> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of joanna bujes
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 5:04 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Health care for elderly question
>
>
> My mother, 72, is about to lose her health insurance. The insurance was
> through the Teamsters and is due to expire three years after my father's
> death. He died last year.
>
> That basically leaves her with medicare and whatever other insurance she
> can afford. The question is what can she afford? She is old, a smoker, a
> drinker, with lots of "pre-existing conditions" -- dependency on
> anti-psychotic meds -- not a rosy picture. Who would sell her
> insurance and
> at what price?
>
> If any of you have any information, please send it along.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joanna Bujes
>