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To: Katelew who wrote (130265)	2/5/2010 6:15:22 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542010

now I'm perplexed at how someone could be on both Medicare and Medicaid. And also why they would want to be. I just found out about the latter on a recent visit to Tucson, where she lives. My understanding is that she's on Medicaid because she's poor. Her only income is SS and is below the federal poverty level. She recognizes she's very lucky with regard to health care. She told me that Medicare pays first, then Medicaid picks up the copayments and coinsurance. Between the two, she has no medical bills, which is a great boon when you're poor. I posted this anecdote on another thread when I returned from Tucson and was told that Medicaid only backs up Medicare's authorized stuff. It doesn't pay for any other medical services. In my state she would have been expected to work at the bakery counter. There may be something about her situation that I don't know but I don't think so. I was surprised when she was approved. That standard us lower than I would have expected.