How do we let medicare know we want to stay w/Tricare for life?
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You can be automatically enrolled in Part D if you are already enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan.  If you have a Medicare Replacement (Advantage or HMO plan), you will need to notify that carrier that you do not wish to have Part D coverage.
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I HAD TO MAKE THIS SAME DECISION ONCE, IT WAS FOR AN AUNT, GRANTED NOT AS CLOSE AS A MOM BUTSTILL REAL DIFFICULT!!  YOU HAVE TO HONOR YOU MOM'S WISHES, SHE TRUSTED YOU WITH HER LIVING WILL!  IF IT'S A MATTER OF STOPPING LIFE SUPPORT, THEN DO AS SHE ASKED,  IF SHE'S ABLE TO BREATH ON HER OWN, AND YOUR CHOICE IS HOME OR A NURSING FACILITY,  TAKE HER HOME.THERE IS PLENTY OF HELP OUT THERE, HOSPICE WOULD BE THE BEST!!  GOD BLESS YOU, IT ISN'T EASY, BUT DO WHAT MOM ASKED......REMEMBER SHE TRUSTED YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION!!
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Hi, I live in Asheville. Most available subsidized health care will be within your resident county in NC. I don't know if you have already, but you should check the DSS in Henderson Co, and try to find out what you can do to be seen at the Health Dept. there. Usually they will base your payment amount, if any, on your income. In Buncombe Co, we have an assistance program thru ABCCM (Asheville,Bunc Community Christian Ministry) that will help pay your expenses, but I don't know if you have to be a resident of BuncCo.??  Hope you find something soon. Best of luck to you. ... by the way - how on earth do you qualify for medicare A,B,D and not medicaid? I would re-apply and/or appeal if I were you. Certainly the DSS will reconsider.
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Tell them you are moving and like to cacel or close an account.  If you would like, have them open another account at your next resident.  Let them know like a month ahead if possible.
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The best place is probably going to be your local health department.  \nYou can always call ahead just to make sure, and if they don't provide Medicaid from their offices, they can always refer you to who does or who you will need to speak with.
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One way would be to set yourself up with a General Agent. I use Bisys for this. Go to www.bisysinsurance.com for more info.
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TriCare is just a new name for Champus.  And Champus has been around forever, probably longer than you've been alive.
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May I suggest to you Ameri Plan's discount benefits program. They do not have any restrictions on ongoing conditions and you can start saving immediately. There is a hospital advocacy program that assigns you a personal advocate to negotiate with doctors on your medical bills.\n\nThe plan also includes savings on dental, vision, prescription and chiropractic care. I'd check them out. I'm so proud to be with them. I know I shouldn't advertise, but your need sounds great. Let me know if you have any questions. wlakin@ameriplan.net\n\nhttp://www.mybenefitsplus.com/40378118\n\nWe are currently running a promotion for just the dental, vision, prescription and chiropractic plan where you can try it out for 3 months for $23 total. This is a great service. You should check it out!
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Schedule the surgery!  You can go to the local public assistance office and they will help you find programs including theirs which will help your family with food stamps, money, medical, heat assistance and phone bill assistance if you qualify and it sounds like you would with him out that long.  If he has any sick time, he needs to take it, he can take a leave of absence for illness for 3 months under the family leave act, he wouldn't get paid but he'd keep his job.  \n\nThe surgery might be outpatient so it would be the 1 day.  Some of the public assistance programs when you apply go back to the day you apply or at least 30 days back, so if it wasn't covered now by medicaid it would be retroactively covered.  They might give you a temp card too so they would bill medicaid and it would be paid at a later date.  \n\nYou can talk to the hospital about the bill too, they can set it up so you'd make small payments or even to bill the medicaid at a later date.  \n\nTo survive in the meantime, do you belong to a church?  any organizations?  The red cross and some of the churches sometimes take up fundraisers or give donations to family to help them recover from illness so that can be an option while waiting for the public assistance.\n\nhttp://www.okhca.org/client/eligibility/apply.asp  you can apply here\n\nCall these numbers to ask what you can do:\n\nOklahoma Health Care Authority\n4545 N. Lincoln, Suite 124\nOklahoma City, OK 73105\n405-522-7300\nAdministers Oklahoma's Medicaid Program.\n\nWho to Call with Questions About Medicaid:\n\nMedicaid Eligibility Questions\nCall your DHS county office.\n\nSooner Care Helpline\n800-987-7767\n800-757-5979 TTY\nGeneral questions, enrollment information, benefits information for CHOICE members.\n\nHealth Plan Member Services Numbers:\nSoonerCare Plus members can call their plan numbers for benefits information, billing problems, transportation for medical services and with other questions.\n\nBlueLincs: 800-580-6202 or 800-722-0353 TTY\nCommunity Care: 800-900-2690 or 800-522-8506 TTY\nHeartland: 800-492-7639 or 800-722-0353 TTY\nPrime Advantage: 800-559-5532 or 888-541-3097 TTY\n\n\nTransportation Arrangements:\nCHOICE members call Sooner Ride at 1-877-404-4500 or 918-584-7209 TTY. Plus members go through their health plans (see above).\n\nBill Information:\nCHOICE members call Customer Services at 1-800-522-0310 or 405-522-7179 TTY. Plus members can contact their health plans directly (see numbers above).
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hunny, here on yahoo! answers is NOT the place to be asking where to write a careplan...you need to get with the cna's, doctors, nurses, family, and everyone else that takes care of him in order to determine a careplan
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If you went into the E.R as far as I know they can not turn you down.... They can make you wait forever and a day, but they can't turn you down.\n\nAnd most good hospitals work out payment plans for people with out insurance.
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Did you get the plan from work? Well then ask this your HR manager. If you are buying on your own, I'd rather suggest\na plan with no elimination or waiting periods, like eHealthPlus.
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first, how do you plan on getting paid? most will expect medicare or insurance coverage. you must have medicare provider number in order to bill medicare, are you going to provide concentrators, equipment etc. where will you get referrals? do you have a business plan? what insurers will accept your billing? do you have enough cash reserves to last until paid? insurers and medicare never pay within 30 days. who will maintain equipment? are you going to buy new or used? what other services can you provide besides respiratory? how much insurance will you need? are you going to buy or rent oxygen cylinders? how will you handle after hours emergencies when equipment breaks or elderly patient does not operate it correctly? someone has to be on call. how much equipment will you need and where can you get fast delivery when you begin to run short? if medicare goes to competitive bidding how will you compete against national chains...apria, lincare, american home patient etc? how much competition in area? find an area underserved.\n\nanswer some of these and you will have an idea...good luck, i just sold mine.
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From the Medicare website:  Elderplan, Brooklyn, New York \nThe enrollee must be 65 years of age or older, must have Medicare Part A and Part B, must continue to pay the Part B premium and must live in Elderplan's service area. The enrollee cannot have end-stage renal disease. In order to receive chronic care benefits, the enrollee must meet state nursing home certifiable criteria. \n\nMore info can be found here... http://www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Alternatives/SHMO.asp
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Medicare questions can be confusing! Getting the best supplemental coverage and/or a a Medicare Part D policy, for example, depends on several factors.  Supplemental plans and options available vary in each state.  \n\nAlso, the way Part D Medicare is structured is definitely not a "one size fits every senior" deal, too. Each individual--even husbands and wives--need to go through the process to determine what plan is going to meet their needs and will be the "best deal,"\n\nI highly recommend that you call your local Area Agency on Aging--these groups are one of the best kept secrets around for older Americans and their families who are seeking information on Medicare and other kinds of consumer questions. There is one where you live, since this is a national network--and they aren't selling anything! The staff there will visit with you and guide you to information you need to answer your questions. Since they talk with seniors every day--and answer lots of Medicare questions--they will know the "scoop" on the supplemental plans available where you live. They really are experts and answering these kinds of questions!\n\nYou can call toll-free 1-800-677-1116 to find how to contact the Area Agency on Aging serving you. You will most likely find the people there friendly and very helpful.\n\nIf you do contact your local Area Agency on Aging and like the help that they give you, let your local county officials and your folks in Congress know.  Area Agencies on Aging don't have big budgets--their funding comes from the Older Americans Act and this has not increased for a very long time! Your voluntary financial contribution of any amount--which is not required to get the help you need to answer this question--would certainly be appreciated.\n\nHope this helps! Good luck and best wishes
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Most US citizens get Medicare Part A for free when they turn 65 (or if disabled).  You then get the option to pay $88 a month for Part B (which you do).  This will cover 80% of most medical procedures, hospital stays, and doctor visits.  The other 20% gets paid by you, unless you get a supplemental insurance policy which I would highly recommend.  If you have private insurance or an HMO through your retirement (check to see if they will drop you when you turn 65) Medicare becomes the primary and they become the secondary.  If you don't have to pay for that coverage, keep it.  If you do, or they will drop you at 65, or your insurance doesn't come with retirement, look into a supplemental policy about 6 months before you turn 65.\n\nMedicaid is Welfare health care for the severely impoverished.  You must have very limited assets to qualify.  They will pay for your doctor bills, prescriptions, and long term care facility, but they want you to be completely broke, and if you own a house they will put a lein on it.  Stay away from Medicaid if you can afford to.\n\nHope that helps.  Contact an insurance company in your area that offer supplements about 6 months from your 65th b-day and get quotes.  Go with one that the agent provides and processes your claims.  Much easier for you in the later years when you may not be able to deal with the paperwork.  State Farm, Bankers Life & Casualty, Mutual of Omaha those are some of the big ones.