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To: Lane3 who wrote (130271)	2/5/2010 9:45:57 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542019

OK. Now, though, you referred to her as having only SS as income, not SSD. So if her income is only SS, Medicaid can become the supplemental. Now that I think about it, though, it would be reasonable for Medicaid to pick up the copay and deductibles for folks on SSD. Also, if her assets (as a single person) are less than around $15,000 or so she can get, I think, all her prescription drugs thru Medicare. Now that's the threshhold in my state...might be higher in AZ. That standard us lower than I would have expected. Considering the number of people with horrific, visible, and indisputable disabilities it seems very low to me, too. But each case is reviewed and ruled on by an individual judge, and it is an actual 'judgment call'....not cookie cutter determinations. The judge sits right across a table in a small room, up close and personal, looking right into the eyes of the person applying. That part surprised me.