Using Medicare

I’m at the hospital and just checked in for my surgery. During check-in, they asked about medical insurance. I told them that I was just approved for Medicare but have not received the insurance card yet. Luckily, I saved a copy of my benefit letter on Google Drive and was able to get my Medicare number. She keyed in the data into their computer and I guess it was verified as active. We’ll let their billing office figure out how to coordinate the two different insurances.

After years of paying Medicare taxes, I finally get to use it.