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Permalink Reply by DebbieK on July 15, 2012 at 3:31pm

https://www.medicare.gov/find-a-plan/questions/home.aspx

This might help. I live in LA so different plans here. I paid nothing for my tx, hospital stays, testing, dr. visits and Medicaid helps pay for my meds. Also no monthly premium and free mental health services.  

Permalink Reply by Jay Lackritz on July 15, 2012 at 3:46pm

Thanks, Debbie. Sounds like you have Medicaid assistance. My brother was told that his Social Security check was high enough to disqualify him for Medicaid, so I just told him to get the AARP MA Plan that is an HMO and has no premiums. He found a local doctor and went for his "Welcome to Medicare" tests and found out that his liver is very enlarged and he has Hepatitis C. They plan to put him on a new Interferon treatment, which I know is a nightmare, but he has to do it. He also has a few other problems which might have to be dealt with. He hasn't been to a doctor for many years, but I made him get Medicare for $100/month when he turned 65. Since it is a MA plan and an HMO, he has copays on everything and can only see doctors in his HMO, but it's nice to not have to pay any additional premiums. I haven't found anyway for him to get assistance like you are getting, but an HMO with copays is better than nothing.

Thanks, Jay