[blparent] Does Medicare Or Medicaid Apply To Blind Folks Getting Aid From Social Security?

[Amanda Berkley]

What Cane said is what actually applies to me.
 I have both Medicare and Medicaid. My Medicare is my primary
insurance and my Medicaid is supplemental.

The problem is finding someone to investigate the breast pump issue.
When I call my Medicare provider, they automatically wonder why they
would provide such a thing and that is where I have been told that
Medicare/Humana, doesn't provide breastpumps as a service.

I just want to be sure this is in fact true, or I just have the luck
to run into the person/people who don't want to bother looking further
into it.

Thanks,
Amanda

I don't know exactly why KI have Medicare,


On 11/7/17, Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 					Yes. Amanda you care, because if you
> ask about Medicare (get it?) you won't get the answer you want/need.
> The way to remember this is that Medicaid aids the poor, and Medicare cares
> for the elderly.
> We can argue all day if the terms are correct or appropriate, I use them
> because it's a good way to remember which system does which and where you
> may fall if you use either system.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlParent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kane
> Brolin
> via BlParent
> Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 8:27 AM
> To: Blind Parents Mailing List <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Kane Brolin <kbrolin65 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blparent] Does Medicare Or Medicaid Apply To Blind Folks Getting
> Aid From Social Security?
>
> Hi.  This is a side note, but I think it is important for us to know the
> difference between these two programs.  It is significant. .
>
> On 11/7/17, Star Gazer via BlParent <blparent at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> I always thought Medicare was for old people, i.e. people who wouldn't
>> be needing breast pumps.
>
> Not necessarily.
>
> "Disabled people who are approved for Social Security disability insurance
> (SSDI) benefits will receive Medicare, and those who are approved for
> Supplemental Security Income (SSI) will receive Medicaid."
>
> Some relatively younger persons receive Medicare.
>
> Refer to the article "Does Medicare or Medicaid Come with Disability?"
> published by DisabilitySecrets.
> https://www.disabilitysecrets.com/will-i-get-medicare-medicaid-with-disabili
> ty.html
>
> -Kane
>
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