medicare

Good Morning, Giving this a try. A little background for my dad: He was diagnosed early months of 2017, receives Social Security Disability. Medicare A and B, recently enrolled into Supplemental Insurance as well. My mother depended completely on his income when he did work. My dad can no...

I am sooooooo confused I was approved for Medicare and it starts soon, dec 1, but I see it's open enrollment for 2018. Am I supposed to pick a plan????? I don't see anything in my mymedicare.gov profile about picking a plan... i did get enrolled in something called silver scripts...

It has been awhile since I last posted about my wheelchairs. The threads where I posted are closed, so I am starting this one to share my experiences so far. My primary wheelchair, the Permobil C500s VS, is still in the shop. NuMotion has confirmed it needs new motor, gearbox, brakes, and...

I am a new member to this forum. I was diagnosed with a motor Neurone disease in July 2016 after complaining of weakness in my legs and arms that commenced in 2012. On top of that, I was stricken with Guillain-Barré syndrome in September 2016. After 9 months of hospitals, rehab facilities and...

Today was another clinic visit in Hershey, PA. It was a rough day. My breathing numbers were so far in the tank that they have set up for HOSPICE to visit me Friday. My strength well they recommended that I move to the power wheelchair full time (I did have two falls this month) and that I get a...

I cannot believe Medicare doesn't cover in-home care for ALS patients. We have just begun research for what it will cost us out of pocket. Is $20/hr through an agency reasonable?

Hi I'm still working FT but feel I need to quit soon. It's getting harder and I'm getting slower and more stressed. The reason I haven't quit yet is because I need my insurance. I really want to get on Radicava and I'm afraid that if I quit work I'll have to wait 5 months to get on Medicare...

Hello to everyone, My father, age 56, was recently diagnosed of MND. It all started April 2016 when we noticed my dad started dragging his right foot. He began to trip and fall more than ever in his life. He was extremely athletic all of his life and has worked from the early age of 7 until...

My father in law was diagnosed with familial ALS in April of this year (3rd generation to suffer from this horrible disease) and he recently lost his ability to walk. He's now in a power wheelchair and they are going to be getting a hospital bed for him soon so he's more comfortable at home...

My wife is 52, and was recently diagnosed with ALS. She hasn't worked since 2000, when she stopped to be come a full time mother. She does have enough work credits to be eligible for disability, since she hasn't worked in the last 10 years. But she does have a work record that goes back to...