Here in the states... you have to keep your bank account at or under $2000 to qualify for Medicaid and several hours of home health help a day. Of course where someone lives CAN have positive or negative effects as you have already read. Stacy just wrote that she is qualified but no one wants to drive the extra 20 miles, I think she said, to come to her home.
Also, some states are different on what is allowed as far as assets (home, vehicle, IRAs, etc. etc.) so you have to factor that in as well. With our election year coming up for a new president in November of 2008... who knows what will happen then. All of us and our conservative friends are rolling our eyes that the liberals think that it will be better if general medicine itself was/is like it is in Canada now. And you know how that works by living there! I am sorry but there are no easy answers. Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On 10/15/07, Val Cleroux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Lori: > <snip> > Also, I am from Ontario in Canada and has been reading many comments from > the quad list over the past four years. I know you have been here for a > long time. I volunteer as a peer support worker for the Canadian paraplegic > Association and just recently was matched up with a fellow who tripped in > his backyard playing with his dog and is now a C4 quadriplegic. > The couple is 58 years of age. To make a long story short they are selling their home here to move back to Fort Erie where they are from. I know the regulations and government subsidies and services here in Ontario but I was wondering if you could give me a little insight to the services etc. in the states. They have since lost their business are basically losing their home. > > I appreciate any information you can provide me with! > Take care and thanks. > Val
