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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10/14/2016 04:57:18 pm
Wow. I totally hear you. I too am on disability and am unable to work a regular job. I'm lucky to have insurance through my husband's work so we don't have to pay extra but I understand that feeling of being a second class citizen. Like it's shameful to admit that you need help in any way.
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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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