My husband recently retired at the age of 60. I am 58. My are currently insured through a COBRA insurance plan the is a high deductible plan. We pay $900. per month and that will go to $1000. per month in January. I know that we would be eligible for something on the healthcare plan in 2017. The healthcare.gov stuff does sound scary to me but I would be interested in hearing from someone that has experience with it.


Anyone else here too young for Medicare and have any ideas on medical insurance. We rarely go to the doctor.

I thought I would share a little way that we save on our gasoline expense.

I have a Chase credit card. Each quarter they offer 5% cash back on a certain category. Two quarters per year, one of the categories it is gasoline. We also have a Speedway gasoline rewards card when we earn points to received free rewards. So I combine them and reap double!

Each year during January, February, and March. Chase offers the 5% on all gasoline purchases. So I use my Chase credit card to buy $800.00 worth of gift cards. I will get $40.00 back from Chase. I also use my Speedway Rewards to get 8000 bonus points for buying the gifts card. Then each week when I get gasoline, I pay using the gift certificate and get more Speedway Reward points!

In other words, I purchase enough Speedway gift cards while the 5% promotion for gasoline is on to last until the next time that promotion is on in July, August, and September. I get 5% cash back from Chase, get Speedway Rewards points for buying the gift cards and then also get rewards when I pay with my gift card. We usually redeem our Speedway Rewards for a free $100. gift card about every 13 months!