Let me start off by saying I'm extremely pissed off and stressed. My last post was about being auto-enrolled in Medicare. This post will be a continuation of the garbage that we call our heath care system. Harsh language will definitely be used.
Health care is a hot-button issue in this country and if you're unlucky enough to have a disability then it's even harder to understand and obtain than the general masses. Before receiving disability benefits I was all set with MassHealth coverage which was incredible and did everything I needed it too. Now fast-forward 24 months to where they basically force you to have medicare which surprise surprise I now need to pay a premium which is over $100 a month. Now let me just explain this a little better, I am disabled. I do not have a job currently because I can not work a full-time or even a part-time job without problems. This means that my only income is from disability and it is not a lot of money. In addition to paying bills and a general cost of living they now expect me to pay over $100 for health care which I was receiving for free. In addition to this bullshit, I now have to be enrolled in a medicare drug plan that's gonna cost me money monthly as well as an annual deductible. I'm fucking pissed and I think I have a huge right to be. I have specialists and a lot of prescriptions that I now have to hope are covered under this bullshit plan. All of it really makes me want to fucking puke. What am I supposed to do? How do they truly expect us to live on $715 a month now minus $121.80 and another $32.50 plus actually paying my prescriptions in addition to all of my bills. I can set-up a GoFundMe but honestly why should it be your responsibility to pay my bills. I would feel so defeated to ask for such help. I already feel super defeated and that's not fair. I didn't ask for any of this. I would give anything for this to not be my situation. I really don't know what to do. Leave me suggestions if you have experience with any of this or maybe some anxiety/stress techniques because I can feel it deep down in my chest and it fucking sucks. No picture tonight as I'm just too upset about all of this to even know if I use proper grammar or spelling. I have that like seeing red anger happening.
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Hey faithful followers(ha)! I bet you're all having a delightfully sweaty summer. The sky has been blue, Suicide Squad released and the state auto enrolled me in Medicare that I have to pay over $100 a month for. What's not to love?
First, let me talk about this Medicare shit and just get it off my chest. Now if any of you know me personally which I'm guessing I'm probably just writing this blog to my mom, you'll know that I am disabled officially according to our state and federal government. That means they have poured through my medical records, spoke to my doctors, looked at my prognosis for the future and decided that I can not work enough to support myself so I am able to get money monthly to help. Fine.Great.Awesome. I'm happy to have the money after going through so many jobs I was unable to keep because of my condition. I am in no way bitching about that. What I am bitching about is the fact that because I receive this help I am apparently being enrolled in Medicare parts A,B,C,and D without my consent. After being on the phone for almost 4 hours the other day with not only Social Security who could tell me nothing but also MassHealth and Silver Script. I just don't understand it, it's fucking confusing. I can't even figure it out so I can't imagine how they expect elderly people to figure it all out. The best part is that I have MassHealth which covers everything I need and I pay $0 a month for it so why do I need part B that costs $121.80? This is the great mystery and headache so far of my summer. I'm really hoping I can get it all figured out fairly quickly before they start taking the money right out of my disability check which let me assure you is already low to begin with. Now on to the good stuff. Anyone who really truly knows me knows that I live for Disney. Disney everything...movies,merch,books,vacations and really anything with Mickey Mouse. That said, Disney World is naturally my favorite place on Earth that I've been to up to this point in my life. I only recently got to experience WDW for the first time as an adult. I don't have fond memories of me as a child riding the carousel or meeting Cinderella. My introduction to Disney World was thanks to my parents when I was 24. What I do have because of them is fond memories of seeing the castle for the first time, enjoying everything and remembering everything. Being able to make a full day in the parks and not have a temper tantrum and having a beer in Epcot. Since then, I've made it a point to try and go as many times as I could afford because I'm hopelessly addicted. I was lucky enough to go with my mom in 2013 and again with my family in 2015. I am so freaking excited because in a little over a month I get to go back to the place I feel most at home. It's weird because I'm sure that many of you probably don't feel the same way I do or maybe you do. I honestly can't explain the feeling I get when I go but it's what I expect magic is like. It's corny I know but we could all use some corny in our lives these days and if for just one week I can feel like a princess or experience some magical memories with the people I love then I am totally happy being corny for the rest of my existence. So as I'm continuing my Disney countdown over here(38 days!!!!!!!) I urge you guys to take some time out of your stress filled days and make some magic happen however you can. Thanks again for checking out my blog and continue to check back for updates and new entries! P.S. I bet my mom doesn't even read this garbage! Here's a big hint for my Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party and NYCC cosplay! If you don't know what it is then go google right now! |
AuthorA closer to 30 than 25 female living with chronic illness. I've got an obsessive love for cats, Disney, video games and cats. My name is Alissa. Archives
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