She should be covered by insurance through the VA, called TriCare. She'll also be eligible for survivor benefits when your Dad passes away. I'm very sorry to hear that he's not doing well, that's a rough situation.
TriCare info: http://www.tricare.mil/ Survivor benefits info: http://www.vba.va.gov/survivors/vabenefits.htm She should contact your local VA department and they'll be able to walk her and your Dad through the process of making sure that both of them are taken care of in the remaining time he's around and that everything gets taken care of after he passes. As for Medicaid, hopefully she won't need it after you talk to the VA. But Medicaid doesn't have age limitations, that's Medicare. Medicaid is income-based, primarily, and qualifications vary state to state, so you'd have to contact your local state department of health to find out more info, but definitely contact the VA first. There are some wrinkles that she might run into here and there with the VA but they should be all surmountable if you do some research. I had a friend who is a widow and she wasn't able to pay the deductible on some of her brand-name meds and we were able to find a VA-sponsored program that did medications by mail that dropped the price by over 2/3rds. Just took a bit of looking. My best wishes to you and your parents in this difficult time. If there is anything we can do to help, please holler. Judah On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a dilemma.. > > A quick summary: > My mom is 58, she'll turn 60 July 2014. My mom has always been a stay at > home mom, never had a job in her life. My dad doesn't have much long to > live, weeks, maybe months. > My dad was in the military, fought and injured in Vietnam. Are any of you > aware of programs or anything that my mom would be eligible for to get her > insurance until she turned 60 and could get on Medicaid? Are there people > we could call/contact for more information. > > Thanks, I appreciate all your help > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
