Rhonda,
I am definitely praying.  there just has to be a solution!  Are you
anywhere near a teaching hospital or medical facility?  Sometimes
they can be really helpful and inexpensive.
Kathy


At 03:40 PM 9/12/2005, you wrote:
>Now that Ben is getting an SSDI or social security disability check, we
>received a letter saying his Medicaid the program  that pays for his many
>medications and doctor visits will stop as of October 1st.  He had
>low-income Medicaid, he now makes too much money for that, his check is
>around $1400.00 a month, he could apply for adult Medicaid but his income is
>counted, he would have to spend at least 1000 dollars a month in medical
>costs out of pocket in order to receive Medicaid for that month!!!
>so if you have enough money to live on, you can't get help.  I have
>contacted a program that is ran by the medication  manufacturers that
>assists  patients with paying for medications, so that will probably help.
>But I am concerned because Ben will not be able to visit eye doctors and the
>kidney doctor he was seeing.
>I could look in to private health insurance, but that would be outrageous if
>I could even find  any.
>So, that is where we are.  Ben isn't feeling well lately, always tired, I
>guess it's all those different medications, he says his eyes are worse,
>Rhonda