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Meet Nancy
Meet Nancy
Nancy shares part of her retirement story and how her Aetna Medicare Advantage plan fits into her life.
Hi, my name is Nancy Baton.
I am a retired New Jersey high school principal and middle school principal. And I am truly enjoying my retirement.
I live with my husband here in Westfield, New Jersey, and I've been married to Bill. It'll be 38 years this summer.
We have two children grown children and I have five grandsons. My friends are very important to me. I have one group of friends with whom I play Majong once a week on Fridays and another group that we play a variety of card games. Just enjoying each other's company is what's so important to me.
When it came time for me to enroll in Medicare, I wanted the one with the least amount of hassles and I had been told what a great health plan Aetna has. That's why I chose Aetna, and I'm very happy I did.
When I decided to go with the Aetna Medicare Advantage plan, I chose it because of the wide range of coverage and the low copays. I found that I was not limited in my choice of doctors.
We use CVS pharmacy. It's very convenient. I even have a drive-up window. And what we like is that when our prescriptions are ready, they text us every year.
Aetna offers the opportunity for a healthy home visit. Once a year, they send a nurse right here in my home and the nurse examines me. And actually this year she found something, so she did a test on me and my doctor called me and said, you need to see a vascular surgeon and I'm under his care.
Now I never would've caught something that could be potentially very dangerous had that nurse not come to my home. I love to walk. I recently had a spinal fusion, so I've been unable to walk, but I walked between two and five miles with a friend almost every day.
I'm recuperating now from the surgery, and I had a great deal of support from Aetna because they supported what the doctor recommended. And I am now in physical therapy twice a week. And I'm really looking forward to getting rid of my back brace and just starting to walk again.
Having the support of Aetna and not having to worry about bills or paperwork, or is this covered, I didn't have any of that. All I do now is concentrate on my recovery. If you're not healthy, you're not going anywhere. So Aetna has helped me stay on track.
Marshall’s story
Marshall: To walk up the stairs when I first got home, it seemed like it was walking up mount Everest. Would I ever make it up there? I have been living with diabetes for years. I had triple bypass surgery in 2014, and 2016 I was diagnosed with liver cancer. I lost a lot of my confidence at that time because I would look in the mirror and he just seemed like a half the man that I used to be. And I didn’t have anybody that I really felt comfortable talking to. I pretty much depend on myself a lot. Nicole is my nurse through Aetna.
Nicole and Marshall [simultaneously]: Hey!
Marshall: She changed my life because she helped me to find someone that I could open up to. Instead of being all by myself. She was like my little special guardian angel there for me. She helped me to explain things to me, my medication, my healthcare, my eating habits. She helped me to feel more confidence in myself. My goal is to get healthy one step at a time. I’m gonna get up and do something about my life. Instead of doing something negative I can do something positive for my body and my mind. You see that older guy walking down the street with his head up high walking straight not humped over and like he’s about ready to fall out. I felt my strength coming back. I’m gonna make it. I’m strong. I will survive.
Marshall’s story
Hear from Marshall about his quest to find the confidence to keep fighting despite a series of health setbacks.