Kalifornia whine.... Re Re: Digest Number 2071

January 10, 2004

Another older note; this was concerning changes in MediCare.

I honestly don¹t know what to do at this point. I am from Kalifornia; land

of awwwwnold and enron; where awnold just proposed cuts. Two thirds of the

cuts are aimed at low-income people, the disabled and seniors. $900 million

from Medi Cal. It was hard enough -- next to impossible -- to find a

primary care for us the way it was; now I don¹t know what we will do. Throw

EDS into the mix and (sigh... No need to finish that sentence.) So far we

have only heard from out dentist who no longer is willing to treat us. For

most kids some kids that means they will go without things like dental check

ups or glasses... For us with EDS it means we will go without 'what'? I have

one daughter still on California Children Services that covers her liquid

zantec (over $200 a bottle). My two daughters tuition also increased by

40%.

And I am not even going to go into how he wants to cheat the indian casinos

out of their money, closing some prisons and setting those 'people' free,

laying off firemen & policemen,loss of road maintenance

But the good news is that there is no increase of taxes on Hummers. :-/ so

I am free to buy one of those now.

On 12/10/03 7:26 AM, " ceda " <ceda > wrote:

> From: MTLamar@...

> Subject: Re: Digest Number 2071

>

> In a message dated 12/9/03 6:36:27 PM, ceda writes:

>

>> I am trying to absorb the changes proposed for MediCare in the US and how

>> they might affect me. I was wondering if anyone had thoughts about it that

>> they wanted to share?

>>

>

> I'm doing the same. I have the fortune to inherit money from my grandmothers'

> home; this happens just as I move onto Medicare and have my financial status

> reassessed by the public health system...I expect to have to pay for two

> years' of prescriptions at nearly $900 a month, besides the clinic and testing

> parts. This will be more in a year than I ever earned, apart from my one, peak

> employment year. I hate watching her life get paid out to doctors and drug

> companies, but I'll have little choice. I suppose in one sense it's only just

> -- I

> inherited EDS from her and mom...still. Just because I'm defective, I (and by

> extension my partner) don't get to have much of a financial life. It's

> frustrating, particularly because I'm not really sure I understand it all yet.

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