Turning 65 is a big pain! Not only do I have to realize that I am an old person, but I have to change my insurance provider - and not by choice, but by effective mandate. This is not as bad as it sounds, but it is a confusing mess.
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I always knew that I'd be going on Medicare, but am confused by all the options available to me. So I registered for a traditional medicare plan (parts A&B) and drug coverage (part D). But I have also looked into a supplement plan, even though that will cost me extra money. Could I have gone with an "Advantage Plan" (part C) instead of the others? Yes, but I have been told that there are issues going down that route. So I'm buying time by leaving options available to me to choose from in the future.
But what has that to do with being transgender? Virtually nothing. One of the things about the transition process is that most of a life continues running as if a person was cisgender. About the only thing different for me is that my ID still has Mario's name on it, and that I still see my internist as Mario. I can only imagine what will happen if I go towards medical transition. That's a topic I don't want to think about right now, as I'm not sure if I'll ever go that far....
