Re: Medicare and Proton Beam was...... Digest Number 1274

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Hi Terry,

Thanks for the kind words.

You wrote >>"Bearing in mind that he lives in Florida and the treatment was in California, this seems to be a pretty good benefit and option?"

It is good in that he will have the benefit of Medicare, but Medicare may or may not pay all of the bill for treatment. It is unlikely that it will, but, that said, half a glass full is much better than none at all. Medicare has it's own system of figuring out what they think is the right charge for a particular procedure, always less than is actually charged. The expenses he will run up is in getting to and from California, and paying for lodging and meals in California. If he has someone back in Florida to watch over his home, that will not be an expense. But if not, he may very well have to hire this done.

So yes, Medicare is certainly better than nothing at all. I am on Medicare and have managed to run up some pretty good bills just recently, having had a major concussion due to stupidity on my part, plus a helicopter ride to a major trauma center about 100 miles away. I live in a rather remote area and needed to get to that trauma center, local hospital could not handle it. I am waiting for the bills to start coming to me.

Do I think Medicare will pay on the bills? Yes. Do I think Medicare will pay it all? Not by a long site.

The best to you in Australia,

Re: Digest Number 1274

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