Everything posted by Gatorubet
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My 2026 Health Insurance Premium Increase
Combining my Medicare premium and my part B Medigap and part D premiums and Irmaa, I pay about $550 a month now. A couple hundred dollars is the deductible for the year for all of my medical providers that are not dental or vision. I have a $2000 deductible for what will be around.$60k in prescription drug costs. Given that I have several pre-existing conditions that would be a problem for self-employed me, the Medicare system literally prevents me from spending all of my disposable income on medical care. When I was in my 60s before I got on Medicare, I took advantage of a pharmacy near New Zealand that did not really care about prescriptions. They would sell me bronchodilators and anti-inflammatory /asthma drugs for less than my deductible (if I had been on a plan). $12 ventolin inhalers, etc. In-house pharmacy. it takes a while for the international shipment, but if you don’t have insurance, not having to pay for doctors visits to get a prescription and then pay full pop prescription - using that Pharmacy was often a cost saver. They don’t offer everything, and they certainly don’t give narcotic pain relievers, but they covered basically all of my respiratory meds without the need for a prescription. I give no opinion about the legality of the process, but if you or your family have no access to medications that you cannot do without and no access to doctors, that is an option that some here might want to explore. https://www.inhousepharmacy.vu/
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Hey Oil Barons.......
Putin - somewhere - is kicking a puppy.
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New Site Software / Theme
i’m just curious - what is the difference between certifiably Surly, legacy member, full member, etc…
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My 2026 Health Insurance Premium Increase
I think I paid $16 a month for three months and then was diagnosed. I wound up getting about 15 K out of it. Sweet! Best money I ever spent, and it was through work - so I did not get a chance to see what other plans with higher premiums offered.
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My 2026 Health Insurance Premium Increase
Dude. I strongly recommend that you get a cancer policy. A cancer policy is not health insurance (or at least the cancer policy I had is not) - but the policy gives you a lump sum payment upon diagnosis, and also pays something towards diagnostic costs like CT scans. Those policies are extremely cheap. For sure, they will not cover the high healthcare costs like insured cancer treatment, but they better than nothing.
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2026 Midterms ...
Rest in Hell Dougie.
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Markets still falling like whoa
I think you should hold on. I think the next year or two will provide plenty of opportunities to purchase newer used trucks at a deep discount from owners, who were living paycheck to paycheck. I’m just waiting around till the economy tanks to get a three or four year-old low mileage Taco. I’ll keep that till I croak.
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FCS Title Game - Illinois State/Montana State - 6:30 CT ESPN
I want an interview with the Illinois State special teams coach. “Coach…. what the fuck?”
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FCS Title Game - Illinois State/Montana State - 6:30 CT ESPN
TACO!!!!
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Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here
Gata got a Baylor interior defensive lineman and a safety from the transfer portal. That is the only reason I know that 25 Baylor players entered the portal. lol
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FCS Title Game - Illinois State/Montana State - 6:30 CT ESPN
lots of hurr-durr going on
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Русский корабль - иди нахуй
I have absolutely nothing to back up my thoughts, but it seems not illogical that the Russian business and military culture based upon corruption and stealing - when faced with a universally recognized (even if not admitted) possibility of a severe recession and potential war end/regime change - would view those circumstances as significant motivation to now steal as much as possible as quickly as possible while they still can. Russian front line logistics will not be improving. And I think only one side in the conflict will be giving their soldiers sufficient cold weather gear for this winter.
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Winter Weather 2026 - I Can Haz Cold Front?
Q: “When is cedar pollen season?” A: “2026….”
- Trump’s America
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Non-political tariffs thread
And the tariff dish is just that much more tasty when you allow TFG to do a line item on veto on the taxes that Congress had nothing to do with in the first place.
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My 2026 Health Insurance Premium Increase
Because I’m on Medicare, the Medigap part of my policy only increased about 10% - something like $25. But I know that ACA peeps will soon be getting new premium bills if they haven’t already. This is a thread to find out what Surly-ites around the country are facing as we move through January.
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2026 New Year's Resolutions
Try harder to keep off government lists. Having successfully lost 50 pounds, start a serious weight and flexibility training program to recapture what had to be too much muscle mass lost along with the fat.
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What impact will Trump have on the 2026 World Cup?
- Gold bug / silver bug / numismatic / metals thread
My premature congratulations to everyone awaiting Monday morning’s spot price after the interesting weekend news.- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here
- Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here
Did he mean “saving”?…… Or are they calling Cam and going, “money money money money?”- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
I don’t know, I’m pretty sure he’s probably reached ambient temperature by now.- It’s Official - Kirby Smart is a Bitch
Wait! Sark lives in Pan-Am?- I'm Chevy Chase, And You're Not (documentary)
People don’t hate him because he’s a prickly asshole. Hollywood is filled with prickly assholes, and it doesn’t even move the needle. Which should give you a greater idea why people hate Chevy Chase.- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
“….it’s a nice day for a….. drone hitting..YEAH!!!” - Gold bug / silver bug / numismatic / metals thread
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