Simplified Silver Application

Medical Questions

Is any applicant currently confined to a hospital, psychiatric, nursing, long term care facility or been told by a licensed medical doctor that the applicant has less than 12 months to live?

Within the last 12 months, has any applicant:

  1. Been hospitalized for four or more days, confined to a nursing facility, been bedridden for five or more days, used a hospital bed, used a wheelchair or used any kind of oxygen equipment?

Within the last 5 years has any applicant been medically diagnosed, hospitalized, or treated for:

  1. Diabetes with complications such as high blood pressure, amputations, Macular degeneration, Retinitis pigmentosa or neuropathy?

  2. Heart disease, myocardial infarction (heart attack), Angina Pectoris, Valvular disease, Aneurysm, Atrial fibrillation, Peripheral vascular disease, transient ischemic attack (TIA), Stroke, or Congestive Heart Failure angina pectoris, arteriosclerosis, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, or treated but uncontrolled high blood pressure? Any coagulation disease such as deep venous thrombosis pulmonary embolism?

  3. Chronic respiratory disease (COPD) Emphysema or Chronic bronchitis?

  4. Liver disorder, Liver cirrhosis, Pancreatic disorder, chronic kidney disease or failure, Kidney dialysis, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease or had or in need of an Organ Transplant?

  5. Cancer, except (non-melanoma) skin cancer, abnormal mass, or tumor. Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, Memory loss that requires medication, mental disorders, AIDS or ARC (AIDS related complex)?

  6. Multiple sclerosis, ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Lou Gehrig’s disease, systemic lupus, Muscular dystrophy, Fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or Cystic fibrosis?

  7. Neurological or autoimmune disease such as epilepsy, Ménière’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Down’s Syndrome, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, alcohol abuse, drug dependency or abuse, alcoholism?

Has any applicant ever been advised to have a surgical procedure or diagnostic testing which has not been done, or is any applicant currently pregnant?