medicare

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Hello athan,

Your best bet is to check sites that can officially answer those

questions. Insurance and dropping any that you may have may be a

mistake since getting picked up again is an ify situation should

that situation ever arise.

However, I do not know enough to give you good advice.

Here are some helpful sites:

http://www.medicarerights.org/medicareanswersonline.html

www.medicare.gov/

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/med-q & a/med-q & a.htm

Hope this helps!

Gema

> Hello all!

>

> I just got a notice from the SSA letting me know that in August I

will

> be eligible for medicare. I know virtually nothing about medicare

> (except what I've learned since getting the notice) so I was

wondering

> if anyone here could give me input on it. Right now I'm double

> insured... one insurance through my wife's work, and one through

ASME

> (American Society of Mechanical Engineers). NOw the question I

have is

> whether I should pay for Medicare part B... Since I'm double

insured it

> wouldn't actually give me any direct benefits unless I dropped one

of my

> other insurances. It sounds tempting to drop my ASME insurance,

and

> pick up medicare part B as my " back up " policy since it would cost

about

> $250 less per month, but I don't know enough about medicare to

know if

> that's wise.

>

> Some of the questions I have are:

>

> Is it harder to get healthcare (because of pooor availability of

> approved providers etc.) with medicare?

>

> How hard is it to get medicare to approve claims?

>

> Is medicare a big headache to use like so many other government

> programs?

>

> Medicare says they cover the cost of post-transplant meds. Does

anyone

> know if this is covered by part A or part B, and what level (like

what

> percentage or copay or whatever) they cover at?

>

> Are there any other things about medicare that I should be aware

of?

>

> I guess the other worry I have is that if I do get a transplant,

and

> everythign goes well, I'll eventually not be considered disabled

any

> more and would not be eligible for medicare, but would likely

still have

> significant expenses for medications etc.

>

> Thanks for your input!

>

> athan

[Guest guest]

For Medicare patients with an 'exception' diagnosis...is there a limit (visits

or $amount) on the therapy they can receive in outpatient private practice? I

realize they need to be recertified after 90 days but is there a limit on their

therapy?

D. Moreau, PT

NC