Mandy, My friend had a problem like that and it took her 4 months of phone calls going back and forth but she cleared it up. Medi-cal is screwed up but with tenasity and patience you can at least try.
As you said the healthcare reform is supposed to stop these types of situations happening to people but it hasn't fully kicked in until 2014. Unless it is repealed, which I hope does not happen. Meredith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandy" <[email protected]> To: "quadlist" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:54:38 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] Uninsured Quad Were any of you uninsured at the time of your accident? I have unpaid medical bills from the initial surgeries before Medicaid kicked in. Medicaid should be retroactive for 90 days, but something went wrong when my dad filed and I didn't get coverage for the three months I was in California. Obviously, I lost my job and all my assets were spent down so I have nothing left to pay the bills with except my disability check. I've looked online, but the information is not for people with catastrophic injuries. It's sad that the government has put us in this pickle from all directions. They've allowed medical costs to skyrocket, we have to spend down our savings to qualify for benefits, not to mention the issue of illegal immigrants getting free health care while tax payers stand to lose everything over unpaid bills. Sorry. No politics, I know. I wonder, though, if some type of legislation could be enacted if the community of SCI; TBI; and chronic, debilitating illnesses got together and petitioned. I really wish I had been able to go to Obama's visit at CSU last month. It would be nice to be able to ask anyone higher up a direct question about our injury and it's effect on our finances and quality of life as we age. Okay, enough. :) Mandy, c5-7
