tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post7454297005900317372..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Where parenting, politics, disability, poetry and politics intersectElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-87375126483224270242013-11-08T17:47:57.927-08:002013-11-08T17:47:57.927-08:00I'm glad to hear it. My husband is in a teache...I'm glad to hear it. My husband is in a teacher's union - which is little protection when the school district is thinking about cutting expenses and dropping health care. Maybe we'll get better coverage too. It's hopeful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-68066010879872599372013-11-08T13:28:56.213-08:002013-11-08T13:28:56.213-08:00Yes, Sophie has Medi-Cal secondary to private.Yes, Sophie has Medi-Cal secondary to private.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-51618834663069404952013-11-08T12:37:54.829-08:002013-11-08T12:37:54.829-08:00Elizabeth, does Sophie get Medicaid as part of SSI...Elizabeth, does Sophie get Medicaid as part of SSI? Right now, we still have group coverage under my dh's job, but my son has secondary with Medicaid due to SSI. This is a life saver for us. Before 18, he qualified for Katie Beckett and they held him on until his SSI was approved. ( Have to mention that we aren't the "leeches" that the media likes to focus on. We actually plan to keep primary ins on our son as long as we are able to do this with Medicaid as a much needed backup. He had oral surgery in the hospital and Medicaid made this possible without a big deposit on our part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-40279157505947375802013-11-08T08:52:08.626-08:002013-11-08T08:52:08.626-08:00YES! Thank you for this post! clear as a bell!!! ...YES! Thank you for this post! clear as a bell!!! The political cartoon with the giant screw going through the middle of a person, she moaning, " Obama care won't let me keep my insurance!", comes to mind. Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-809795770316538002013-11-08T08:24:20.507-08:002013-11-08T08:24:20.507-08:00I suspect the insurance companies intentionally wo...I suspect the insurance companies intentionally worded their letters that way in order to rile people up. Beautiful translation of the jargon, though!!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8939089021516685132013-11-07T07:55:01.514-08:002013-11-07T07:55:01.514-08:00GOD IN HEAVEN or as we said in Lutheran-land, GOT ...GOD IN HEAVEN or as we said in Lutheran-land, GOT IN HIMMEL, Elizabeth, thank you for this. I don't know how you managed to write so calmly about it but I'm glad you did. Unfortunately North Carolina, Grand Old State, opted out as much as possible and it's my understanding that we'll only have one option here, rather than a competitive market. Still, this one option will most likely (from what I can tell) be affordable, as no other option up until now has. I haven't had insurance since I got married 11 years ago and was kicked off my parent's plan though still a full time student. My children just lost their state provided insurance because NC kicks people off medicaid at $10,000 salary dollars sooner than CO does. (So you can make 10k more in CO than you can in NC to remain on medicaid). So we badly need the ACA. Tech glitches are small in comparison to that need. Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-80843705672979800152013-11-07T07:48:31.596-08:002013-11-07T07:48:31.596-08:00California is doing really well with the rollout. ...California is doing really well with the rollout. One of the handful of states can claim this. I'm rooting for you, and willing to bet you are going to qualify for a subsidy. Keeping you close at mind...I do this jazz for a living; let me know if I can help in any way. But girl -- you do this for a living too! Love watching your journey through all of this. Thanks for chronicling it. SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174193133138897712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20606253503692091842013-11-07T05:58:54.979-08:002013-11-07T05:58:54.979-08:00Thanks for the translation. One of my favorite thi...Thanks for the translation. One of my favorite things to do is rewrite cryptic, bureaucratic, BS letters. Rock steady, baby.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11108038613426722566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-48294881474634089472013-11-07T05:06:52.536-08:002013-11-07T05:06:52.536-08:00When I lived in CA, my mother paid exorbitant pric...When I lived in CA, my mother paid exorbitant prices for health "care" that let her fall through the cracks and die in her mid 50's. I remember her barely-controlled terror at the rising prices of the prescription drugs she needed to take every day, her tears as she dealt with the bureaucracy. They called me the Friday after she died to scold us for her missed appointment that day. I told them she'd died. Their response (paraphrased): "Oh. Bye."<br /><br />Here in the UK, I feel so grateful for the NHS. I have never had a problem getting an appointment. Prescription costs are reasonable and no-cost for under-16s. The hospitals aren't cushy but they get the job done. I'm terrified that the NHS will be privatized, further outsourced. <br /><br />I love your blog, although I haven't commented before. Your writing is beautiful. And now I'll go back to lurking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-26348757616487458902013-11-06T15:53:58.376-08:002013-11-06T15:53:58.376-08:00I got the same letter....I translated it in the ex...I got the same letter....I translated it in the exact words you did. In fact, instead of reading it word by word to my husband I said just about what you said, It is almost a relief to me....I'm not doing anything. If I end up in the hospital etc. they can do what they want. ain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-53272544560650423892013-11-06T15:38:10.980-08:002013-11-06T15:38:10.980-08:00Very, very clear and concise and the link is good ...Very, very clear and concise and the link is good too. We have personal insurance- terribly expensive and although we haven't been dropped, our already exorbitant rates went up. A lot. When the website gets all smoothed out, I'm going to see if I can find us something better, hopefully for less. Of course, I live in Florida where our tea-party ass-kisser, health-industry magnate governor is refusing Federal dollars to implement things. So...that won't help. <br />WHY CAN'T WE HAVE UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE? God. It makes me so angry. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-67140778910561349232013-11-06T14:40:45.701-08:002013-11-06T14:40:45.701-08:00THAT, dear Elizabeth, is as clear an explanation o...THAT, dear Elizabeth, is as clear an explanation of the ACA as I have seen anywhere! THANK you!37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-17809126609569515382013-11-06T14:35:20.863-08:002013-11-06T14:35:20.863-08:00Not sure yet what mine will be. When I quit my job...Not sure yet what mine will be. When I quit my job in Michigan and move to Oregon, Jonah and I will go through the Oregon ACA. I've got good insurance, ish, through the college now (only because of the ACA, however, do they now cover Jonah's shots and well-child visits. Before that, while they would cover chiropractor visits and Viagra, they didn't cover shots or my needed 4 times a year PAP smear). I'm nervous, but also the decision to quit my job and move was made somewhat easier knowing that I'll be able to get health care instead of going without it. Ramona Quimbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01308882206677929003noreply@blogger.com