KevinMD November 11, 2023
I never imagined I’d be crying on vacation in Hawaii, but there I was, overwhelmed with worry because my 71-year-old mother’s Medicare Part B enrollment had been denied. A naturalized U.S. citizen, my mom had been living overseas with a rare blood cancer for 20 years. By December 2021, her end-stage disease required bi-weekly blood transfusions; the only hope for cure was a risky stem cell transplant. Therefore, in May 2022, she decided to return to the U.S. so my siblings and I could support her during treatment and recovery.
Since she had enrolled in Medicare Part A when she turned 65, as required, I assumed it would be straightforward to enroll her in Part B. After all, I’m a...
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