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Insurance
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Gabby |
Gabby replied August 4, 2008 10:22 AM
I am right there with you! We do need to take care of our home before we take care of the neighborhood. Our current system is in a crissis. It is a crummy system. We do need change, however I don't see it coming from anyone who is running...so what are we to do?
rj replied August 4, 2008 10:51 AM You took the words right out of my mouth Gabby...I agree Toma has the right idea. I have sent the mesage out to all of my contact list and several "fellow" diabetics here at work that will take part
DiabetesDiva replied August 4, 2008 11:08 AM Where can I find Toma's list about insurance?
Gabby replied August 4, 2008 2:54 PM Hey Kate,
Gabby replied August 4, 2008 3:08 PM I found it. Just like politics, it's hard to navigate! LOL
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Frustrated mom |
Frustrated mom replied August 4, 2008 12:59 PM
I totally agree with you we do need change and we need it now. You would think that if you are out of work that Medicade would help out until you are back on your feet. If it was them or one of their children then things would be different. We do have ins, but I worry about my son when he is older, what options will he have, if he does not have a good job that has insurance...It is so scary to think that they would let you die, instead of helping their own. Good luck. I will keep you in my prayers. |
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wendi |
wendi replied August 4, 2008 5:39 PM
i too am in the same boat as you!
DiabetesDiva replied August 4, 2008 6:44 PM Last edited about 1 year ago Thanks, Gabby. I found it. My husband and I are both members of MoveOn.org, a political action group. They are asking both candidates to respond to the growing need for health care. I found this on their website:
Gabby replied August 4, 2008 7:59 PM I too have become an active part of the political ring. My husband and I are members of www.RestoreTheRepublic.com and we had a webcast with the presidental candidate of the Constitutional Party last Thursday. He too is a grass roots kind of guy and I really believe that for healthcare to be repaired, we all have to think outside the box.
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 6:12 PM wendi,yes it does stink. but we diabetics have a voice call,write,email,march,whatever it takes to get healthcare for all in america.its time not just the rich have healthcare in america.mb. |
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Anonymous replied August 6, 2008 5:31 PM
I agree my mom has tried getting me on medicade and they wont accept us cause of my moms income, but they dont realize she has three kids on her own and two of us has diabetes; (17 and 8 years old) and the other is three months. insulin and supplies is exspensive, my mom is steady trying to get medicade. People dont realize how bad some people have it,just cause they dont have to worry about it.
butterfly_8 replied August 6, 2008 9:21 PM I agree with everything that has been written here.
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 6:16 PM i understand because i am going through the same ordeal with lack of healthcare. lets all fight for universal healthcare in america in 2009. m.b. |
Jeanarie |
Jeanarie replied August 19, 2008 4:53 PM
I also do not have insurance and can not afford it, and I do not qualify for goverment help. There is a program that Montel Williams talks about. It is the 'Patient Assistance Program'. The phone # is 1-800-424-3727. They have set me up with some companies that supply most of my meds for free. It is a free service, but your doctors have to sign the paperwork. The Lilly Foundation will also pay for insulins. Again the doctor has to send in the paperwork. I printed everything off the web site and filled it out. All the doc has to do is put the prescription on it and sign. I reguarly have a hard time getting my doc to do this (was informed they do it as a courtesy), but the help is out there, hopefully you have better docs than I do.
daniel velazco replied August 20, 2008 10:29 PM My daughter and have medicare and meicade, but my son and wife don't. they have problems getting their meds.What I amdoing is getting the e-mail address to my district politisins and Mr bush and let them know how I feel. As some of you have said the people of this country should come first and after we are taken care of the they can help some others. |
G Thomas |
G Thomas replied September 1, 2008 2:32 PM
Junie, I don't know where you are but in some parts there is a clinic call Health Allience here its Brevards Health Allience it use to be Hope Medical Clinic. I think health first got in on it and took over. Anyway I go there whe I dont have Insurance. hey want you last to bak deposit slips and your w2. They evaluate your monthly income and come up with a price for your income. At first I was paying nothing with a parttime job. Once I acquired the Insurence on my job they wouldn't take it due to a claus of health first. I think I had to have some sort of specaity recommendation. However, I ended up paying 72.00 per visit for the overall. Meds and doctor visit which was great for 3 months visit.Also, montels phones numbers for the medical companies was their main source for your medication that at the clinic. So, I got most of them sent directly to me from the companies thur the clinic. So check your phone book for health clinics and see if there is one under your counties name. And as for the medical companies themsevles. You fill out an income paper and they might send you meds. I think once you call the number they tell you right off if you qualify. Lets face it all insurance is very high.There is no way you can afford both. Good luck If I think of anything else I will hallow.Look for Hope Clinic's
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Starfire |
Starfire replied September 28, 2008 7:17 AM
I have thought that for a long time I have trouble getting the med's I need It;s as if this countries ability to see the flaw in other countries before it see's the bigger flaw in itself has gotten the USA in alot of trouble. The USA should fix our healthcare system first then go and help our neighbors. |
whateverdidi |
whateverdidi replied September 28, 2008 7:25 AM
amen to that. I am a nurse and spend 40 hours plus a week to care for everyone and my insurance is so expensive (225 a week) and they will barely pay for anything. This country needs to turn around. We have so much stress, fast food, no insurance, no wonder ppl are sick. it seems like the government would rather us die off then help. I know doctors who tell me that their hands are tied with the high cost of malpractice insurance,and the hmo's that they themselves are disgusted that they can't treat ppl like they should because of the hmo's or no insurance. what is to become of us?
vgarrison replied September 28, 2008 7:36 AM It is so sad that even a nurse, someone that works in the healthcare field, cant even get good insurance!! What is our society coming to...its like they want us to sit on our asses and not do anything, then we might be able to get somewhere with the government.
vgarrison replied September 28, 2008 7:37 AM sorry about the language, my fingers got away from me....this subject fires me up!
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 6:21 PM i also fires me up to a raging fire when i see the wealthy get the best healthcare in america,while the poor suffer without and cannot even afford a a1c test,what a shame in the land of the free.healthcare for profit must be done away with in america for all to have to have access to the same healthcare that the rich have. m.b. |
Robert C. H. |
Robert C. H. replied September 28, 2008 9:11 AM
I am on disability, so I get some help but in R.I. where I live , they say my income is above the poverty level, which I don't understand because I don't have to file Federal income tax form because I don't earn enough. Any way in order for me to be covered by Medicaide I need to spend 887.00 every six monthes to be covered.Which means that one out of every six checks that I recieved I need to spend on Medical expenses, That also means that if I want to eat, have a roof over my head, hhhhave heat in the winter, It's cold here, have the medicine I need.I have to go crazy trying to figure out how to live on 10 monthes income when there are 12 monthes in a year.Yet We can give billions of dollars in aid to Packistan,who are now shooting down U.S Helicoptors. and shooting our Soldiers that are trying to protect them from the insurgents they let roam there country Killing and destroying everyone that dosen't believe as they do. Our Senators and house members get all of there Medical expenses paid for by you and me, so they do not have to even think about these thingsWe need to change the way this country handles I'ts medical policies,
Vicrgreen replied September 1, 2009 5:16 AM For the Poverty Level figures for 2009 check this site:
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morris.js |
morris.js replied September 28, 2008 10:00 AM
Im sorry, I could not sit by any longer. I will be the first to admit that this country has problems, esp with our healthcare system. However, there is no place I would rather be. I do not have insurance, and do not even have a full time job, but I'm still better off than most people in all the other countries out there.
vgarrison replied September 28, 2008 10:19 AM John,
morris.js replied September 28, 2008 10:38 AM Vicki,
whateverdidi replied September 28, 2008 4:29 PM john i respect your opinion. i am all about being an american. i wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world. but our leaders are greedy and they are forgetting the working class ppl. the world is backward. and as far as the quote that we keep electing them...what choice do we have. look who runs... come on
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 6:26 PM john, i love this nation as much as anyone. the healthcare here in america , i greatly dislike,while the rich and lucky enough to be employeed with health insurance,have their needs taken care of the rest of us suffer. while the health industry profits in huge amounts, what a disgrace. ever year a estamated 312,000 people die from not being able to have the care they need because of lack of health care insurance what a shame.
kdroberts replied January 19, 2009 8:49 PM "ever year a estamated 312,000 people die from not being able to have the care they need because of lack of health care insurance what a shame"
mike67 replied March 12, 2009 3:47 AM you are right we have great medical technology here,but lets face it, the working poor,can not afford the cost of insurance,even though there are so many plans avilable out there.let us continue to push for universal health care for all people not just the RICH. write your representatives and do all you can for access to healthcare for the unemployed and working poor. as for all those who die each year because of lack of care its probebly higher than the number i stated earlier.
mike67 replied May 27, 2009 1:58 AM yes, the quality and care for those who have insurnace and a job is good, however if you do not believe that huge numbers of people die each year from not having money or insurance to have test,medications,visits,check ups,ect; then sir you need to come to missisippi and do a survey , which you will quickly find that many are dying each year from access and cost issues.
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 5:56 PM dear sir, i greatly support you son in the military.as the milititary has healthcare for all for soldiers,i know that we as a nation can have healthcare for our citizens,let us look at a few examples,france,sweden,denmark,belgium,canada,ect: if they can have universal health care we can follow there lead.its not fair that only the wealthy have the best healthcare in this land of plenty,friends, m.b. |
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Gabby |
Gabby replied September 29, 2008 6:04 AM
I knew this discussion would get out of hand if we let it, and we did.
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butterfly_8 |
butterfly_8 replied September 29, 2008 7:09 AM
I agree with all the previous answers and would like to add one more. This mess does not stop with just getting help from the system. The medical profession has lost all common decency over greed. I am retired with Medicare, pension insurance, and I still had to buy private to pay for Dr. and prescription benefits.( 3 different payment plans). At least once a year I have to get angry because they mistakenly send me a bill for lab work or something that they failed to bill the insurance for after medicare and 2nd insurance. I was told medicare pays for 80%. Why does it take 2 other insurances to pay for the extra 20% left over?
Robert C. H. replied September 29, 2008 5:09 PM I don't think saying our medical system stinks, makes me less of an american. I love this country,and on the whole think we do remarkable things around the world But I do think that when something is broken, we have the ability to fix it |
NormaJean |
NormaJean replied November 16, 2008 6:18 PM
You are so right Junie.While I was working I used to pay for Medicare and my insurance,now am out of a job,I have no insurance and they tell me am not qualified for Medicare...you have to be old, so tell me why was I paying for this and I can't get no help ? I have to pay out of my pocket for my Diabetic supplies....hope that with the new administration that something will be done about the millions of people who have no insurance because they can't afford to pay out of pocket. |
Chrissyk |
Chrissyk replied November 18, 2008 6:21 PM
In my humble opinion:
kdroberts replied December 4, 2008 2:10 PM "stop sending billions to China and other nations without a return investment"
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enigmalady777 |
enigmalady777 replied November 18, 2008 7:34 PM
For anyone who is interested in helping establish change in our "for profit" health care system, this is a really, really, good website.
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dj7110 |
dj7110 replied November 22, 2008 2:37 AM
I highly agree we need change in medical system for better coverage.. and there are a few places and petitions regarding this. however, i think if all places come togeather as one they'd be able to have a stronger voice in fighting it and better chance in accomplishing it. We need to make all sites etc. aware of one another. David
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 6:10 PM david your so right. the time has came for all diabetics and other people with illnesses to demand healthcare reform in america. let us keep up the fight for universal healthcare.m.b. |
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Deleted User |
Deleted User replied December 4, 2008 1:03 PM
This is an extremely good discussion thread and well worth posting. Junie, have you gone to your local social services dept. and asked for financial help, or food stamps or anything; because you may not qualify for medicare, but you should qualify for medicaid which is a state program and pays 100% Medicine, doctors, dentists and specialists. I have written posts about help for people in different aspects before. Please try this. If you have very little income you should not have a problem. Go through your yellow pages and look for state and county services; there should also be housing, home assistant program for heating and gas, HEAP, Office for the aging. Special insurance programs for children. And if you talk to your doctor they kind find some of the big drug companies that will give you your medication. Just keep trying, don't give up. There is always something that we can do.
mike67 replied January 2, 2009 12:27 AM i tried medicaid here in mississipi they told me it was only for the disabled or age 65 or older. any sugestions anyone? m.b. |
mike67 |
mike67 replied January 2, 2009 12:25 AM
i am in the same situation myself. until we all get together and demand change here in america,the for profit companies will continue to exploit the poor here. friends, m.b.
highlandcitygirl replied January 19, 2009 1:44 AM bringing this back up.
mike67 replied January 19, 2009 6:03 PM yes again, diabetics need universal health in america ,i as one diabetic who suffers from not having universal healthcare,universal healthcare would be a great life saving approach for diabetic..thanks,mb.
mike67 replied March 12, 2009 3:51 AM yes i am and i will continue to until all diabetics and others are allowed access to universal healthcare. i stand firm for all americans and will not give in ever,the poor need the same healthcare as the rich have. |
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jsd2005 |
jsd2005 replied March 12, 2009 4:27 PM
Would you apply or be eligible for public aid? You need some assistance. Search for free medication on the internet and you will find insurance companies that offer a free medical card. You will be amazed!
mike67 replied May 14, 2009 1:49 PM yes, we do need to petition our government you can go to the web sites---healthcare now and medicare for all, these are great organisations for healthcare reform. m.b. |
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mike67 |
mike67 replied May 14, 2009 1:47 PM
your so right, let us hope that with the new president that universal helthcare will fianlly be for all americans, keep up the fight for healthcare and all the diabetics that suffer from lack of healthcare in america.
Vicrgreen replied August 21, 2009 7:08 AM Last edited 3 months ago Go here www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text to read a copy of the proposed Health Care Reform Bill. See the annual deductable for an individual of $5000 (that works out to $416.67 per month) or $10,000 for a family, plus a percentage of the bill that the insurers don't have to cover. 5% for one version, 15% for another, it didn't give a figure for the 3d.
mike67 replied September 22, 2009 4:52 PM yes it is scary, seeing the insurance companys disclude us because of preexsisting illnesses, inability to pay, and poverty. america we must use the tax payers money here in america instead of wasting it overseas. diabetes research needs funding not wars that never end. ..m.b.
dj7110 replied September 23, 2009 7:08 PM no only that.. investing into finding a cure and coming up with one I'm sure would have a higher profit to be made on it. |
I have no insurance an out of work i try to get medicate or some kind of insurance they tell me that i have to be old or can't work. to get there insurance,i told them that i can't buy any medicine they said sorry can't help. is this america that care about other country an not there own what country? make you wonder.do anyone really care if you live or die.let straighten our own home first before we step out of our country. let vote for change.