Rhonda,

What about Medicare, not Medicaid. They are two different things. Medicaid
is when you are on SSI, Supplemental Security Income or general assistance,
and Medicare are for those recieving SSDI benefits.

Brad



At 03:40 PM 9/12/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Now that Ben is getting an SSDI or social security disability check, we
>received a letter saying his Medicaid the program  that pays for his many
>medications and doctor visits will stop as of October 1st.  He had
>low-income Medicaid, he now makes too much money for that, his check is
>around $1400.00 a month, he could apply for adult Medicaid but his income is
>counted, he would have to spend at least 1000 dollars a month in medical
>costs out of pocket in order to receive Medicaid for that month!!!
>so if you have enough money to live on, you can't get help.  I have
>contacted a program that is ran by the medication  manufacturers that
>assists  patients with paying for medications, so that will probably help.
>But I am concerned because Ben will not be able to visit eye doctors and the
>kidney doctor he was seeing.
>I could look in to private health insurance, but that would be outrageous if
>I could even find  any.
>So, that is where we are.  Ben isn't feeling well lately, always tired, I
>guess it's all those different medications, he says his eyes are worse,
>Rhonda

Brad

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