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medicare eligibility and traveling with Oxygen needs Return to previous page 8/1/2018 601 Views 4 Answers Last Activity: 2 years ago, GlennD Tags: Medicare eligibility with SSI disability Traveling with Oxygen Question: 0 olbetsy 3 years ago I Care Report Comment Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Answers: Edit Remove Accept Unaccept Unlike I Care Report Comment Add an Answer Save Cancel medicare eligibility and traveling with Oxygen needs olbetsy 3 years ago Add an Answer Answers Answer View More Save Cancel Tags: Subscribe: Subscribe: Your question has been submitted and is awaiting moderation. It is low-quality It is spam It does not belong here Other (enter below) Thank you for reporting this content, moderators have been notified of your submission. Close Anonymous Unfriend Friend Requested Friend Load More Close Destination Page Area Group Destination Content Title Title Article Type Copy comments Greetings! I have a question about medicare coverage for SSI disability folks. I read that some conditions can make you eligible sooner than the 24 month waiting period. This does not include the 6 months one must wait to get payments after becoming eligible. Anyway, I have insurance through my husband which is not as good as I had as a teacher. We just finished paying the 2k dedcutible. This means I have until October first to get any tests I need done so I don't have to pay the whole cost. CT scan is $100 copay plus %20. My oxygen is $103 a month and other meds are over $200 a month. I need a other expensive tests and treatment for other issues also. I qualified for disability the first time I applied. Is there anyone here that has a very severe COPD with bronchiectasis diagnosis that got approved for Medicare before the waiting period? My husband is 66 and working for my insurance which is better than nothing but not that great. He is demonstrating some chronic issues and I want him to retire soon but we fear we won't be able to pay the $1600 month fee for non-medicare clients with the insurance company that offers plans for retired educators. I have a second question: I started nocturnal Oyx. last October. Our area gets really bad with wild fire smoke, last year I just went to visit away relatives. This year that will be much harder due to my current needs. I can't take my concentrator with me and tanks don't last a whole night. What creative ways do any of you travel or go camping? Thanks and hope you all are having a good summer.
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