Re: Affording help

[Guest guest]

In the " richest nation on earth " , Texas is rated as one of the largest and

most populous in the nation. I already have my Medicare but my wife has

nothing. Our income is only my SSD check and it's below the federal poverty

level. So, it would follow that I could get both of us in the Medicaid or

'Welfare' system, but since my wife has no income, we don't qualify because

I make too much for a single supporter and she has no income, so she's also

not counted.

Texas " ranks 49th for overall spending on the estimated 600,000 people with

disabilities " and has " decreased spending on community based services by 2% "

in the last 2 years. The Federal government doesn't know why Texas isn't

spending this money when we have a surplus in the fund and the federal

matching funds are not being used! How in the world can we be in such a mess

and none to do anything to fix it?

Dennis in Eastexas

" It's not Rocket Surgery "

Re: [ ] New member

> health care, in this richest nation on earth, is a national

> embarrassment....ive been without benefits since i was " downsized " four

> years ago....fortunately ive been awarded ssd and in 4 months get medicare

> benefits...but still wonder why u have to wait 2 years after being

> dissabled to be eligible for medicare...its not like u arent sick..anyone

> who has gone thru the ssd proceedure knows how tough it is....oh

> well...hang in there....frank

>

> Kennedy <ikennedy2@...> wrote: My wife is 60. Her Blue

> Cross/Blue Shield HMO individual policy costs $649 a

> month. It will continue to increase each year until she becomes eligible

> for

> Medicare. It may come to the place where the premium cannot be paid and

> then

> she will join the ranks of the uninsured. Then we will begin to spend what

> has taken 60 years of work to accumulate. It will not take long until it

> is

> all gone and she can apply for assistance. Not a happy thought.

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