question;
My superintendent where i work told me that i needed to be on disabled social
security.
he made it plain that he wasn't trying to impose on me any worry about losing
my job or anything like that but that I need not have to work in my condition.
I am thankful for his consideration and he told me that he would keep me for 30
years,God forbid, but that i needed to do something towards that end.
thing is,,i have no clue about how and does anyone know of any assistance money
wise during the process if any?
painfully yours,
John
--- On Fri, 8/27/10, Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com> wrote:
From: Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] ot: medicare question
To: rn11...@yahoo.com, "Kevin Wolfthal" <wolft...@optonline.net>
Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 5:34 PM
Kevin, I totally agree with
Cheryl. I am on long term disability and had insurance through my
company. They were primary and since I already had good coverage I didn't
sign up for Part B when it was offered. Turned out the people at my
company (it is a large well known one), didn't know that Medicare was supposed
to be the primary coverage, not the one the company offered. At one point
the company thought they might even charge the LTD folks for the $$ they had
paid for our coverage.
The kicker was I
had to pay a 10% penality every year - I am up to over $140.00 a month
where most people are paying about $93 or something close.
Like Cheryl said, work with
Medicare and get everything in writing. Even the people that should be
able to give you correct answers a lot of times really don't know.
Cindy McLeroy
----- Original Message -----
From:
rn11...@yahoo.com
To: Kevin Wolfthal
Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:45
AM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] ot: medicare
question
Hi Kevin,
I have had medicare part A & B since
I got tm in August 1995.I have a medicare HMO through Health New
England.That costs me $123 a month in addition to what medicare part A
& B cost.
Do you have medicare part B?
I do know if you do not get part B when
it is offered,you pay higher premiums for it later.So if you do have
it,you might have to pay more later if you cancel it
now.
I'd talk to medicare about what exactly
happens if you cancel ,and get any advice in writing.It amazes me how
people get conflicting info about the consequences of cancelling
things.
Make sure you are fully informed before
cancelling medicare.You don't want problems later
Cheryl in
Easthampton,MA.
--- On Fri, 8/27/10, Kevin Wolfthal
<wolft...@optonline.net> wrote:
From:
Kevin Wolfthal <wolft...@optonline.net>
Subject: [TMIC] ot:
medicare question
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Friday, August
27, 2010, 11:27 AM
Dear Friends,
I am looking for ways to
cut my expenses so I can continue to
live where I am. I have never
used Medicare, but have been
paying about $100 a month for it for
about 10 years out of
my SSDI. Blue Cross is my primary insurance.
I am thinking
of dropping Medicare for now to save money. I was
told I
could always reapply for it later, that it takes about 3
months
to get it back.
I would like opinions on whether there
could be negative
repercussions to dropping it for now. As I
mentioned, I've
never used it in 10
years.
Kevin
