Jun 28, 2010

Left Out Of Health Care Reform

Sue Sherman of Southwest Portland lived a peaceful, healthy life until she was dealt an ugly card last year: a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. ...

She joined nearly 2 million disabled Americans -- at least 15,000 in Oregon -- who fall into a twilight with the first monthly Social Security disability payment, for they then must wait two years to become eligible for Medicare. ...

This year, nearly 8 million Americans are receiving Social Security disability income. About a quarter, 1.8 million, are in the 24-month waiting period. ...

[T]he Congressional Budget Office, which estimates the cost of legislation to the taxpayer, calculated that eliminating the wait would cost an average of $10 billion a year over 10 years. ...

A private 2003 study found that nearly 25 percent of the disabled in the waiting period go the two years without any insurance.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

lol--so the great Obamacare victory overlooked SICK PEOPLE. What a government...

Anonymous said...

Wrong. Do the research, troll.

Anonymous said...

wow, "troll", huh. let's see--no sens of humor, no facts, and personal attacks--must be a liberal.
Doesn't change the fact that I deal with people every day who were not helped and will not be helped by Obamacre.