NO COMMENTS PLEASE - NOT A PITY PLEA - INFO THAT NEEDS TO BE PASSED ON! SORRY LONG AND RANTING! SHARE AT WILL - NORTH CAROLINA HAS MADE SOME HUGE CHANGES. MAYBE THIS CAN GO VIRAL! PLEASE READ AND CLICK SEE MORE LONG BUT IMPORTANT. DO COMMENT IF YOU HAVE A GOOD LAWYER! THE SHORT: If you get sick you have to have extremely recent (3 months) medical records to get medicaid. To get recent updated medical records you have to have Medicaid. They used to go back 3 yrs, Jan 1, 2014 that changed in NC. I qualified for SSI and Medicaid at the time I applied, I guess it was held on to until the changes.... THE LONG: Just an update and some insight in case anyone is wondering why I havent been online much. I am sorry about that. I miss my friends. This is also a good insight into North Carolinas Healthcare system. (Is that what it is??) I have applied for Medicaid, SSI and Disability. I have no choice. Trouble is I tried to do it all on my own and I really am in no shape physically or mentally to do it. At least Therapy is cheap in NC .... Joke Mom - laugh :) For the first time in my life I have no insurance and NC just changed the rules for Medicaid and SSI as of Jan 1st 2014 though I applied in Oct 2013. Funny how all 3 DENIED letters came the first week of Jan 2014 together. I know people who received Medicaid within 2 weeks or a month of application. I met the requirements and still do - isnt $0 income 187% below the Federal Poverty Level??? I have no home. No assets above $2,000.00. I also have WELL over $7,000.00 in unpaid medical bills. I was gifted with $40.00 today so I can make it back and forth to Group visits this week. I feel amazingly rich. Last balance I had was $1.51. Anyway... I have been dealing with some health issues and learning more as I go. On Aug 17, 2013 was moving day. My son Ryan moved me into his home to take care of me because he knew I could not do it myself. My Save the World Little Boy. August 15 2013 - just before moving day - I had a heart attack - yes I just turned 49 yrs old... test revealed previous heart attacks, bi-atrial damage and damage to the LT & RT ventricles. I was never told by the hospital just admitted. My Dr. of many years refuses to see me at all and will not call me despite request from me. The office accountant was extremely rude and hateful over the phone asking medical and medication questions (concerning a different doctor) that clearly violate HEPPA and my personal privacy. I went to get my own medical records from the hospital in October finally to see what the deal was. I stayed so sick and exhausted after that ER/hospitalization. No one contacted me at all pertaining to results of test or my hospital stay. Also very strange I was never sent or called for one of those surveys. Of course not... I never even received my Dr. prescribed (other doc) meds while admitted (billed by hospital though) They dont admit you for no reason and I never felt right after that. Severe swelling in my hands and legs as well as strange tingling in my brain and loss of function on my left side was not normal and I knew I needed to do something. The swelling was/is so bad (upper and lower) it has caused damage to tissue and and joints so that I have arthritis in all major joints and even my skin hurts and I have lost sensation in my finger tips and feet. I do have a new Dr. I have seen 1 time that had to be paid for up front by a family member. Just enough was done to be sure I was not going to die then and there.They actually want to run a whole battery of test to address my poor health. Come back when you have Medicaid and we will ... Wont return my phone call after my latest ER visit either. (Jan 15) This practice has known me and my family since I was 15 yrs old. I need to come in for evaluation I was told. What was the 1st $200.00 visit? A tea party??? I have been evaluated - the ER Dr. wants an MRI - she says it is very necessary, order it already! I have been there with this complaint and an X-Ray was one of the things they wanted to do. Okay - I had a CAT Scan - even better - done - but the ER Dr. knows more is wrong and wants further evaluation - MRI. Its not like they sit there at a cash register. It will go into the to be paid when I get medicaid pile) I need this updated info to get the Medicaid you want me to have to pay for these same test. Leading to my next update - I know you are holding your breath by now. I have an update on my degenerative disc disease. I have always tried to keep an eye on this since I was diagnosed with it in my late 20s and it runs in the family (hello George!) I was born with it and it is why I have never been able to touch my toes LOL. It has degenerated so bad since my last check in 2006 - along with other bones that the spine has compressed my lungs to the point that the top 1/3 or so of both lungs have collapsed = COPD. Your lungs are basically in a cage whose size is dependent on the length of your spine. Gee that is why it is so hard to breath just taking a shower and I have blue splotchy legs and hands - oxygen poor blood from lungs AND heart! Duh! I should have been able to diagnose that since everyone has to be their own doctor! Also I have fused disc from S-1 up to L-5 with degeneration throughout. I have found out that C-3,C-4,C-5 and C-6 (cervical/neck) disk are herniated. I have bone spurs (cervical) as well as torn muscles and pinched nerves in neck/spine area that wont heal (????) and my whole back is in spasm from the pain and trying to sit so I dont pull anything. Sometimes the spasms/knots go into my legs and feet. Actually lots of the torn muscle tissue is in the shoulder blade area because those muscles do all the work and take the strain. I have been so anxious and in so much pain I have clenched my teeth to the point that my bottom jaw bone has receded and is almost not there. I have always had insurance and took it for granted. Now I see the other side of our system. I hope you never have to! I just pray that what is left of my spine can hold up to the strain of holding me up long enough to get someones attention when I have my next heart attack! (JOKE) Not trying to be a whiner but NCs health system sucks and everyone needs to know it! I have more to go, but it will all be done a piece at a time via the ER dept. at Albemarle Hospital. They were wonderful and I actually felt like a human being. The Dr.s name is Dr. Rose N. Meiki. She was wonderful and I am grateful to her for actually giving me the information and education about my test results. I dislike hospitals and avoid them at all cost but I have no choice now. That is how our system works. My heart condition still has not been fully evaluated. My Dr. wants to wait for me to NOT be self pay then he has all sorts of test to do... LOL not much help right now. I need the results so I can get Medicaid. I have no quality of life and all I hear is I wish I could help .... I am sorry that is just how it is .... Well I am going to fight even harder now. To hell with nice. Okay - off my soap box now. I did not mean to go on this long. I just feel you should see all this from a personal side. Think about my health situation before you hit share on that post putting people down who need to use the system. I never thought I would. Now I have no income, no way to get an income and a wonderful family that needs blessings and prayers: Brenda my mom and Ryan my youngest son and Em a wonderful sweetheart and a great friend. I have the blessing of having friends that love me and a family that shouldnt have to but does look out for me. I know I am not a burden to you and I love you so much for that.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 02:15:50 +0000
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