Yeah for this getting straightened out! And without having to fight tooth and nail or hire a lawyer...

Hallelujah! :rolleyes:

Nope no lawyers and it was not much of a fight, just one form saying that they had to be out of their loving minds.

In order to qualify for Medicare, you need to have been a Social Security disability beneficiary for 24 months. That means that you have been receiving checks. It does not go back to your date of disability, I don't think.

~ Faith

Faith,

You are correct with what you have said.:)

If I am reading this right, I don't think that is correct Faith. You don't need to have been receiving checks for 2 years if when you are approved for SSDI they recognize that your date of disability was at least 2 years prior.

I was approved for SSDI last month and have not started getting checks yet. My disability began in 2004. I got my medicare card in the mail today

I'm glad that you were able to get it worked out PF !

not sure how everything is going for you right now but in some states women are ordered to pay alimony for disabled husbands. you might check into that. that might persuade her to keep you on for just a little while.

Thanks but based upon our incomes neither one of us is in titled to any money from the other and the change over took effect in June.

From the domestic cases I have been through with friends, the disabled person was given coverage for medical. With the plan that they will have to be covered until medicare takes effect, some also had to split the uncovered 50 50.
The spouse did not make that determination, it was agreeable as part of avoding someone else make a ruling, or ordered by the master/judge.

They received alimoney also because of disability.
Good luck,
di