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Originally Posted by daylilyfan
In my county, they have a county government office that deals with Aging. I went there and a woman who helps seniors with supplemental insurance and medicare talked to me about what to do when I get Medicare in July 2011. She told me I had to wait until I was on Medicare to sign up for supplemental. But, I think she also said you had to sign up within a certain time frame, or you would not be eligible. I am not sure on that - but I know she told me to come see her as soon as the Medicare kicked in so she could help me pick a provider and get signed up.
So you may want to check into this ASAP.
The different supplementals cover different medications at different rates. So you will want to see which one would be the least expensive according to what medications your wife takes. At least that is what this woman told me.
See if your county has an aging office. She knew about SSDI, SSI, etc as well as for retired people.
If the doctor does not take Medicare, perhaps they would take the supplemental. .
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Thanks for responding all. Sorry about the delay, I got extremely busy.
daylilyfan, Suzy has been on medicare for little over a year now. It so happens that my cousin's wife's mother had gotten plenty of advice from an expert in medicare-SS issues and she called this person about Suzy's issue and that person then called me. She seemed very informed, said she will gather as much info from us, next week, before Dec 7 deadline and steer us to the best policy one can get at the best price from several insurance companies. Why I thought only AARP was the only alternative is beyond me.
11-25-2011, 01:04 PM
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