Good news for some Florida transplant candidates
The Fort Myers News-press.com reported this bit of good news on June 11, 2009: TALLAHASSEE - Hundreds of Floridians will be able to get kidney transplants without losing all their assets after Gov. Charlie Crist Wednesday signed into a law extending insurance eligibility to patients. The law extends coverage to patients with End-Stage Renal Disease and also to the disabled. Beginning in October, they can get Medigap coverage, insurance that supplements Medicare protection for those 65 and older. Without the new law, those under 65 would have to expend all their assets to become eligible for government help. It’s estimated 2,000 Floridians who do not have the gap insurance will now be eligible. Read the full story here: http://news-press.com/article/20090611/NEWS01/906110324
