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    Illinois law re: Medicare supplement insurance

    I just want to be sure all Illinois PALS who have Medicare and are under age 65 are aware of a law that was passed guaranteeing right to purchase Medicare supplement insurance. It takes effect in June and there will be a 6-month open enrollment period. I talked to the IL Dept. of Insurance and...
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    speech generating device

    Hi, Everyone! I've done a search here and gone back and read old posts about this topic but wonder if anyone has anything to add. Unfortunately I'm past the point of voice banking. I've read about ERICA and Eyegaze, both of which use vision tracking. Is that hard to control? Seems like a good...
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    hospitalization

    A question: Do most people with ALS have to be hospitalized early-on or at all? The reason I ask is that the disability insurance I have through work has a catastrophic "trigger" which requires a 72-hr. hospitalization or a terminal diagnosis of 12 months or less to live before it will begin...
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    "Probable" ALS--what do I tell people?

    After being told about 10 months ago that I had had a small strolke and sharing that info with family and some friends, I have now seen 2 other neurologists, including 1 at an ALS center, and been told it wasn't a stroke and have a diagnosis of probable ALS. Only my husband knows that thus far...
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