Well folks I cannot let you reside in this post alone either..since I was last able to post in forum I have had the assistance of my church helping me get back rent caught up and security deposit to be able to move into Low income housing...they just happened to lower the age to get in and finally I made it...Seriously I believe our God is working here...
rent here is 30% of income...and currently they rate me as 'seriously low income'....30% puts me at $198 month now...am on food stamps...
filing bankruptcy....
like many are as well...trying for disability....oh the hoops we have to jump thru...no insurance so trying for Medicaid...found a ortho Dr (I have scoliosis..surgery at 14 never kept up with drs..this is first check up with one) mainly as I feel it is cause of most of my problems now..from neck arthritis to deformed leg with arthritis...I could go on and on believe me...
dr visit alone ran over $1000..tried and got financial asst with the hospital here...the Dr wants 2 MRI's, bone scan..have to see neurologist and get ECG done for my neck/shoulders...
am hoping the financial asst can help me get in the door for the MRI's...
also signed and got help with DVR (Division of Vocational Rehab..) have not had first appt yet but is happening on the 19th....as well as a ultrasound for the Well Woman Program...so far that program is still working for the women..
The thing that gets me..in this situation....if they do not help now...and wait...by then there may be no return to normal health as it was ...then they will HAVE to help and it will cost them even more...
NOTE: A BIG help to me is one of the FREE clinics here in the state..mine was/is in Beloit (BACHC)..there are Drs there that check us out and advise us how we are...it is % of income..sliding scale...mine was $20 per visit...does not work with specialists...but I now have a MD Dr and podiatrist (ulcerated ankle)...there...
She wants me to see a Heart Dr....however now I do not even have the $20 to see her.....
LORD may the Medicaid come thru!....
Thanks for listening....and once again KNOW that you are NOT alone in this dilemma.....
Jan
For those in Walworth county..there is an organization called THE TIME IS NOW
started by a Real Estate salesman here who grew up in poverty and made it big..he is trying to help those less fortunate...and what a job he does! They cannot help medically but they help with so much more and some cases he goes back to see how they are doing....Needless to say THIS is my new local charity..(when I can).....
