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In reply to the discussion: Just got devastating news - UPDATE [View all]SamKnause
(13,091 posts)162. Cure
I am aware.
Condolences.
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Wouldn't It Be Nice If One Of These Big Money Donors - To Either Party - Would ......
global1
Oct 2012
#3
The sadistic ex-hubby is essentially executing his daughter's mother. He is a horrible father.
LonePirate
Oct 2012
#80
Jesus Christ Almighty... Are you able to print out this thread or send otherwise?
MrMickeysMom
Oct 2012
#95
Go public with her husband's name...go to the media with it...SHAME the bastard into decency.
Ken Burch
Oct 2012
#159
Thanks for the idea - hadn't thought of them, believing them to work outside the US. n/t
MANative
Oct 2012
#39
Oh, thank you! And this gave me another idea - my sister works for Emory Medical and...
MANative
Oct 2012
#66
I'm hoping that because she is so young, it will work in her favor in getting help. n/t
MANative
Oct 2012
#35
Sadly, what "should be" and what "is" are two different things in this country lately.
MANative
Oct 2012
#75
That's what we're trying to investigate now. Hoping that we can find a program that will help. n/t
MANative
Oct 2012
#21
From what we understand, the provisions that would have helped her don't take effect
MANative
Oct 2012
#44
That is some seriously bad news. Perhaps you could get an article in a news paper, get donations?
Liberal_in_LA
Oct 2012
#18
I'm so sorry. Are you in a position to verify or challenge that diagnosis and possible treatments?
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#20
I sit here crying knowning a little girl is going to lose her mother and there isn't anything
southernyankeebelle
Oct 2012
#23
I am just aching for her little girl. A complication is that the dad is quite a lot older...
MANative
Oct 2012
#40
Well am 65 and I know I take care of my 6 yr old granddaughter at times. They live next
southernyankeebelle
Oct 2012
#99
You would think her M.D. would make it is own personal battle to begin a fight to do something......
busterbrown
Oct 2012
#26
Bless your friend, her daughter and herself. She must get on medicaid somehow.
Dont call me Shirley
Oct 2012
#32
One of the ironies is that she moved to FL less than two months ago, from CT...
MANative
Oct 2012
#36
Yes, I grew up in the Greater New Bedford area, and still have most of my family there.
MANative
Oct 2012
#67
If it helps and this is a consideration, I live in NC and my insurance is Inclusive Health.....
tpsbmam
Oct 2012
#88
But don't let your friend waste time trying alternatives INSTEAD of western medicine
Patiod
Oct 2012
#179
Good advice. For profit "health" "care" likely DOES tend to rush to prognosis. nt
patrice
Oct 2012
#46
Please accept my apologies, the commoditization of death seems only to make me more angry
patrice
Oct 2012
#43
That was one of my first thoughts, and we're trying to find out if there is a program. n/t
MANative
Oct 2012
#51
in most industrialized nations she would be provided with healthcare....god bless the usa
spanone
Oct 2012
#54
That's another major factor, even if by some miracle she could get coverage or $$ help.
MANative
Oct 2012
#72
Not sure if that would help, because from what my friend was told, the decision...
MANative
Oct 2012
#77
Oh my God, Bless you! As much as I thought I knew about ACA, I was sure that the
MANative
Oct 2012
#78
I thought 2014 was the date. But upon further research I found information on a "bridge." Here:
mzmolly
Oct 2012
#90
don't give up, here call the phone numbers on the pre existing condition Gov site
Sunlei
Oct 2012
#93
She needs to apply for Social Security Disability right now; she'll be immediately Medicare eligible
REP
Oct 2012
#98
What about medicaid? Isn't there something that could get her on the donor list?
glowing
Oct 2012
#101
Yeah, this has been one of the most distressing elements of this whole ordeal.
MANative
Oct 2012
#117
Since he is paying child support, it seems as if Medicaid could go after him.
freshwest
Oct 2012
#125
I guess it's a matter of practicality to make sure a transplant recipient can pay for their care.
dkf
Oct 2012
#164
It broke my heart when I heard that kids in foster care sometimes are ruled Ineligible
dkf
Oct 2012
#186
This is a pre-existing condition. Can't she get insurance now under Obamacare? Special
juajen
Oct 2012
#168
Coming to this thread late, after so many other great suggestions upthread.
riderinthestorm
Oct 2012
#171