Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

[crazy8s]

1 hour ago, zenme said:

Kid of the week! Why bring kids into the world! Assholes!

Nurie  (and Kaylee) wrote about it when they stayed with the Pearls. It appeared in the No Greater Joy newsletter in 2017. Every time I read it I come across something newly weird. Like these from Nurie.

"This would be a whole week of very special treatment. So anything special that comes along that week would be given to the child whose week it was."

"All of us children look forward to our week. We enjoy thinking of our week coming up. We love feeling special and love the extra bonding time we have with our parents during that week. It is fun being the one getting to choose first and have all the extra little things that come our way, and even go on a date with Mama and Daddy."

https://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/ideas-love-week/

[libgirl2]

6 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

Nurie  (and Kaylee) wrote about it when they stayed with the Pearls. It appeared in the No Greater Joy newsletter in 2017. Every time I read it I come across something newly weird. Like these from Nurie.

"This would be a whole week of very special treatment. So anything special that comes along that week would be given to the child whose week it was."

"All of us children look forward to our week. We enjoy thinking of our week coming up. We love feeling special and love the extra bonding time we have with our parents during that week. It is fun being the one getting to choose first and have all the extra little things that come our way, and even go on a date with Mama and Daddy."

https://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/ideas-love-week/

Go on a date? 

[ozziemom]

39 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Go on a date? 

Yeah, none of the Rods have a clue what a date is. But BME and DBD are always calling things like dinner with just adults a “date”. So if it’s two adults and one kid, yup, it’s a date. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[libgirl2]

4 minutes ago, ozziemom said:

Yeah, none of the Rods have a clue what a date is. But BME and DBD are always calling things like dinner with just adults a “date”. So if it’s two adults and one kid, yup, it’s a date. 🤷🏼‍♀️

In my world is was going out to dinner with my parents. 

[Turquoise]

1 hour ago, crazy8s said:

Nurie  (and Kaylee) wrote about it when they stayed with the Pearls. It appeared in the No Greater Joy newsletter in 2017. Every time I read it I come across something newly weird. Like these from Nurie.

"This would be a whole week of very special treatment. So anything special that comes along that week would be given to the child whose week it was."

"All of us children look forward to our week. We enjoy thinking of our week coming up. We love feeling special and love the extra bonding time we have with our parents during that week. It is fun being the one getting to choose first and have all the extra little things that come our way, and even go on a date with Mama and Daddy."

https://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/ideas-love-week/

Why do I have the feeling that the special activities only happened to come along on certain children's weeks?

[BradandJanet]

In the Rodrigues household, having a special week means getting just enough food that week not to have hunger pains. 

For BME and DBD, all weeks are special. 

11 minutes ago, Turquoise said:

Why do I have the feeling that the special activities only happened to come along on certain children's weeks?

Because it's probably true. 

[louannems]

On 6/4/2023 at 7:37 PM, AstridM said:

I don’t think she qualifies with only Medicare Part A, but hopefully some services are available for her. They should definitely apply for Meals on Wheels. 

I signed up for Medicare Part B last summer, having turned 65.  I talked to so many people about it and never heard of anyone NOT signing up for Part B.  Reading about it, it seems only those with super good coverage from their prior jobs, who are allowed to continue that coverage into retirement might consider not having Part B.

 I am retired with continued coverage from my job and I still have Part B.

Tim, sr was self-employed so I don’t think that would be the case.

[Salacious Kitty]

Tim Sr. worked for someone else before he retired. Who knows what kinds of benefits they offered? Probably pretty shitty (septic pun intended). 

[AstridM]

8 minutes ago, louannems said:

I signed up for Medicare Part B last summer, having turned 65.  I talked to so many people about it and never heard of anyone NOT signing up for Part B.  Reading about it, it seems only those with super good coverage from their prior jobs, who are allowed to continue that coverage into retirement might consider not having Part B.

 I am retired with continued coverage from my job and I still have Part B.

Tim, sr was self-employed so I don’t think that would be the case.

My own parents didn’t sign up for Part B due to the continuous monthly cost. It’s quite common 🤷‍♀️.

[GeeGolly]

Isn't Part B the actual health insurance part? The part that covers MD appointments and preventative care?

[Salacious Kitty]

2 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

Isn't Part B the actual health insurance part? The part that covers MD appointments and preventative care?

That's Part A. Part B covers hospitalizations. 

[louannems]

On 6/10/2023 at 6:55 AM, sagittarius sue said:

Oatmeal or cream of wheat?

It looks like Gerber baby food oatmeal.

He loves Hummingbird drinks and probably loves baby food, too.

[Natalie68]

31 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

That's Part A. Part B covers hospitalizations. 

What is the donut hole coverage?  

It is a shame that none of these Rodriguez peeps will have a secure senior life.  

[Dimi1]

14 minutes ago, Natalie68 said:

What is the donut hole coverage?  

It is a shame that none of these Rodriguez peeps will have a secure senior life.  

its a real shame that we even have to put up with this " healthcare" system...it should be available for everyone..

[charmed1]

I hope the Rodlets at least got a break from church and the late night bible study they have to endure when their parents are in town.

Edited June 23, 2023 by charmed1

[Absolom]

1 hour ago, Salacious Kitty said:

That's Part A. Part B covers hospitalizations. 

Reversed - A is hospitalization, SNF, certain testing, etc. and B is medical appointments.  

[Salacious Kitty]

Just now, Absolom said:

Reversed - A is hospitalization, SNF, certain testing, etc. and B is medical appointments.  

Oops! Obviously too young to know. 🤪

[Absolom]

It is obvious to those of us who have it.  :)  It even says it on the card.

Also point to ponder when taking Medicare.  Many policies that carry over from employment, require the taking of Part B to get full benefits.  

Not taking Part B is rarely a good option.  With Part B the co-insurance for one of my monthly treatments is over $1500.  Since I kept my employment insurance, I pay zero.  

If the parents didn't opt for part B, they are no doubt experiencing the regret that many people who declined it in their 60s have when they really need it in their 70s or 80s.  

Edited June 23, 2023 by Absolom
It's actually co-insurance not co-pay.

[BetyBee]

35 minutes ago, charmed1 said:

I hope the Rodlets at least got a break from church and late night bible study they have to endure when their parents are in town.

Maybe they uncovered the map, popped some popcorn and enjoyed a movie. Except that would never be permitted.

[merylinkid]

On 6/21/2023 at 6:26 PM, oliviabenson said:

Reddit said $1300 or so. 
 

 

that would have fixed the RV without having other people pay for it.   I literally cannot imagine begging for money to fix my vehicle then taking off for a vacation where I spent this much money on MYSELF.   

[oliviabenson]

No update on who fixed their RV. 
 

It’s a plexus miracle! Jill’s SEVERELY injured knee is cured. Homegirl was running around Nashville like a gazelle. Praise Plexus!

[mythoughtis]

Part B also covers durable medical equipment and vaccines.  
part A has deductible and and part B has 80/20 coverage and with deductibles.  That’s why many people add a Supplement to take care of the 20% and deductibles.  Part G for example. Buying a supplement locks in your total medical costs to a known quantity.   

Part D is prescription coverage. There are actually some people who don’t  buy that part even though prescriptions cost a lot.   My spouses part D is less than $10 a month.  It’s  a no brainer to get it. 
I just don’t understand why Jill’s parents would not buy part B.  It is  $165 a month each. How much have they had to shell out of pocket instead now? 

Edited to include absolam’s  correction in a post below 

Edited June 23, 2023 by mythoughtis

[Salacious Kitty]

5 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

Part B also covers durable medical equipment and vaccines.  
part A and B are your common 80/20 coverage and with deductibles.  That’s why many people add a Supplement to take care of the 20% and deductibles.  Part G for example. Buying a supplement locks in your total medical costs to a known quantity.   

Part D is prescription coverage. There are actually some people who don’t  buy that part even though prescriptions cost a lot.   My spouses part D is less than $10 a month.  It’s  a no brainer to get it. 
I just don’t understand why Jill’s parents would not buy part B.  It is  $165 a month each. How much have they had to shell out of pocket instead now? 

What's Part C? I thought that was the supplemental plan. 

So confused!!!!😵

[mythoughtis]

12 minutes ago, Salacious Kitty said:

What's Part C? I thought that was the supplemental plan. 

So confused!!!!😵

Part C is the Medicare Advantage.  A combination of A,B, D.  It’s actually private insurance- Medicare pays them a subsidy.   These plans usually have co-pays and deductibles and networks and require pre-approvals.  Their premiums can be lower than straight Medicare because of the subsidy.  However the networks can mean you can’t go to the doctor you want especially if you travel.  They can also decline to approve treatments if they want. 

Edited June 23, 2023 by mythoughtis

[Absolom]

Actually Part A doesn't have a 20% coinsurance for the hospital.  It does have some deductibles and co-pays.  I misspoke earlier and that was a coinsurance not a copay.  

[Zella]

12 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Go on a date? 

They also have talked about the siblings going on dates with each other. 🤦‍♀️

[libgirl2]

7 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

What's Part C? I thought that was the supplemental plan. 

So confused!!!!😵

Thank God my husband is in insurance. When the time comes he will know how to navigate all of this! 

 

3 hours ago, Zella said:

They also have talked about the siblings going on dates with each other. 🤦‍♀️

They haven't a clue what a "date" is really about! 

[laurakaye]

3 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

They haven't a clue what a "date" is really about! 

My guess is Jill uses these parent/kid "dates" to foster jealousy amongst her children.  After all, who wouldn't want some precious one-on-one time with BME and Big Daddy?  So I'm thinking that special week to Jill meant that she only had to focus her attention on one kid, leaving the care of the others to whichever oldest not-Nurie hadn't been selected as Kid of the Week.

[oliviabenson]

A date is: a kid gets a few spoons of food and time with their awful parents and maybe a purity lecture. Yay!

[libgirl2]

41 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

My guess is Jill uses these parent/kid "dates" to foster jealousy amongst her children.  After all, who wouldn't want some precious one-on-one time with BME and Big Daddy?  So I'm thinking that special week to Jill meant that she only had to focus her attention on one kid, leaving the care of the others to whichever oldest not-Nurie hadn't been selected as Kid of the Week.

Of course she does. All  the more to keep them obedient to her and David. 

[Lady Edith]

42 minutes ago, laurakaye said:

My guess is Jill uses these parent/kid "dates" to foster jealousy amongst her children.  After all, who wouldn't want some precious one-on-one time with BME and Big Daddy?  So I'm thinking that special week to Jill meant that she only had to focus her attention on one kid, leaving the care of the others to whichever oldest not-Nurie hadn't been selected as Kid of the Week.

I think this is spot on. 

[crazy8s]

Speaking of the purity lecture, Tessie turns 16 next month and Hannah will be 15 later this year. Time for a trip to mini golf or something, where public prayers and many tears can be witnessed, and the girls promise to remain trim and chaste until marriage. ☹️

Kaylee was 16, and Renee 15, when mama and daddy took them to the NICE Olive Garden and then to Burger King for dessert and the purity lecture.

Edited June 23, 2023 by crazy8s

[BradandJanet]

2 minutes ago, crazy8s said:

Speaking of the purity lecture, Tessie turns 16 next month and Hannah will be 15 later this year. Time for a trip to mini golf or something, where public prayers and many tears can be witnessed, and the girls promise to remain trim and chaste until marriage. ☹️

It's odd that this requires losing most of their eyebrows too. 

[libgirl2]

6 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

It's odd that this requires losing most of their eyebrows too. 

Sperm shaped.... all the better for their future roles. :(

[ginger90]

Ahhhh purity….

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

Ahhhh purity….

Nice Olive Garden? lol! 

[BradandJanet]

17 minutes ago, libgirl2 said:

Nice Olive Garden? lol! 

Terrible things can happen to your purity at the CRUMMY Olive Garden. 

[Madtown]

Even back then, their smiles were terrifying..

[sagittarius sue]

14 minutes ago, Madtown said:

Even back then, their smiles were terrifying..

Kaylee appeared to be following BME's eye make-up guidelines.  Fortunately she has moderated it in the recent years.  With her pale complexion she looks like a vampire!

[oliviabenson]

Jill’s hair was not flattering even back then lol. Wowza. 

[Jynnan tonnix]

Add me to those who are super confused about the Medicare stuff. I know that the insurance we have from Mr. Jyn's long career in the Navy means we have plenty of coverage, including free prescriptions if we get them through the base pharmacy, so I have not done a whole lot of research on it yet, but I will be turning 65 in January, so I guess I'd better get on the ball. Mr. Jyn is a couple of years older than I am, and has not exactly been following through either. Although the coverage itself is not an issue, he's been having the hardest time finding a primary care doctor despite having made a whole bunch of phone calls to every provider in the area who accepts Tricare insurance, though the vast majority do not seem to be accepting new patients, and most have not even bothered to call him back. But one cannot go to a specialist without a referral from the primary, so there's no one to consult. Urgent care places are about the only option, but you can't exactly go there just for a checkup, so other than a trip to the ER when he had a bad reaction to a bee sting a couple of years ago, he has not seen a doctor in the past three years.

[CalicoKitty]

7 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

Thank God my husband is in insurance. When the time comes he will know how to navigate all of this! 

 

They haven't a clue what a "date" is really about! 

The best thing I did is go to a Medicare insurance specialist.  You can go crazy looking at all the plans companies send in the mail.  There are people that only or mostly handle Medicare.  My guy goes through  my meds to find the best RX company, and finds which company has the best insurance rates that year.  I check in with him once a year and he reviews my coverage.  It saves all the stress and confusion of deciphering the sales pitches, and he keeps me up to date on the best coverage and prices.

[Absolom]

With Tricare you can ignore all the Medicare Advantage ads.  Tricare will cover the copays, co-insurance, and deductibles from Medicare.  You will need to sign up for part B of Medicare.  Also Tricare has a mail order pharmacy program called Express Scripts if there's something you can't get at the base.  It isn't free, but reduced price.  

Edited June 23, 2023 by Absolom

[floridamom]

I went to an independent medicare agent. It's important that your agent doesn't work for a specific insurance company for you medicare supplement; as they will only try to sell you those companies. The premiums for the supplement vary so it's better to go with a tried and true long term supplemental plan company. I went with AARP United Healthcare because they have a large client group and this keeps premiums down. I chose Plan G.....the best thing I have ever done to date.  Always purchase Part D, prescription plan coverage too. This will be for the rest of your life; not just your "now healthy" younger retirement years. If you want to change companies later on because you are suddenly sick, the other companies can deny you as you have to pass medical underwriting and if they take you on, your premium will have a surplus charge....you'll pay more every month forever for it. We watched many Medicare School videon on YouTube to learn about Medicare and Supplement Insurance plans..RX ones too. I highly recommend anyone turning 65 soon to begin gathering the knowledge. It's tricky as the government really doesn't want to pay you. It's a shame that the Rods, Duggars, Bates families will never have these good opportunities in their old ages. Minimal Social Security also for them.

[libgirl2]

4 minutes ago, floridamom said:

I went to an independent medicare agent. It's important that your agent doesn't work for a specific insurance company for you medicare supplement; as they will only try to sell you those companies. The premiums for the supplement vary so it's better to go with a tried and true long term supplemental plan company. I went with AARP United Healthcare because they have a large client group and this keeps premiums down. I chose Plan G.....the best thing I have ever done to date.  Always purchase Part D, prescription plan coverage too. This will be for the rest of your life; not just your "now healthy" younger retirement years. If you want to change companies later on because you are suddenly sick, the other companies can deny you as you have to pass medical underwriting and if they take you on, your premium will have a surplus charge....you'll pay more every month forever for it. We watched many Medicare School videon on YouTube to learn about Medicare and Supplement Insurance plans..RX ones too. I highly recommend anyone turning 65 soon to begin gathering the knowledge. It's tricky as the government really doesn't want to pay you. It's a shame that the Rods, Duggars, Bates families will never have these good opportunities in their old ages. Minimal Social Security also for them.

Don't all of these people do "Christian" based healthcare? I hear ads for Medishare in my area all the time. 

[crazy8s]

5 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Ahhhh purity….

The boy version of the purity event. 

Someone commented "I hope they stay pure during and after marriage too! I think you mean stay virgins"  🤣

 

 

[Snow Fairy]

How sad it is not to be permitted to kiss you boyfriend / fiance before your wedding 

Edited June 23, 2023 by Snow Fairy

[satrunrose]

So, if Kaylee and Renee got a very ugly purity bracelet for their 'special gift', what did the boys get? Purity bowling shoes?

[Salacious Kitty]

1 minute ago, satrunrose said:

So, if Kaylee and Renee got a very ugly purity bracelet for their 'special gift', what did the boys get? Purity bowling shoes?

IIRC, they got plastic zoo animals. 😂

[CalicoKitty]

40 minutes ago, floridamom said:

I went to an independent medicare agent. It's important that your agent doesn't work for a specific insurance company for you medicare supplement; as they will only try to sell you those companies. The premiums for the supplement vary so it's better to go with a tried and true long term supplemental plan company. I went with AARP United Healthcare because they have a large client group and this keeps premiums down. I chose Plan G.....the best thing I have ever done to date.  Always purchase Part D, prescription plan coverage too. This will be for the rest of your life; not just your "now healthy" younger retirement years. If you want to change companies later on because you are suddenly sick, the other companies can deny you as you have to pass medical underwriting and if they take you on, your premium will have a surplus charge....you'll pay more every month forever for it. We watched many Medicare School videon on YouTube to learn about Medicare and Supplement Insurance plans..RX ones too. I highly recommend anyone turning 65 soon to begin gathering the knowledge. It's tricky as the government really doesn't want to pay you. It's a shame that the Rods, Duggars, Bates families will never have these good opportunities in their old ages. Minimal Social Security also for them.

I have the exact same coverage and  plan as you do.  So far, I have had no problems at all.  I just wish AARP would stop with all the mailings and emails.  I'm not interested in anything else they want to sell.