Medicare just launched a new feature on their website, called “Ask Medicare“. This section is specifically for caregivers. This website includes Medicare basics, help on long-term care plans, options on at home or facility care, and resources for local support. This information is very useful if your loved one currently has Medicare or may be eligible for Medicare.
I have a little over a year until my mom becomes eligible (she is only 58 and we have to the wait the 2 years from when her permanent disability went through). I know that she will still need supplemental insurance to cover everything, but Medicare will help a lot. Right now, her Cobra payments are over $600 a month. Yes, you read correctly. So, in addition to having to live off of Social Security Disability and Pension checks, a good 1/3 is taken out for insurance- not to mention all the copays, prescriptions, etc. Yikes is right! That’s why I am working, working, working… and still hoping to win the lottery. Hey- you never know. I figure my luck is bound to change one of these days and why not have it be the day I picked the winning numbers for Powerball. 
