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To: Murrey Walker who wrote (214188)	8/2/2007 9:25:46 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Bureaucratic overkill of the first magnitude in communicating a simple concept results in misunderstanding and Medicare is a classic example. The "donut hole" in the drug coverage is a classic example of something no one understands. Kaiser has to send me a quarterly list of my drug purchases. A very expensive boondoggle required by the Feds.

To: Murrey Walker who wrote (214188)	8/2/2007 10:18:06 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

Another Medicare wrinkle that is not complicated but is obscure and annoying is the means-testing of Part B. You have to really dig to find out that the means test is not Adjusted Gross Income but Modified Adjusted Gross Income computed on two (I think) year old income. I guess Medicare will import info from the IRS to figure out who needs to pay what. That's not clear to me. I had to really dig to find out they use MAGI instead of AGI. Sometimes it seems like they go out of their way to make a mess.