Long Covid patients in need of assistance may turn to a host of programs for help: Social Security disability insurance, or SSDI; Supplemental Security Income, or SSI; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF; Medicaid; and rental and ...
Verduzco-Gutierrez works primarily with Covid patients, including Ramey and Bryand, through the long Covid clinic she established in 2020. She also spends a lot of her time on disability applications. Of the long Covid patients she has seen, only 2 out of 50 who have applied for SSDI ha...
"There's a set of problems that make this, within the SSDI insurance framework, really tough," said Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine, who said his own long COVID makes him feel like "every nerve ending in my body is in an alka seltzer 24/7." Patient advocates called for better aggregation ...
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The approval took about six months, and likely would have been impossible without the help of a lawyer, he said. Careful documentation of health records also helps, especially with the "invisible" symptoms associated with long Covid, according to Geist. ...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only three focus groups and seven key informant interviews were conducted in person. Beginning in March 2020, all in-person activities were conducted remotely. On the advice of our community liaisons who said many participants would likely not have adequate ...