Re: Insurance after 18th bday/SSI, etc.

[Guest guest]

SSI is Supplemental Security Income (not social security) and is largely

federally funded; it is income only for the poor; Medicaid

always comes with it, but in many states, even if one is quite poor,

one does get Medicaid, and usually Food Stamps with SSI, or without

it, provided one's income is low enough--thus both are " entitlement "

programs by virtue of poverty, not eligibility programs like Social

Security and Medicare--although we all, when we work, pay taxes into

all these programs. One can search this by typing Medicare, Medicaid, SSDI

(Social Security for the Disabled), SSA (the retirement

variety of SS), etc. by topic on the web and then picking one's own state for

more information. Whew! n Rojas

Re: Insurance after 18th bday

First of all when you find out please share it with us. I heard SSI but its

very hard to get on so some try medicaid or medicare I always get them

confused.

If he is a student couldn't he stay on your insurance?

Try checking with your local Dept. of Health I believe that would be their

jurisdication. Also, try State Dept. of Insurance.

Rosemary in NY with 3 children (13, 11 and 7)

with CF. I have a dog named TOBI and have

coined the phrase " BREATHE DAMMIT "