RE: Repealing the Affordable Care Act will kill more than 43,000 people annually
January 26, 2017 at 8:38 am
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2017 at 9:00 am by brewer.)
(January 25, 2017 at 10:09 pm)Aegon Wrote:(January 25, 2017 at 9:19 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: You have my sympathies. Have your MD's talked to you about medicare eligibility for ESRD?
https://www.medicareresources.org/blog/2...-patients/
I'm somewhat aware of this. I'm still young (turning 22 tomorrow), so I've really only begun to educate myself about my insurance in the last year that I've been treated for it. I'm still thoroughly confused by a lot of it. I was under my father's insurance, but unfortunately it was not the best plan and it didn't cover a lot, but coverage was expanded under the ACA. I was able to receive certain medications for $5 when at one point they cost $100+, so says my doctors. However, I also live in NY, one of the states that expanded Medicaid. And if one of the replacement plans that's been circling the news (the one that allows states to keep the ACA if they so desire) passes, then I'm sure NY will keep it.
It's all very overwhelming and it just ticks me off that I need to worry about it at all. Our system should not be like this. And there are people like me, with different conditions, in different states, who are in a much worse position. They should not have to worry either.
Talk to your MD's and support staff. They'll give you insight into the medicare qualification/enrollment process. The dialysis providers will certainly know. Even if you have private pay insurance you want to get the medicare coverage enforce so that you are covered under both. Some pp plans limit dialysis benefits (or at least they did 10 yrs ago when I was still active) knowing that dialysis/transplant patients qualify for medicare.
Luck and best wishes.
(January 26, 2017 at 2:30 am)Cato Wrote: Dieting and exercising are within an individual's control, the examples you gave are not. I should not be forced to pay for my fellow citizens' poor behavior.
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Diet/exercise/obesity are not the only contributing factors for the etiology for type II. Just saying.
Your position about not being on the hook for others life style choices that are within the individuals control does have validity. A part of me is in your court. So then the debate begins, what is in the individuals control? That becomes a slippery slope. Where is the stand taken covering complications of alcohol use, tobacco use, addictions (is food addiction real?), potentially dangerous hobbies, not participating in preventative care........................
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
