Before I go into my next rant about Medicare, I actually want to say a brief "thanks for screwing up." Had I not of had all the issues with them that I did, I would have been at the Brigham and Women's Hospital all day on Monday. I was supposed I have blood work done at 9, and then a doctor visit at 3. Meaning I would have been stuck there during the lock down after the bombs went off at the marathon. So because of the screw up with Medicare and not knowing if I had coverage yet, I cancelled the appointments.

Now my rant. I applied in JANUARY for coverage to start ASAP. So of course they thought I wanted general enrollment and my coverage to start in July. After taking time out of my day last week and having a brief melt down in the social security office they re-submitted my application and sent me off with the hopes of having my coverage being retroactive from January on. Giving me hope that the 20k in hospital bills (because I was told I had coverage - and they failed to say starting in July) would be covered. Well fast forward to today and I get a phone call from my local social security office. He tells me they won't cover January through March but I have coverage starting April first on. So now guess who's stuck with more than 20k in hospital bills?!? Oh yeah, that would be me. Thanks medicare!