I just got married and lost my SSI because my husband makes too much money per month. This means that I lost my Medicaid. I keep Medicare, which is good, and since Ben is in the Navy, I get Tricare (the Navy health insurance) as my secondary. There is no way we would have gotten married if he didn't have that insurance for me as a backup.
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I just got married and lost my SSI because my husband makes too much money per month. This means that I lost my Medicaid. I keep Medicare, which is good, and since Ben is in the Navy, I get Tricare (the Navy health insurance) as my secondary. There is no way we would have gotten married if he didn't have that insurance for me as a backup.
I just got married and lost my SSI because my husband makes too much money per month. This means that I lost my Medicaid. I keep Medicare, which is good, and since Ben is in the Navy, I get Tricare (the Navy health insurance) as my secondary. There is no way we would have gotten married if he didn't have that insurance for me as a backup.
I just got married and lost my SSI because my husband makes too much money per month. This means that I lost my Medicaid. I keep Medicare, which is good, and since Ben is in the Navy, I get Tricare (the Navy health insurance) as my secondary. There is no way we would have gotten married if he didn't have that insurance for me as a backup.
I just got married and lost my SSI because my husband makes too much money per month. This means that I lost my Medicaid. I keep Medicare, which is good, and since Ben is in the Navy, I get Tricare (the Navy health insurance) as my secondary. There is no way we would have gotten married if he didn't have that insurance for me as a backup.
You can contact Beth Sufian. She is a lawyer who specializes in CF SSI and SSDI cases and has a hotline for Medicare questions. She also writes for the CF Roundtable and has CF too!! Google her and you can get her contact information.
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<br />Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD
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<br />Jennifer 36 years old with CF and CFRD
Hi Bobbie,
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Hi Bobbie,
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Hi Bobbie,
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Hi Bobbie,
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
It's really something to think about.
Kelli
f CF 31
Hi Bobbie,
<br />Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
<br />Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
<br />So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
<br />It's really something to think about.
<br />Kelli
<br />f CF 31
<br />
<br />Well let me tell you....it's difficult. I guess if I had it to do all over again, I'd hold off on marriage. I love my husband dearly but our situation is hard because he owns his own company, so on paper, it looks like we have a HUGE income, which totally screws me when it comes to benefits.
<br />Infact, Medicare is taking like $300 for part D, which is a rip. I think we need to file our taxes separatly. I can only make like $10K a year and accidentially we went over that (my income was over by about $9 per month), meaning I have to pay $7K back to SS. It's a mess!
<br />So it would be much easier to stay single and live together, I don't know if your religion would prohibit that, but it's really hard to be married and keep benefits, for me any way.
<br />It's really something to think about.
<br />Kelli
<br />f CF 31
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