Re: Wait?

[Guest guest]

Go see someone at legal aid and they will get them kicked into gear... Otherwise

it could be long...

Love and peace always

Shaun and Barb

[Guest guest]

I applied in early March and just today I got the official written

notice that I have been approved. The local office called me about 2

weeks ago to tell me so. I am to get my first check on June 20.

regards,

sherry z

[Editor's Note: Sherry, congratulations on this important milestone. Kathy F.]

>

> I have a question...how long do you have to wait after your hearing

> for disability until they let you know something?

> I am going crazy here just waiting to know how to proceed with my

life.

> anybody out there know?

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Delane. Actually, it's the Medicare I'm most interested in.

I found out that if anything happens to my husband I will have no

health insurance - so I needed to apply for SS disability so that I

can become eligible for Medicare early, just in case. Does Medicare

help you even while you are covered by a spouse's health plan? Will

it help us with the out-of-pocket expenses?

regards,

sherry z

>

> One great thing about that first check is that it is retroactive to

the

> official 'disability' date...and two years from that date, you are

eligible

> for Medicare which is a super wonderful thing especially if it is

secondary

> to a group health plan of a spouse...like mine is.

>

> CONGRATULATIONS!!!

>

> Delane

[Guest guest]

That is wonderful to hear - Thanks! I assume I will be eligible for

Medicare 24 months after my approval date for SSD?

regards,

sherry z

>

> My hub's group insurance (Georgia State via United Healthcare) pays

first

> then Medicare is filed...and YES! Great deal of difference in the out

of

> pocket...You just have to remind your providers that in your case,

Medicare

> is secondary...Most of the time my balance is ZERO!

>

> Great news!

> Delane

[Guest guest]

Good! They said in the letter that they determine I became disabled

April '06. My benefits are retroactive to October '06 because you

must be disabled for 5 full months before you become eligible for

benefits. It sounds like I might become eligible for Medicare

April '08? That would be great. Between loss of income and co-pays

for treatment and meds, we can use all the help we can get.

thanks again,

sherry z

>

> The waiting period begins with the 'disability date' the SS decides

applies

> to you.. not the date of your first check and not the approval

date....so in

> some cases it's almost immediate according to whatever date they

determine

> your disability began..

>

> Delane

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[Guest guest]

Does Medicare help you even while you are covered by a spouse's health

plan?

Actually, my insurance (Humana) requires that dh's Medicare pay first

and be primary for him, with Humana picking up as secondary. Also, I

personally think the Medicare prescription plans are awful, with

those " donut " hole gaps......I haven't even signed dh up for a Medicare

script plan.....if I did, then my Humana script plan wouldn't cover him

either, and they pay better (well, except for the injectable meds....I

guess if dh ever has to take an injectable med I'll sign him up for the

Medicare plan at that point.)