gimmethesimplelife
5-2-14, 10:41pm
I've been lying low and catching up with school projects and being careful of diet and keeping as calm as I can. I'm glad to be feeling much better than I was two short weeks ago and I'm glad I had the access to the hospital care I did. This all is true.
But there's a but. Received another letter to the effect that my Medicaid was denied - although the HMO says I'm still a current member - and today I received a letter from the Health Care Marketplace telling me that I was denied from Medicaid and inviting me to apply for a policy there. Great, turns out I made just a few dollars short of the income you have to make to apply there so that is barred to me, too.
It is true that I have yet to have my hearing with DES and who knows, maybe things will get cleared up, stranger things have happened, but I have this gnawing feeling that I'm going to be facing medical bankruptcy through no fault of my own and I'll owe $95 at the end of the year to the IRS for not having insurance on top of that.
I'm glad I received the care and am doing better - please don't misunderstand this, but I wish I'd never used the card as this fear is not something I need to be living with. There's a part of me that is very righteously angry at the system and there's a part of me that is like it's my fault for not going to Mexico in the first place before I became too sick to go. I guess what's done is done at this point, I can't go back in time to get on a bus to the border. In retrospect I wish I'd known Medicaid was going to be this fear based for me and I do feel deeply embarrassed that I supported it so......even lost sleep over whether Romney got in as if he had, there might not be any expanded Medicaid to worry about right now. I have seen it do wonders for others, such as my friend Marissa who had an operation to remove a tumor - no letters dogging her every step and she is so grateful. She tells me I have a place to run to in Guadalajara if need be - a true friend.
I think I am understanding other people's politics a little better now though - this what I am going through? This is what you are vulnerable to if you let the government in too far. I can see why people are against this - I think I'm really getting it now. A few people who post here might get a kick out of this change of heart. I gotta say I am learning, too - should my hearing clear this up, something in me has changed - I'm going to think twice before accepting government help in the future. I'd be afraid of similar issues happening once again. This time is enough for me. Rob
PS Latest procedure showed I have an ulcer and this may be what is raising my tumor markers - so I was put on an acid blocker and it really seems to be helping a lot. I'm so hoping that this is it.....I still have the gallbladder but it's looking like Mexicali on that one and maybe a bit of a wait at that. It does feel wonderful to have my ducts unclogged of stones and to be able to keep healthy food down! Next recipe in the slow cooker is going to be curried spinach and chickpeas.
But there's a but. Received another letter to the effect that my Medicaid was denied - although the HMO says I'm still a current member - and today I received a letter from the Health Care Marketplace telling me that I was denied from Medicaid and inviting me to apply for a policy there. Great, turns out I made just a few dollars short of the income you have to make to apply there so that is barred to me, too.
It is true that I have yet to have my hearing with DES and who knows, maybe things will get cleared up, stranger things have happened, but I have this gnawing feeling that I'm going to be facing medical bankruptcy through no fault of my own and I'll owe $95 at the end of the year to the IRS for not having insurance on top of that.
I'm glad I received the care and am doing better - please don't misunderstand this, but I wish I'd never used the card as this fear is not something I need to be living with. There's a part of me that is very righteously angry at the system and there's a part of me that is like it's my fault for not going to Mexico in the first place before I became too sick to go. I guess what's done is done at this point, I can't go back in time to get on a bus to the border. In retrospect I wish I'd known Medicaid was going to be this fear based for me and I do feel deeply embarrassed that I supported it so......even lost sleep over whether Romney got in as if he had, there might not be any expanded Medicaid to worry about right now. I have seen it do wonders for others, such as my friend Marissa who had an operation to remove a tumor - no letters dogging her every step and she is so grateful. She tells me I have a place to run to in Guadalajara if need be - a true friend.
I think I am understanding other people's politics a little better now though - this what I am going through? This is what you are vulnerable to if you let the government in too far. I can see why people are against this - I think I'm really getting it now. A few people who post here might get a kick out of this change of heart. I gotta say I am learning, too - should my hearing clear this up, something in me has changed - I'm going to think twice before accepting government help in the future. I'd be afraid of similar issues happening once again. This time is enough for me. Rob
PS Latest procedure showed I have an ulcer and this may be what is raising my tumor markers - so I was put on an acid blocker and it really seems to be helping a lot. I'm so hoping that this is it.....I still have the gallbladder but it's looking like Mexicali on that one and maybe a bit of a wait at that. It does feel wonderful to have my ducts unclogged of stones and to be able to keep healthy food down! Next recipe in the slow cooker is going to be curried spinach and chickpeas.