Can a person get Medicaid and Social Security at the same time?

Answer 1

Generally speakinng, no. People receiving Social Security are eligible fo rMedicare, not Medicaid. The two are entirely different. Medicare is much like regular health insurance--it is provided by private companies and those on Medicare pay premiums, in addition to having to contributed to the Medicare system throughout their working lives.

BTW--you will hear a different story from the right-wing. According to them, Medicare is simply a form of welfare. It is not, it is simply group health insurance, though sponsored by the government. The claim that it is "socialized medicine" at taxpayers expense is a lie. If you wish to verify this--go to ssa.gov and read up on it.

It is true that Medicare is costing taxpayers some money over and above the contrlibutions of the recipients (current and future). This is due, however, to corruption in the system. For example, under pressure from the nurshing home industry, Congress has refused to authorize ayments in most cases for independant living services. This forces several MILLION older Americans to be cnsigned to nursing homes who could live on their own with some help. And--tens of billions (conservative estimates put the figure at over $50 billion annually) are going into the nursing home industry's pockets as a result.

That alone would save enough to make Medicare self-supporting. And--if you want to know which politicians--just look at the Republican roster in Congress. They like to whine about "the high cost of Medicare."--but they are the ones who are collecting the bribes to insure that their friends continue to profit--at the taxpayer's expense.

Answer 2

Medicaid is a state-managed federal subsidy program. Its a loan to help people who are broke get medical care and prescriptions. There are a lot of paperwork issues.

However, its not unusual to get medicaid and social security insurance at the same time.

Answer 3

Yes.

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Answer 4

yeah u could it is possible.