Thanks my friends, just love that I could distract myself while there by typing out to my cyber support even if no one was on, it felt like talking to friends. I hold my breath a little when out with him in that kind of situation because if he gets scared or learned from when he was sick to do those things again, It will be so hard. but he did ok, just himself.
Steely, THANK HEAVEN that since he is adopted from US foster care, and the county he is adopted from could not place him, he has full, no parent pay no co-pay insurance plus I asked in his adoption contract to add that if MA should ever deny any charges their state would cover the charges. They agreed to do that plus other things like special need daycare (if there ever was such a thing I could find, sigh) and alternate therapies at 75%.
I only had to use that a couple of times because once he got his waiver, everything was covered for that section and for any direct health benefits, he has never been denied, not even for off forumlary medications or braces....(and two orthodontists said MA woudl deny him because his bite was good, it was the front teeth that were really crooked but it was not a functional issue, they were wrong...he was approved really fast). I guess his funding comes from a different pool somehow so he has not been denied.
MN recently had a govt shut down during the budget crisis, and the big things they cut as usual were MA things. Every year they are hit proportionally harder than other areas of the budget. NOW after all that, the news says we are millions in the black. Makes me sick and I am sure they did it to fund a stadium. UGGG.
They decided all people on ma for disabilities need to go to an hmo type of deal. there supposedly will be perks if you do it. Well, I fail to see how adding a middle man is gonna make things better. IF my doctors are not on their plan, then I will opt out, luckily we can do that...it will not change what we have, but there may be new things we can't have. So sick that they make problems for people who can least deal with it.
Otherwise, yes, I would be in HUGE trouble. It is only I who have no insurance. bummer.