Right now they have insurance through United Health Care which expires this month. I'll look at those links and see what I can come up with. I appreciate you guys, I didn't know of TriCare.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > 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:345201 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
