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Not old enough for Medicare and going broke with company insurance
Aging Well | Last Active: Sep 4, 2022 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
Because of having so many health issues, I was also denied SSD at 42. I swore the government was going to pay for not being able to get some of my defects looked at back then. In the 60’s and 70’s they didn’t have specialist for everything like today. So the damage done to my body got worse. My medical bills have spiraled to somewhere between 3 & 4 million dollars from neglected treatment. Right now my blood is turning cancerous, my birth heart defect is monitored by a $25,000 heart beat recorder 24/7. My kidneys are headed for dialysis, my nonexistent immune system has allowed me to catch 19 lung infections in 9 years besides the 5 cases of Covid 19 I’ve suffered through. And those are just some of my health problems, with more and more being added with each passing year. Oh for hindsight huh!!!
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Becky, I am heartbroken for you.
Life is so terribly unfair and your story is an all too perfect example. I send you the wish for relief from all your pain and the hope for some kind of joy to comfort you.
How amazing that you have lasted so long with all your maladies. You must have a will of solid iron. What courage! I can't imagine how some petty clerk saw fit to deny you SDI. Can't help believing a few more tries (SO exhausting for the applicant!) wouldn't have succeeded in winning you your so deserved assistance.
I know personally (and about), a great many people who game the system and collect SDI while working under the table. There are many lawyers who specialize in getting even the most unworthy clients disability support - they know all the tricks, and get rich from their speciality. They are only one example of the corruption that siphons off much of our national budget from the needy. And it not only goes into the pockets of the rich and uber-rich, but sets an example of cheating that "inspires" ever more cheating, top-down. It seems almost everyone feels entitled to rip off whomever they can since "everyone's" doing it, and without their particular racket, they figure they couldn't keep up.
You shame me with your frugality with food. I was born into a highly dysfunctional family, but money was plenty (my father was a self-made artist who became famous in his lifetime – quite a rarity) . I confess , though, that I wasted quite a lot of it not understanding my good fortune in that regard, and never having been taught the value of money.
I'll bet your life story would make a salable though tragic novel/autobiography.. So sorry you had to live it, though.
I send you a hug and much admiration.
You shame me with your frugality with food. I was born into a highly dysfunctional family, but money was plenty (my father was a self-made artist who became famous in his lifetime - quite a rarity) . I confess , though, that I wasted quite a lot of it not understanding my good fortune in that regard, and never having been taught the value of money.
I'll bet your life story would make a salable though tragic novel/autobiography.. So sorry you had to live it, though.
Sorry for accidental repeat above.
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