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pan6467 · 11-09-2005, 10:12 PM

Ok, so I don't know if many of you know but I was hospitalized for 5 days being told I had cancer (not much was done and I didn't really need to be there) and then I had a medialoscopy for the biopsy and I have Sarcoidosis.
I missed roughly 3 weeks worth of work.

That's the background.

So when I was in the hospital they told me I might be eligible for numerous programs because I have no insurance and work part time while I go to school.

Well, the Medicaid/Medicare people called (and I believe they just signed into law that P/T uninsured workers were eligible). They asked if I had any dependant children, I said "NO". They asked if I was disabled before or now because of this illness, again "NO". They did not ask me how much I made or what I did, they said I was ineligible because I was not disabled.

Then I looked at the Hospital information that they had provided for me to recieve financial help. I have to have made less than $9,300. I've made barely 11 for the year and I barely can live on that especially when the majority was made in Mar-Jul because I didn't have school and there were a bunch of F/T on vacation and leaving that I filled in for. My normal schedule is basically 16-24 hours a week (2-3 days).

Point is, I now have over $20,000 in medical bills and no way to pay them. I will watch my credit that I have rebuilt for the past 6 years be destroyed.

What's the purpose of having worked my ass off, going to school to better my life and yet being told what little I make is too much to recieve any benefits.

I could be like many drug addicts and alcoholics I work with and find the right doctor and get put on disability for my disease or a mental disorder I research and convince everyone I have. But instead I choose to better my life and the second I get sick everything I have built for 6 years is gone.

This is fucking bullshit.

If I had nothing, I would get it all free. If I didn't work and claimed disability I would get it all free. Instead I am bettering my life and facing horrid credit because I won't be able to pay.

Makes no sense the so called greatest country ever on the face of the Earth would rather watch somone bettering themselves and trying financially destroyed, than to work with them.

11-09-2005, 10:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	We need medical reform NOW!!!!!!!! Ok, so I don't know if many of you know but I was hospitalized for 5 days being told I had cancer (not much was done and I didn't really need to be there) and then I had a medialoscopy for the biopsy and I have Sarcoidosis. I missed roughly 3 weeks worth of work. That's the background. So when I was in the hospital they told me I might be eligible for numerous programs because I have no insurance and work part time while I go to school. Well, the Medicaid/Medicare people called (and I believe they just signed into law that P/T uninsured workers were eligible). They asked if I had any dependant children, I said "NO". They asked if I was disabled before or now because of this illness, again "NO". They did not ask me how much I made or what I did, they said I was ineligible because I was not disabled. Then I looked at the Hospital information that they had provided for me to recieve financial help. I have to have made less than $9,300. I've made barely 11 for the year and I barely can live on that especially when the majority was made in Mar-Jul because I didn't have school and there were a bunch of F/T on vacation and leaving that I filled in for. My normal schedule is basically 16-24 hours a week (2-3 days). Point is, I now have over $20,000 in medical bills and no way to pay them. I will watch my credit that I have rebuilt for the past 6 years be destroyed. What's the purpose of having worked my ass off, going to school to better my life and yet being told what little I make is too much to recieve any benefits. I could be like many drug addicts and alcoholics I work with and find the right doctor and get put on disability for my disease or a mental disorder I research and convince everyone I have. But instead I choose to better my life and the second I get sick everything I have built for 6 years is gone. This is fucking bullshit. If I had nothing, I would get it all free. If I didn't work and claimed disability I would get it all free. Instead I am bettering my life and facing horrid credit because I won't be able to pay. Makes no sense the so called greatest country ever on the face of the Earth would rather watch somone bettering themselves and trying financially destroyed, than to work with them. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"