My mother has been denied medicaid and social security, what other options are there?

Even if your mother is not eligible for Social Security retirement benefitson her own work record, because she was not in the paid work force for long enough, she See also:
How can I find financial aid to care for my mother in her home?

See all 388 questions about COPD will still be eligible for Social Security dependents benefits as early as age 62, based on your father's work record. The amount of these benefits depends on the actual amount of your father's Social Security retirement benefits. Her Social Security dependents benefits could be as much as 50 percent of your father's retirement benefits amount. The percentage of your father's benefit that she would receive depends on her age when she claims her benefits. If she waits until her full retirement age (66), she would get the full 50 percent of your father's retirement benefits. If she claims these Social Security dependents benefits at less than full retirement age, the amount is reduced by a set amount for each month less than age 66.

To find out more about Social Security dependents benefits, including an estimate of how much your mother would be eligible for if she claimed these benefits at different ages, visit the Social Security Administration's dependents benefits Web pages.

As far as medical coverage is concerned, there is no simple overall solution if your parents have too much income or assets to qualify for Medicaid and your mother is not yet eligible for Medicare. However, they may be some ways for your mother -- with your help -- to reduce the cost of her prescription drugs. These include switching to a generic or less expensive equivalent prescription drug for some of the drugs she takes, or getting free sample drugs from her doctors. There may also be a state or local community drug cost assistance program she's eligible for. If she or your father is a military veteran, your mother might be eligible for veterans' benefits drug coverage. There are also pharmaceutical company and retail pharmacy prescription drug discount programs your mother might join. To learn more about help paying for the cost of your mother's prescription drugs when she's not eligible for Medicare drug coverage, see the page on this site called Saving Money on Prescription Drugs When Your Parent's Not Covered by a Medicare Part D Plan.

Hi There

I actually work for a program that can most likely help your mom and maybe even your dad if he is approaching the donut hole. My company is called Simplefill. The website is www.simplefill.com

We have a team of advocates that work for uninsured and low income patients to get all of their prescritions for free. We take care of the form, paperwork, refill requirements etc. We do have a low monthly service fee of $65 but you will only be charged if we can help you and their is no application fee. Again the site is www.simplefill.com.

I hope we can help.

The folks at Redemed LLC, which is a family owned and operated agency can help you obtain your prescription drugs for free directly from the pharmaceutical companies. At a much lower rate than the other PAP providers we only charge a $45.00 a month fee for as many prescription as you need, or a $25.00 a month fee if you only need one prescription. In addition we provide ongoing support to ensure that your prescriptions are filled quarterly for as long as you need them. Please visit our website at www.redemedllc.com or call us today at 888-963-9605 to get started on your savings. At RedeMed we can plant the seed of hope into your hands.