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Congratulations but I agree with the above for you will rack your brain trying to stay busy. Now there are 7 Mondays each and every week....

You can throw your comb and watch away, keep your britches un buttoned and do away with all the after shave lotion and go meet the guys down a McDonalds every morning. 

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Welcome to the used club.  :)  Medicare vs. Tricare--I would strongly suggest going Tricare.  I will respectfully disagree with Gene regarding VA.  Tricare, you can go to a doctor of your choice and like Lew said, no copays.  It's the best insurance plan the government ever came up with.  Federal employees insurance is not always accepted and the copays can get overwhelming.  I worked for DOD for 31.5 years and had to have the insurance the whole time.  When I retired, I could not afford another insurance, although I had to also purchase Medicare Part B.  So, for about $725 per month for insurance premiums and Medicare premiums, I now rarely pay any copays.  But, so much better than VA.  It may be just our facility, but poor doctors, poor treatment, poor scheduling is not what I desire when I get sick.  If I get sick, the local VA will not see me.  But, I can go to my doctor.  Tricare is the way to go.  Now, you get all this time to carve, turn, make incredible things and amaze all members of the family and neighbors.  If you advertise, be prepared to be requested by neighbors to do projects.  :rolleyes:

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Sounds like Tricare is the way to go. The VA + Medicare has treated me well. Since I live so far from a VA hospital, recent changes have enabled me to see any specialist in my area. I've used only one, a podiatrist, so far. All my daily medications are supplied by the VA. By mail, 90 days worth at a time. I'm elgible for dental and vision care but, don't need either, so far.

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42 minutes ago, PeteM said:

My buddy in Inkom claims spuds cures everything...?!  Welcome to retirement.  That's the easy part:  hard part, about a year from now, is remember what day of the week it is.

Yeah, when I went for my first annual Medicare physical, the doctor asked me the day of week, month, day, and year.  Yipes, I had to think about that one.  Luckily, my daughter's birthday was exactly two weeks earlier and I did some quick math.

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