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Originally Posted by NRSKarenRN

Blue Cross of California halts letters amid furor





I handle issues like this every day at work...was able to point him in the right direction that due to limited income and disability eligible for SSI and Medicaid to cover cost of Medicare, name of local state health center to get free meds untill can get Medicaid approved THEN he will be eligible to enroll back in Medicare Advantage program. He states these problems caused him so much anguise definately won't choose them ever for his healthcare.

I also see a lot of this, a lot of times these Plan C policies are purchased by family members who fall for the promises of monetary savings. My state medicaid Case Management program is gearing up to begin case managing Medicare patients, which means I have to learn a whole new set of dynamic regulations. But of the cases I have encountered so far, I was able to change them by calling the 800 #. It's very time-consuming, and the changes take a few days to be processed. Every county government in the country should have a Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) that is federally funded - usually through the State Office on Aging, that helps seniors and disabled choose appropriate health insurance options. They are not income-eligible programs, so anyone can call. Well worth the effort to any senior looking to change options.