Reply #67: So true, esp b/c of the for-profit health and dental insurance bullshit in the US

[Urban Prairie]

Between my wife and I, our expensive Rx drugs and doctor office visits eat up about a third of our monthly income. I am on Medicare, but can't afford Part D b/c my wife is now long unemployed, (4 years) and she suffers from fibromyalgia, and has spinal stenosis/arthritis, she has NO insurance, and her monthly doctor bills and RX meds eat up more than the amount of money I would need to pay the premiums for Part D. We are always flat broke before the end of EVERY month, ever since I began to receive SSD over four years ago. We both REALLY need to see a dentist, but no way can we afford to, toothaches or not...


MY spouse applied for Medicaid last fall, at our county's DHS offices, and was summarily rejected, b/c my gross annual disability income exceeds the maximum allowed by our state to qualify, but it is only over by around a mere $300.00!! She also applied for SSD last fall, but recently received a rejection letter from SS, partly b/c we simply can't afford to have expensive tests done by specialists, such as by neurologists, or an MRI scan as evidence of disability. She only has the backing for her disability by our longtime family physician who is a DO. We ARE going to appeal, however, and I finished her appeal forms online a few weeks ago, and we will also need to hire a disability attorney as well, to assist us with her appeal.