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74-Year-Old Veteran Going Back To School So He Can Find a Job To Pay For His Wife's Cancer Treatment (Original Post) Snake Plissken Aug 2019 OP
i credit the guy with going back to school rampartc Aug 2019 #1
Wish he'd check with Medicaid. If his wife is over 65, she has Medicare. Medicaid will will often Hoyt Aug 2019 #2
driving 110 miles each way. i hope someone gofundmes this one Demovictory9 Aug 2019 #3

rampartc

(5,407 posts)
1. i credit the guy with going back to school
Sat Aug 24, 2019, 11:29 AM
Aug 2019

but no one is hiring overqualified 74 year olds.

it is unfathomable that his wife can't get the cancer treatments. maybe if they sell their house and trade for a cheaper car she might qualify for Medicaid? then, after 6 months of waiting and an atty fee she might be able to afford chemotherapy.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. Wish he'd check with Medicaid. If his wife is over 65, she has Medicare. Medicaid will will often
Sat Aug 24, 2019, 11:43 AM
Aug 2019

cover the coinsurance and deductibles for low income Medicare beneficiaries.

While I admire the him heck out of him, for several reasons, his pay isn't going to cover much cancer treatment.

In any event, hope it works out for them.

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