My old supervisor for Tufts called me and asked if I would be interested in working a couple of months as they lost two nurse case managers on Cape Cod so, I said WTF! So going through a third party employment agency, I am doing a three month gig (right up until Election Day?). Spent two hours in a Teams Meeting yesterday to set up the Microsoft Authenticator for VPN. It wasn't a big to do however, there were like twenty newbies in the room who needed help with hardware issues any my stuff was like a five minute ordeal since my old information was still in their system and they couldn't figure out why things weren't happening. Oh well, I will use the money to put in much needed mini-splits in the house without eating into any of my Roth 401k. I had put a year's salary aside so I would not have any income for 2024.


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My old supervisor for Tufts called me and asked if I would be interested
in working a couple of months as they lost two nurse case managers on Cape Cod so, I said WTF! So going through a third party employment agency, I am doing a three month gig (right up until Election Day?). Spent two hours in
a Teams Meeting yesterday to set up the Microsoft Authenticator for VPN.
It wasn't a big to do however, there were like twenty newbies in the room who needed help with hardware issues any my stuff was like a five minute ordeal since my old information was still in their system and they
couldn't figure out why things weren't happening. Oh well, I will use the money to put in much needed mini-splits in the house without eating into
any of my Roth 401k. I had put a year's salary aside so I would not have
any income for 2024.

That is nice extra money for your mini-split project. I have wondered about the same thing when I eventually retire. Several of us are near the same age, with me being a bit younger - so lots of leadership potentially all retiring around the same time.

In my head I came up with a pay structure that would be acceptable for off/on consulting if needed. It would be pretty high with a 4 hour minimum, but since they would charge me a ton if I ended up there, I feel this is only fair.

Unfortunately it isn't like working for the state or federal government where you get benefits for life. Once I terminate employment, I get no benefits.

- Mark

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Unfortunately it isn't like working for the state or federal government where you get benefits for life. Once I terminate employment, I get no benefits.

I really poured through the available options about health insurance. Since I am a case manager with a health insurance company, I chose to get a Medicare Advantage plan though Tufts with dental and vision. And here is a scam that is driving me crazy. Medicare is penalizing me for their belief that I did not have a pharmacy plan since 2020 which is when I enrolled in Medicare part A. Since I have been employed since then with health insurance, nothing could be farther from the truth. Right now I am making penalty payments (and I am keeping records) and launching an appeal through Medicare. It's like one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing.... :(


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I really poured through the available options about health insurance.
Since I
am a case manager with a health insurance company, I chose to get a
Medicare Advantage plan though Tufts with dental and vision. And here is a scam that is driving me crazy. Medicare is penalizing me for their belief that I did not have a pharmacy plan since 2020 which is when I enrolled in Medicare part A. Since I have been employed since then with health insurance, nothing could be farther from the truth. Right now I am making penalty payments (and I am keeping records) and launching an appeal
through Medicare. It's like one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing.... :(

I am really dredding having to figure all that out when the time comes. Since I plan on retiring before medicare is available to me, I'll probably just find some cheap but insanely high deductible plan to get by until I'm medicare age. I really don't have a solid understanding of all the different programs yet.

Another thing that I discovered recently that annoyed me. My son can get disability at age 18, so I figured I would be proactive and try and get that process started 4 months ahead of time since they say it takes 4-6 months to be approved, etc. No such luck - you can't pre-apply until after age 18.

There is no such thing as being proactive when it comes to government programs.

- Mark

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