I just spoke to a friend of mine who works in elderly home health care business and she said that long-term care policies might cover this expense but not health care policies. Kat On 26 Dec 2006, at 15:03, Anthony Arnold wrote: Friends, I know I haven't written for a while, but I'm wondering if any of you know if you can get either medical assistance or social service to help pay the monthly charges for a Medical Alert system? It's about $32 a month, and I'd feel it would be classed as a medical necessity. Thanks, Anthony <http://www.anthonyarnold.net> www.anthonyarnold.net (I blog) ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy