Are you talking about Social Security disability? If you are, then you'll get Medicare. HTH

Theresa

So sorry that you have to go through this. I know that it can be frustrating thinking that you are getting the things you need andthen to have it taken away. Are you sure that they are not qulifing you for Medicaid because I think tjhof is rightif you get SSI disability you should get medical with it. I know for me alot of this stuff is confusing. I have Late Stage Lymes and know that it will be an up hill batytle to get approved. Hang in there hopefully you just misunderstood.

IF you are medically found to be permanently disabled you can apply for S.S. Disability which then automatically enrolls you into Medicare. IF you live below the poverty level receiving S.S. Disability you may then qualify for Medicaid. At 24 you will have a massive fight on your hands qualifying for S.S. Disability. The system will try to push you hard to frustrate your application which is why most people have to hire a S.S. lawyer to advocate on your behalf. I was 35 when my injury/accident at work happened. 5yrs later after all medical aid failed I filed my S.S. application. A year later I was approved with little fuss as I had been thorough with all medical avenues and armed to the teeth with medical records. No lawyer needed, so every case is different. Federal workman's compensation on the other hand, OH BOY! A nightmare left for an other post.

I believe lovebaby8 is ONLY talking about Medicaid due to income being at the federal poverty level. In which case you may be able to qualify for a Charity Care program within your community. Depending on the medication you are taking some pharmaceutical companies provide access to the poor. Try the website of the company that makes the med you take. You may also be able to research some information on www.healthcare.gov and see if anything new has been put into Medicaid prescription assistance. Your profile mentions where you work, so look into the pharmaceutical program there also. Try every angle possible.

Always be your own advocate! It's YOUR life.
Best wishes. :) pRu

lovebaby,

Painruss, just give you some very good information, you need to figure out if this is SSDI or if this is some other type of disability, and also see if you will qualify for Medicare now that you no longer qualify for Medicaid. Is this LTD from work? Long term disability from your employer? Or is it from the State? You need to check on all of that before becoming depressed, there is always a solution, and what you need to do now i s get your ducks in a row, and see what you qualify for, do not despair, things can be worked out.

Hugs,

I know of some organizations that will pay for all your meds. for 3 months at a time. i signed up for it but have not heard back. they are listed online, i think. right now i can't remember the name of it but when i do i will pass it along. how can this be done to sick people i can't understand. don't give up.

I applied and I got approved or social security disability. Surprizley it only took a month to get approved but there is that 5 month waiting period before it actally starts. I can't get medicare until I have been on ssdi for two years. Medicaid said I could keep it until my ssdi started unless they found I qualify for top level care. Because the income limit on medcaid is 757 dollars and my ssdi is 922. So that was the only way to keep the medcaid they found I don't need that top level of care and so in october my medcaid will be cancel when my ssdi starts.

You are right-on with your facts now. Once you have actually been rec'vg SSDI, NOT from the date of your waiting period, 24 months of recvg SSDI, THEN and only then are you elligible for Medicare. This has been a major change with individual State's, who administer Medicaid, and the State's budget deficits. They are actually kicking people off Medicaid that are HIV+/AIDS if there labs show they are ever undetectable viral load without regard that if you stop taking your meds, the hiv adapts and you then have a resistance to the very med that made you undetectable...have a viral load that is undetectable does NOT mean you stop meds OR do not have other corresponding health issues!!! These changes with Medicaid occured July 1, 2010 across all 50 States due to the economy. Know this: Drug Co.'s Patient Assitance Programs WILL NOT pay or provide narcotic pain meds--ever! I hope you get things figured-out because as far as the economy goes, we are still in for a bumpy ride for a few years. As a recently Disabled Veteran and with thousands of troops coming back with absolutely no jobs for them; the homeless rate of U.S. Military Veteran's is astounding, as is the suicide rate. God Bless!

Lovebaby,
I am on SSDI and have Medicare, but because I pay rent, bills, etc... when they look at my income Vs. what I pay, they do qualified me for Medicaid help. Are you married or single? If you pay rent, and bills, the $955.00 is not going to go very far! So if you go to the welfare office and show that, let's say; you pay $500.00 in rent, $100.00 in electric, $50.00 on water, and $50.00 on phone, that only leaves you with $255.00 to live, so then they should be able to get give you some amount of help with Medicaid, you need to get all of this stuff together so that way you can get some kind of help.

What about your employer? Do you have COBRA? The website that I gave you yesterday helps people that are underinsure and with issues like COBRA, etc... so you might want to check into that. Let's hope that you can get some help before the Medicaid ends, there hs to be a way! Take care,

Tipper gave you some great advice because remember when I got my SSDI, since I too pay rent, and all utilities (they will not count cable, car insurance, or student loans), and I had Medicaid for the 24 months until Oct last year when I started Medicare. NOTE: None of your utilities and documentation can be more than 30 days old so may have to print current bills off net, and they will also want to see a current bank statement and recpts for last few months of rent or at least noted detail of that expendature on bank statement. Have it all together, including your SSDI/SSI award letter..no more than 30 days old--you can order than on Soc Sec website or get it immediately at your local Soc Sec office. A caseworker told me on more than one occassion that I was one of the few that always had all the current info they needed at the welfare/county job & fam svcs., as over 70% of people are sent away to get what is needed and trying to get a real person at these offices on the phone is next to impossible due to how busy they are with the high unemployment rate. You will get this, you just have to learn to be jumping through lots of 'hoops' until you get Medicare. Peace and Pain-Free!

Good follow up Tip & Nam. Thanks for jogging my memory as well, LOL. It was because my health fight was over 5yrs long my SSD payments went retro-active 2yrs and I was put into Medicare 3 months after approval. I had paid a year's worth of Cobra Insurance through my employee healthcare plan so they had to refund me the balance. But it's been pure hell they all put me through from 2003 to 2010.

I was fortunate because my plan gave us an instant 36 months of coverage in Cobra. But every year that passed also dropped the amount of coverage I was allowed. Granted my payments went down but it also meant more out of pocket from me. So far things have worked out well regarding any type of doctor visits & haven't shelled out a dime. My Cobra is paid through end of 2010 which is when Cobra expires completely. Very concerned what my options will be for secondary insurance on 1/2011. It's not cheap living in NJ tell you that much, but I still make too much on SSD to qualify for anything...and since I had a compensation settlement I'm screwed. They take all assets into consideration, yet don't give a damn how far down the road that money will last me. It's a "double payment" law that states you cannot be doubly compensated. Yet criminals find easy ways to rob the government blind from OUR money. Sorry, still a bit bitter lol.

Congrats on winning your S.S. Disability so it's a start. Don't get depressed, get the fire of dissension in your blood and fight to be heard as a human being. pRu

I am appealing the medicaid decision but if i get turn down again thats it. They stated I did make too much with mydisability even with all the bills that I had. I don't understand why i can't qualify for a nurse aid because it takes me over 4 hours to get out of bed when I first wake up because all my joints are stiff and and sore. Even after that I can't really do anything the most I can lift is like a pound. But I am trying to keep happy thoughts we will see what happens.