Danny,
If you have not already done so, I strongly suggest checking out the information at the site below. http://www.dds.ca.gov/waiver/home.cfm If you have already applied and have been turned down for some reason, there may be steps you can take that will make you eligible. Steve - C4, 21 years From: Daniel Espinoza [mailto:da...@thespinalcordinjured.net] Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 6:06 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] frustrations with Medi-Cal and Medicare I seriously don't understand how you guys live off this, I get 1400 a month and then I have to pay about 1100 for my share of cost. Luckily I'm not going to get kicked out for not paying rent but I am supposed to and that's beside the point. It gives me $300 for rent, food, utilities, and any medical supplies not covered. I think it's really screwed up, I'm going to call them on Monday and try to figure this stuff out but before I do that I would really like to know what you guys think? It's almost like I have no choice but to live in a nursing home, which I would imagine would cost more than what they give me a month. I live in Southern California so maybe that has something to do with my frustrations because everything seems to be a lot more expensive here than elsewhere. I really don't want to move because all of my family lives here, and they take care of me when my caregivers don't. Thanks in advance for any advice you guys have for me. I've been a quad for a little over three years now so I really don't understand the ins and outs of all of this just quite yet.. Daniel Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 and had to get donor bone at c2, which left me as a Quadriplegic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriplegia> . I had a Traumatic_brain_injury <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury> from blood going to my brain from my spinal cord, but its getting better with time. I am off a ventilator <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventilator> "woohoo" however only half of my diaphragm <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_diaphragm> works right now "due to an asymmetric spinal cord injury <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_cord_injury> ....." http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net <http://spinalcordinjured.net/> http://www.myspace.com/dannylnx
