Too sick to work, too soon for medicare: The human cost of the 2-year medicare waiting period for Americans with disabilities

Care Management Journals

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Hayes, Robert M ^a   Beebe, Deane ^a   Kreamer, Heidi ^a  

^a Medicare Rights Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability insurance; Health security; Medicare; Social security; Waiting period

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 47949109880     PISSN: 15210987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1521-0987.9.2.82     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Riley, G. F. (2006). Health insurance and access to care among social security disability insurance beneficiaries during the Medicare waiting period. Washington, DC: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
2. Short, P. F., Shea, D. G., & Powell, M. P. (2001). Health insurance on the way to Medicare: Is special government assistance warranted? New York: Pennsylvania State University and Commonwealth Fund.
3. Williams, B., Dulio, A., Claypool, H., Perry, M. J., & Cooper, B. (2004). Waiting for Medicare: Experience of uninsured people with disabilities in the two-year waiting period for Medicare. New York: Commonwealth Fund.