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CF and getting health insurance! Please help me! its a long story and im at the end of my rope
hello
Im a 24 year old male with cystic fibrosis. Im married and I have 2 dogs and a cat. Im pretty happy. I just recently moved to atlanta from philadelphia.
I have been an executive chef for prolly about 5 years now and I have been cooking in restaraunts for almost 10. Up until I moved to atlanta about 3 months ago to be with my wife, I was on medicaid and working as an executive chef of a restaraunt and getting paid under the table (cash) so I could keep my medicaid. Medicaid wont allow you to make more then 200$ a month on the books in order to stayed covered, its an awful oppresive system that I have struggled with since I was 19 andmy dad up and canceled me on his insurance. It was awful, Medicaid and the government seem to just want you to starve and die of poverty in order so they can help you "live."
Im tired of struggling with them, they have just recently canceled me again, they will cancel you for all sorts of reasons that are unfair and dont make any sense.
Since moving to atlanta, there are really no under the table jobs in the restaraunt bussines that pay any decent amount of money, I was making almost 4000/mo in philly and I dont really wanna go back to making 8 an hour because someone has to pay me cash. I have gotten many job offers making really great money here just none under the table, i have not taken any of them because im tryign to get medicaid again.
Well now it has come to the time, me and my wife have no money, we are making life decisions at the gas station about whether we should eat or get gas, its awful. I cant handle it anymore.
I am not disabled, I am actually very healthy, im very skinny but im very healthy, at least I think. I have only been hospitalized twice in my life, I rarely ever goto the doctorif even once a year. I just need to find a way to be able to afford my enzymes, because they are so expensive! im running low on my surplus of creon and i have been out of any kind of antibiotics for months now. Im getting desperate and I have to take a real job above the table which will definitely screw any chances of getting medicaid now. I have litterally been working 50-70 hrs a week for the last 3 years.
The worst thing is having a talent and not being able to make real money off it because you need to find a way to buy medicine. ive worked too god damn hard in my life for everything I have to go back to making 8-10 an hour cooking an crappy restaraunt with no rep. I have never had an easy day, everyday has been a struggle. I have made alot with my life career wise.
If anyone can pointme in the right direction as to where I can start trying to get insurance to afford our expensive medicines, would be so much appreciated.
Im at the end of my rope and I am so stressed out, what is the point of getting medicine and staying alive with medicaid when you cant even make enough money to enjoy your life and provide sufficiently for your family?
To me, there isnt, I woud rather live as long as I can without medicine, insurace, and doctors and make good money to provide a good life for the ones I love so much then not be able to have the funds to even go basic grocery shopping.
My wife and I wanted to goto the water park all summer so bad, and we never even could because it was 30$ and we couldnt afford it. Im miserable, I am also extremely careless about my own self at this point.
Help me find a way to get insurance, if anyone has any knowledge and information that I dont.
hello
Im a 24 year old male with cystic fibrosis. Im married and I have 2 dogs and a cat. Im pretty happy. I just recently moved to atlanta from philadelphia.
I have been an executive chef for prolly about 5 years now and I have been cooking in restaraunts for almost 10. Up until I moved to atlanta about 3 months ago to be with my wife, I was on medicaid and working as an executive chef of a restaraunt and getting paid under the table (cash) so I could keep my medicaid. Medicaid wont allow you to make more then 200$ a month on the books in order to stayed covered, its an awful oppresive system that I have struggled with since I was 19 andmy dad up and canceled me on his insurance. It was awful, Medicaid and the government seem to just want you to starve and die of poverty in order so they can help you "live."
Im tired of struggling with them, they have just recently canceled me again, they will cancel you for all sorts of reasons that are unfair and dont make any sense.
Since moving to atlanta, there are really no under the table jobs in the restaraunt bussines that pay any decent amount of money, I was making almost 4000/mo in philly and I dont really wanna go back to making 8 an hour because someone has to pay me cash. I have gotten many job offers making really great money here just none under the table, i have not taken any of them because im tryign to get medicaid again.
Well now it has come to the time, me and my wife have no money, we are making life decisions at the gas station about whether we should eat or get gas, its awful. I cant handle it anymore.
I am not disabled, I am actually very healthy, im very skinny but im very healthy, at least I think. I have only been hospitalized twice in my life, I rarely ever goto the doctorif even once a year. I just need to find a way to be able to afford my enzymes, because they are so expensive! im running low on my surplus of creon and i have been out of any kind of antibiotics for months now. Im getting desperate and I have to take a real job above the table which will definitely screw any chances of getting medicaid now. I have litterally been working 50-70 hrs a week for the last 3 years.
The worst thing is having a talent and not being able to make real money off it because you need to find a way to buy medicine. ive worked too god damn hard in my life for everything I have to go back to making 8-10 an hour cooking an crappy restaraunt with no rep. I have never had an easy day, everyday has been a struggle. I have made alot with my life career wise.
If anyone can pointme in the right direction as to where I can start trying to get insurance to afford our expensive medicines, would be so much appreciated.
Im at the end of my rope and I am so stressed out, what is the point of getting medicine and staying alive with medicaid when you cant even make enough money to enjoy your life and provide sufficiently for your family?
To me, there isnt, I woud rather live as long as I can without medicine, insurace, and doctors and make good money to provide a good life for the ones I love so much then not be able to have the funds to even go basic grocery shopping.
My wife and I wanted to goto the water park all summer so bad, and we never even could because it was 30$ and we couldnt afford it. Im miserable, I am also extremely careless about my own self at this point.
Help me find a way to get insurance, if anyone has any knowledge and information that I dont.