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Medicare..............................?
i am a 14 year old type 1 diabetic, with no medical insurance, because all the estimates we got were all above $2000 which my family can't afford. and we can barley afford to pay for my insulin and supplies, not to mention the huge hospital bills(when i got diagnosed, then i got a stomach bug a few months later) i also was looking into getting an insulin pump, which can be
$6000, which we also can't afford. my questions are, shouldn't i qualify for medicare? and how can i get it? i know there are different plans and stuff, but i mean like where to start?
oh yeah ment medicaid...lol i always get them confused
2 Answers
- KiniLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Your family is responsible for your health care legally and a 14 year old cannot take charge of her or his own medical care. If your family does not have Medicaid, ask them to take you to the nearest county clinic that accepts new patients. Your family will pay a small fee to see a doctor and they will help you with medicine. Look in the phone book or Google online for low-income, low-cost, county, city medical or health clinics. Here is one link to the government listing but there are many more in every city. Also look online and see if you can find Children's Medicaid or S-CHIP for your state. That is where you will go.
- CroninLv 69 years ago
No.. not medicare. You might mean http://www.medicaid.com/ There may be some state based funding for low income families without insurance... you'll have to Google it with your state.
Luckily if/when Obamacare kicks in there will be much more affordable health insurance options for you and your family.
