That's heartbreaking Greg. I'm sorry. Looking out for your mom the way you are is probably the best gift you can give your dad.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We looked into Cobra, it was ridiculously expensive.. 600+ a month per > person. But I guess that's better than not having insurance. > Tomorrow we talk to my Dad's Oncologist/Hematologist. We suspect he's going > to stop the chemo treatment and send my Dad to hospice. > I'll call around tomorrow, today's been overwhelming.. I do appreciate all > the ideas though, guys. > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I agree with Judah about contacting the VA, but also contact the > > social services offices in the county they live in to find out if she > > will be eligible for any low income based benefits. Also, contact > > United Health Care to determine if she is eligible to continue that > > policy on Cobra. Do not let any time pass without her being covered, > > because getting insurance for someone who does not have it but has > > pre-existing conditions is all but impossible because those provisions > > of the health care act do not start until 2014. > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Greg Morphis <gmorp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345217 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
