That all was good News, I feel in Good Hands with Paul. He'll keep an Eye on Holy Roller Mary and we both Hope she'll be Okay. You never want some poor Soul, especially an Elderly one who still has to Work at a very high stress level Job, to go off the Rails or get Fired for not Coping in an appropriate way that won't garner Complaints to her Employer. I just find it hilarious Blog Fodder, it made Paul's Day too and we both had a good Ole Laugh about it. And now you all can have a good Ole Laugh about it too and Humor is like a Good Medicine.
My Brother then calls and he's having similar serious Issues with his New Medicare Program he had to Enroll in coz his previous one dumped him too. Now the New One lied and told him all his Docs and Specialists and Pharmacies will accept their Coverage... but, NONE of them do! His Morphine Pump broke down and this Insurance won't Pay to replace it! The Tests his Docs Ordered before the Transition, this Insurance Medicare Advantage Plan won't Cover either so it was all Denied. He can't get any of his Life Saving Meds, it's a complete Cluster Fuck. Luckily, his Cardiologist happens to be a Lifelong Friend of our Family. His Family and ours have been close since the 80's and he's the Nephew of one of my Mom's Best Friends, they are Immigrants from Jordan originally. So, he'll still see my Brother regardless of the Insurance Situation coz it's a Family Favor he'll Honor in Memory of my Mom, who his Family Adored.
Always keep your sense of Humor my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian
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