Reimbursment for out of pocket medical expenses paid after applying for SSI/SSDI and am now approved?
I applied for SSI and SSDI in March of 2009 due to a 1 in 1 Million rare disease I have, that has no known cause.It’s called Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH) It causes the right side of my heart to increase in size, due to the narrowing of my pulmonary arteries; therefore the blood carrying oxygen backs up into the right side of my heart. It also obviously causes a lack of adequate oxygen which often causes me to faint. In April of 2009 I was told that due to the R side of my heart being significantly enlarged, that I would live for less than 10 years, and may need a lung transplant. SO…since I applied for these benefits in March of 09 and was approved for both SSI and SSDI in March of this year, I was wondering if I am supposed to be reimbursed for any out of pocket medical expenses for the time in between the application and the actual approval. I am owed and have allready received my 1st check for back pay for the amount in which I would have gotten monthly if I was granted assistance from the day I first applied, but it’s other things like medical bills, prescriptions, co-pays, ETC that I am curious about as far as reimbursement. I DID have insurance during that time, which didn’t really help much, other than getting me in to certain physicians and specialists, to get necessary testing, and random procedures performed. But the insurance was paid my my mother in law, as I could not afford it, and had been turned down by sooo many insurance companies since I actually had health problems. This insurance cost was $435.00 per month!!!! Sorry for ranting and going into too much unnecessary detail, but if anyone can help answer any of my questions, or just wants to write me, I’d appreciate it VERY VERY much.
Thanks,
Mallory Goggans
You will not get reimbursed for medical costs. Sad..but there it is. Your best bet is try an get Medicaid retroactively.
Donna
$450 a month is great. But, since you have a chronic condition you may be eligible for Medicaid even if over-income. Apply, if they turn you down keep applying.
No you do not. It takes two years before you can even get Medicare and until then you will have to apply to where you live for Medicaid and if you think you are owed any money that would be between you the state you live in to resolve.
No,you won’t get reimbursed for medical expenses incurred before you were approved. Since you had insurance,you would be responsible for any of the expenses that your insurance didn’t cover. You should have applied for medicaid while you were waiting for your disability to come through,would have saved you the expenses you had. Make sure you apply for medicaid now as you won’t be entitled to medicare for two years.