This recent Oregonian article describes a woman who was both a cancer patient and an advocate for awareness about the waiting period for Medicare. Despite being granted Social Security Disability benefits, she had to wait two years to enroll in Medicare – even though she’d been granted benefits due to her pancreatic cancer.
Many applicants for disability benefits may spend years appealing a denial of benefits, only to receive benefits and discover they have to wait another two years for Medicare coverage. Read more at The Oregonian’s website.