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My 83 year old mother has been in a nursing home since April 1st of this year. She has Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma and chose not to treat it so she has worsened and needs 24/7 care and also has hospice providers that come in as well. We anticipate she will run out of all of her funds by January or so, so I am trying to plan. I understand once she is approved, her social security and pension will go to the nursing home and she will get to use $50 a month for cell phone, personal items, etc. Those are the things I am paying for right now with our joint account but the other bills I have are the copays for her medications at the NH that are not hospice related. Like her thyroid medicine, other medicines she has needed for infections or swelling. When she is on Medicaid/Medicare will her meds be covered at 100% then? Also, she does have my dads retirement health plan in addition to Medicare now, that does pay her prescriptions but I assume she will have to drop that when she goes on Medicaid? Thank you for all of your help in advance!
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