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slipslidingaway

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6. It is a problem when you want to contribute, but also do not want jeopardize current benefits ...

Reply to Tab (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 16, 2015, 11:52 PM

Dec 2015

that is totally wrong IMHO!

Why even try to supplement your income?

" I should be able to get into the special enrollment period (lost employer-paid coverage) for ACA, but I can't because I qualify for Medicare because of SSDI even though I wasn't receiving either at the time. But because I was technically, apparently, eligible, for Medicare, I'm disqualified from the special enrollment period, even though I was trying to keep myself off the government books. WTF?"

Than for alerting us to how they system works.

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So I will update you on SSDI/Cobra/Medicare (cautionary tale) [View all] Tab Dec 2015 OP

we used to be patients now we are health care customers olddots Dec 2015 #1

How many hoops can you jump through this year ... slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #2

Yeah, I had that problem before Tab Dec 2015 #3

Well I am pissed, was almost finished completing my lengthy and most wonderful reply :) slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #4

Wish I could have read it, but... Tab Dec 2015 #5

It is a problem when you want to contribute, but also do not want jeopardize current benefits ... slipslidingaway Dec 2015 #6