Furious

So I get my disability check yesterday and it's $500 less than it usually is. I called them this morning, and they took out 5 months of premium payments for Medicare part B (the doctor's visits part, not the hospital part which is free). NOW.. I have never even seen them pay anything on my hospital part in the 8 years that I've had it, because my insurance has always been so good. I have had part B since November (because of my kidney transplant), and they haven't paid a cent on any of my medical bills since then either. Now granted, most of the bills have been paid by my insurance, but everything that my insurance doesn't pay is still subject to review by Medicare before they pay anything. Sooooo... when I was talking to the guy this morning, I said "Let me get this straight. I am paying you almost $100 a month in premiums, but yet you haven't paid anything on any of my claims yet?" He said "Yes that's right, but since you've met your deductible, we might pay now, depending on what's submitted and if anything is allowable." What the heck???????????????

My premiums for the year would be almost $1200. There is NO WAY they would pay that much in claims for me, since I have a primary insurance.

I remember them calling saying I had Medicare part B now, but no one ever told me I had to pay a premium. Since A has always been free, I had no idea. My stupidity I guess, but I just remember them almost congratulating me now that I qualify for part B!!

I disenrolled! I was furious. I don't get that $500 back, and they are going to take out April's premium too, since it won't go into affect until May. I am NOT saying nice things about our Federal government right now!!!

Sorry for the rant, but I'm really, really mad at the moment!