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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 599589" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Lisa, I have no idea. I don't understand any of your question. LOL! I've never heard of step down for Medicare - my Medicare is $105 a month that comes out of my SSDI. Even though my income is pitiful - my monthly SSDI is the equivalent of what I made in working a week and a half 6 years ago - I don't qualify for food stamps or medicaid. My copay for specialists is $40, and a specialist is anyone other than a GP. Because I have so many that I'm supposed to see - cardiologist, rheumatologist, orthopedist, therapist, and now Occupational Therapist (OT) for my hands - I have to pick and choose how often I can go to the doctor based on what is most pressing. </p><p></p><p>What I suggest is that you see if your hospital or any doctor's office affiliated with the hospital has a program for low income patients. OhioHealth which is big in the Columbus area, and which also owns a lot of doctor's offices (my cardiologist group, and my former GP for example) will treat anyone regardless of ability to pay. I'm supposed to have Occupational Therapist (OT) done at Grady Hospital in Delaware which is owned by OhioHealth and so I'm going to check into that program. I certainly qualify based on income, and I know I qualify for inpatient stays, but am not sure how it works for something like Occupational Therapist (OT). I know I'm not making much sense. Flaring hard - mind is scrambled.</p><p></p><p>DDD, difficult child is already an adult, so there won't be that issue. However, if we decide to apply for SSI when child support goes away and her income drops below the threshold, then they may accept this decision (if she's found to be disabled), or they may decide to do the process all over again. </p><p></p><p>Thanks everyone. psychiatrist and therapist did get a records request from Vocational Rehab which is somehow who this process is through, even though you apply at the Social Security office, so I feel better. When I first applied for SSDI, they didn't request records from anyone. They used the copies of records that I happened to have, which was a mish mash and not at all complete. It wasn't until I got an attorney involved and he got copies of the records and sent them to Social Security that they had them. I think that's why I'm so apprehensive - because in my case they used a 15 minute joke of an appointment and didn't bother to get my medical records.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 599589, member: 7083"] Lisa, I have no idea. I don't understand any of your question. LOL! I've never heard of step down for Medicare - my Medicare is $105 a month that comes out of my SSDI. Even though my income is pitiful - my monthly SSDI is the equivalent of what I made in working a week and a half 6 years ago - I don't qualify for food stamps or medicaid. My copay for specialists is $40, and a specialist is anyone other than a GP. Because I have so many that I'm supposed to see - cardiologist, rheumatologist, orthopedist, therapist, and now Occupational Therapist (OT) for my hands - I have to pick and choose how often I can go to the doctor based on what is most pressing. What I suggest is that you see if your hospital or any doctor's office affiliated with the hospital has a program for low income patients. OhioHealth which is big in the Columbus area, and which also owns a lot of doctor's offices (my cardiologist group, and my former GP for example) will treat anyone regardless of ability to pay. I'm supposed to have Occupational Therapist (OT) done at Grady Hospital in Delaware which is owned by OhioHealth and so I'm going to check into that program. I certainly qualify based on income, and I know I qualify for inpatient stays, but am not sure how it works for something like Occupational Therapist (OT). I know I'm not making much sense. Flaring hard - mind is scrambled. DDD, difficult child is already an adult, so there won't be that issue. However, if we decide to apply for SSI when child support goes away and her income drops below the threshold, then they may accept this decision (if she's found to be disabled), or they may decide to do the process all over again. Thanks everyone. psychiatrist and therapist did get a records request from Vocational Rehab which is somehow who this process is through, even though you apply at the Social Security office, so I feel better. When I first applied for SSDI, they didn't request records from anyone. They used the copies of records that I happened to have, which was a mish mash and not at all complete. It wasn't until I got an attorney involved and he got copies of the records and sent them to Social Security that they had them. I think that's why I'm so apprehensive - because in my case they used a 15 minute joke of an appointment and didn't bother to get my medical records. [/QUOTE]
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