There is a huge difference between getting home health aides through Medicare or through Medicaid. To be eligible for MediCAID you have to be at the poverty level or somehow hide your money to be at that level and then be at the mercy of the county and state. It is harder than hell, since 1999, to get agencies to provide people with home health aides even if you need them badly and your only insurance is Medicare (which is federal). Unfortunately that is my only insurance (Medicare) and at this point we refused to commit financial suicide to be eligible for Medicaid. With my luck... as soon as I did... the laws would be changed for Medicaid and then I would not have any money to hire a home health aide if I needed one!
This was all semi-recently discussed so if someone else here can give you a timeframe of exactly when it was discussed... you can go to the archives to see that discussion on this list. *What have you been doing all this time? Since 2005?* Lori C4/5 complete On Feb 9, 2008 7:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you all acquire aides and who pays for them? I have been told I > don't qualify for an aide through Medicare because I am custodial care. > Does Medicare pay for an aide for anyone? Are your aides private pay, or > paid through Medicaid? What are your Medicaid guidelines? > > *Naomi* > C4 quadriplegic since July 2005 > due to Transverse Myelitis > > > > ------------------------------ > Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL > Music.<http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548> > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
