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<blockquote data-quote="flsunset" data-source="post: 586405" data-attributes="member: 15655"><p>Thanks, everyone...for the advice and good wishes. I don't get why this is all so convoluted and confusing. I almost feel as though I'm involved in some sort of conspiracy. </p><p> </p><p>The medical case worker at the hospital hasn't returned one of my son's calls and, even when I finally called, I got nothing. This was after they had called me several times to get me to sign paperwork regarding my husband's and my finances, telling me that, if I did supply that information, they could get our son coverage. I don't know much about any of this, but I do know that our son would be denied if his case was based on our assets. Once I declined to give that information to them, asking them to handle my son's case individually since he is an adult, no one wanted to talk to me again. </p><p> </p><p>However, even though they don't answer my son's calls when he's home, they've come into his hospital room immediately after each of his four surgeries, twice when I happened to be there, when he was groggy and disoriented, to question him about finances. Just the other day, they told him that he wasn't eligible for Medicaid because he lives with us, and we make too much on Social Security. Excuse me? Anyone on SS knows that there is no "making too much!" More upsetting to me was that I never told them anything about what my husband and I make on SS, and my son has no clue, so I'm wondering exactly how they found that out, if they really did. And, even so, this is not about us&#8230;it's about him being a disabled and indigent patient! </p><p> </p><p>I wish I had the upwards of $40K (so far) to spare that he's run up in bills already because I'd pay the d-mn things just to get this off his and my mind! He's in the hospital for the fourth time with severe pain from his two shattered legs, after spending four months in horrible external cage-looking things drilled into the bones of both legs, unable to walk, and he's calling me, crying because he's so freaked out that they're going to refuse to continue caring for him as at least one person has threatened! I'm at home, freaking out along with him while trying to care for my poor husband with Alzheimers who's tearing up because I am and doesn't understand what's going on! I really hate the medical system in this country! </p><p> </p><p>I think I'm going to have to get an attorney to figure out this mess!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flsunset, post: 586405, member: 15655"] Thanks, everyone...for the advice and good wishes. I don't get why this is all so convoluted and confusing. I almost feel as though I'm involved in some sort of conspiracy. The medical case worker at the hospital hasn't returned one of my son's calls and, even when I finally called, I got nothing. This was after they had called me several times to get me to sign paperwork regarding my husband's and my finances, telling me that, if I did supply that information, they could get our son coverage. I don't know much about any of this, but I do know that our son would be denied if his case was based on our assets. Once I declined to give that information to them, asking them to handle my son's case individually since he is an adult, no one wanted to talk to me again. However, even though they don't answer my son's calls when he's home, they've come into his hospital room immediately after each of his four surgeries, twice when I happened to be there, when he was groggy and disoriented, to question him about finances. Just the other day, they told him that he wasn't eligible for Medicaid because he lives with us, and we make too much on Social Security. Excuse me? Anyone on SS knows that there is no "making too much!" More upsetting to me was that I never told them anything about what my husband and I make on SS, and my son has no clue, so I'm wondering exactly how they found that out, if they really did. And, even so, this is not about us…it's about him being a disabled and indigent patient! I wish I had the upwards of $40K (so far) to spare that he's run up in bills already because I'd pay the d-mn things just to get this off his and my mind! He's in the hospital for the fourth time with severe pain from his two shattered legs, after spending four months in horrible external cage-looking things drilled into the bones of both legs, unable to walk, and he's calling me, crying because he's so freaked out that they're going to refuse to continue caring for him as at least one person has threatened! I'm at home, freaking out along with him while trying to care for my poor husband with Alzheimers who's tearing up because I am and doesn't understand what's going on! I really hate the medical system in this country! I think I'm going to have to get an attorney to figure out this mess! [/QUOTE]
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