Reply #2: This disabled lady is worried to. We recently moved into an area where [View All]

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there is a shortage of doctors (a crack down happened just after we moved here) add to that fact that there are even less doctors that are willing to accept Medicare and my husand and I haven't been able to find a new doctor yet.

If we can't find a doctor and have to use the local ER instead why the heck are we paying what will be almost $100. a month EACH (Plan B) for something we can't use (and rarely have anyway since there's not much we're willing to be guinie pigs for and we only go to a doctor for other basic or chiropractic health care a few times a year.) Although I'd like to tell the RW gov/politicians to shove Medicare up their collective backsides being "middle age" we tend to worry about catastrophic health problems down the road (I've heard getting back on Plan B is a PITA). There is another possibilty though, we need to find out if I transfer over under his SSD as a disabled dependent. Years ago the case worker mentioned that possibility (since my benefits are rather low) but our children were still small and it made more sense to leave me on my own at that point. If we can still do that I think I'd also go under his Medicare as a dependant like the children did (and spouses do with retired spouses)... that would keep more, and very needed, money in our pocket at least.