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Old Nov 11, 2014, 07:56 PM
JoeS21 JoeS21 is offline
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Originally Posted by Rose76 View Post
Until you get your Medicare Part B back, you might be in a kind of Limbo. But do call the AG office, and see what they tell you.

When you get Medicare Part B, you should look into "Medicare Advantage Plans." (Like through Humana, for instance.)

Check out info on this non-profit link: http://www.massresources.org/medicare-health-plans.html

Sometimes, when you are poor enough, you can be on both Medicare and Medicaid. But I don't know how that works in your state. But it's never going to be in your interest to drop Medicare Part B. But I guess you've just learned that.
So far every single public program that uses income guidelines has failed me. This is because I have to pay about $1000 a month in student loans. These payments cannot* be deferred, forbeared, postponed, or cancelled. None of the public agencies take those payments into consideration when figuring what your income and expenses are. They just ignore those payments like they don't exist. So basically every public agency (Medicare, Medicaid, MassHealth, etc.) thinks I'm $1000 better off every month than I truly am.

*It's worth repeating that they cannot be postponed no matter what. I have gone round and round about that.
Thanks for this!
Rose76