Group Seeks Elimination Of Medicare Waiting Period For People With Disabilities



Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

A coalition of 34 consumer groups, led by the Medicare Rights Center, has begun to lobby Congress to revise a law that requires individuals with disabilities to wait two years to become eligible for Medicare after they begin to receive Social Security disability benefits, the Dallas Morning News reports. [click link for full article]

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