Hi Flapjack,

I too am trying to get on some kind of medical insurance assistance and ya know what?  They told me I made too much money because I was getting $104 per month!  WTF is right!

 

I was getting that from my husband's unemployment check, some kind of back child support payment he supposably owes me.  We have made several calls to the state dept. and told them that we live together and our children are grown, but still, whenever he gets a job (or unemployment) the state takes money out of his pay and sends it to me........and I live at the same address as him.............and the state knows this!  How retarded.    I have no idea what they are trying to prove. I could see if the state kept the money, but they send it to me.

 

ANYWAY ...so I tried again to get on insurance when his unemployment ran out and I was not getting any money at all, from no where..........I figured I'd surely qualify now.........well, I got a letter stating that there was a 'freeze' on new applications for medical insurance right now.  So, I guess anybody who gets sick now better hope they win the lottery to pay for medical bills because the state wont help.  WTF again!     What exactly is a 'freeze'?   The state ran out of money or what?  How strange.

 

But all that was a couple of months ago, so I will try again Monday.  I really need to get on some kind of medical insurance so I can get this Hep C checked out.  Plus, I'm even older than you and am thinking of health issues too.

 

My plan was to get on my husbands employment insurance benefits but thats a big joke.  My husband is a machinist by trade and should be able to make a decent living.....but the economy and job situation is CRAP here in Michigan so he has to get work through a temp service which is also CRAP because they get you these jobs and he maybe will make $10 per hour if he's lucky (the temp service keeps 75% of his pay for payment for getting him the job)  and then, after promises of raises and medical benefits in 90 days if he keeps working hard like a good boy and blah blah blah,  he gets laid off.  Every time, right before his 90 days are up it's the same thing over and over:  laid off.   On to a new job.   over and over. 

 Never getting in the company and never getting any benefits.  I guess this is the new way for companies to save money.  They dont have to pay for their employee's medical benefits anymore.  They just lay them off after 90 days and hire new people.

 

My opinion: it's a sin when a man who is capable and willing to work cannot find decent work using his trade to support himself and his family.  He has to accept meagar wages or nothing at all.   And, what are we suppose to do for medical insurance?  We dont make enough to buy our own, and the state is giving me such a hard time.....I guess I am suppose to just curl up and die.

 

no wonder we gotta get high once in a while.

 

luv ya,

sue