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Why Can't I Get Medigap Insurance?
Supplemental Medigap insurance is a must when you have kidney disease.
Unfortunately, dialysis patients are denied access to Medigap insurance
in over 20 States. Wendy Funk-Schrag and Lori Hartwell discuss how this
impacts patients and what you can do to educate your elected officials
to help change this unfair public policy.
States that DO have Medigap coverage:
CA*
CO
CT
DE**
FL
GA |
HI
IL
KS
KY
LA |
MA*
ME
MD
MI
MN |
MO
MS
NH
NC
NJ |
NY
OK
OR
PA
SD |
TN
TX
VT*
WA
WI |
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* = offer Medigap to people with disabilities under age 65 but exclude ESRD
** = offer Medigap to ESRD only, no others with disabilities |
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With your Hosts...
Stephen Furst
got his big break into movies in "Animal House," in which he played Flounder. Stephen has also
starred as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in "St. Elsewhere" and as Vir Cotto in "Babylon5." He is
a successful television and movie producer/director and a kidney patient.
Lori
Hartwell
is the author of Chronically Happy - Joyful Living in
Spite of Chronic Illness, and President/Founder of Renal Support Network.
A kidney patient since the age of two, she has consistently strived to
instill hope into the lives of people who live with chronic kidney disease.
Posted June 29th, 2010
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