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<blockquote data-quote="stressedmama" data-source="post: 642268" data-attributes="member: 18412"><p>"You are SO right about the "benefits". They are trying to say that we do not qualify because of <em>our</em> income. So I asked them - so we are expected to financially support her child and they said, well, sometimes our children put us in positions...blah blah. We are not even fighting it. We have been financially raising him since birth anyway. The daycare is a burden, though - that is an extra 360 a month we didn't plan for. But it is okay, we get by. But the government really ticks me off. We have paid a lot into the system, why shouldn't we be able to use it?? Just because we have worked harder we are not worthy??"</p><p></p><p>OMG PG this is RIGHT ON...</p><p></p><p>I will never understand how the state decides who gets what in terms of assistance. There is absolutely inequity going on. For example, difficult child is still receiving medicaid and food stamps. They just raised her food stamps (because she hasn't been working). easy child 2 works full time, lives on her own with our GD, pays rent, utilities, etc. Doing everything right but her pay is not enough to get by. </p><p></p><p>She was on my health insurance (kids under 26 could be covered)till Nov when the Not-So-Affordable Health Care Act went into affect and I could no longer afford to keep her on my plan. My premium stayed the same, copays went up, benefits decreased and I had to go from covering husband, easy child 1, easy child 2 and easy child 3 to just easy child 3 and myself.</p><p></p><p>She can't afford to get insurance through the HC Exchange and the state denied her claim for Medicaid. She and GD actually spent the night at her boyfriend's house last night because she said she had no food at her house and no money to buy any. She doesn't spend money on frivolous things. She's tapping into savings from her deployment to make ends meet every month and her savings are almost wiped out. The only assistance she gets from the state is a discount on daycare but only a very little one.</p><p></p><p>So to recap, difficult child is getting what equates to over $900.00 a month in state assistance (not including medicaid)for not working (and pays nothing toward the care of her son)and easy child who is busting her butt to do everything right is basically punished and receives a total of $200/month toward daycare only.</p><p></p><p>difficult child was working at a convenience store and she used to tell me stories about all these people that would come in and order a dozen subs to share with friends and pay for it with their food stamps. easy child can't afford to buy dinner for she and GD. Really??</p><p></p><p>Thanks for letting me vent. It's so frustrating!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stressedmama, post: 642268, member: 18412"] "You are SO right about the "benefits". They are trying to say that we do not qualify because of [I]our[/I] income. So I asked them - so we are expected to financially support her child and they said, well, sometimes our children put us in positions...blah blah. We are not even fighting it. We have been financially raising him since birth anyway. The daycare is a burden, though - that is an extra 360 a month we didn't plan for. But it is okay, we get by. But the government really ticks me off. We have paid a lot into the system, why shouldn't we be able to use it?? Just because we have worked harder we are not worthy??" OMG PG this is RIGHT ON... I will never understand how the state decides who gets what in terms of assistance. There is absolutely inequity going on. For example, difficult child is still receiving medicaid and food stamps. They just raised her food stamps (because she hasn't been working). easy child 2 works full time, lives on her own with our GD, pays rent, utilities, etc. Doing everything right but her pay is not enough to get by. She was on my health insurance (kids under 26 could be covered)till Nov when the Not-So-Affordable Health Care Act went into affect and I could no longer afford to keep her on my plan. My premium stayed the same, copays went up, benefits decreased and I had to go from covering husband, easy child 1, easy child 2 and easy child 3 to just easy child 3 and myself. She can't afford to get insurance through the HC Exchange and the state denied her claim for Medicaid. She and GD actually spent the night at her boyfriend's house last night because she said she had no food at her house and no money to buy any. She doesn't spend money on frivolous things. She's tapping into savings from her deployment to make ends meet every month and her savings are almost wiped out. The only assistance she gets from the state is a discount on daycare but only a very little one. So to recap, difficult child is getting what equates to over $900.00 a month in state assistance (not including medicaid)for not working (and pays nothing toward the care of her son)and easy child who is busting her butt to do everything right is basically punished and receives a total of $200/month toward daycare only. difficult child was working at a convenience store and she used to tell me stories about all these people that would come in and order a dozen subs to share with friends and pay for it with their food stamps. easy child can't afford to buy dinner for she and GD. Really?? Thanks for letting me vent. It's so frustrating!! [/QUOTE]
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