A nurse friend has been dx'd with a serious disease. She's been out of work for several months and is nearly out of vacation, holiday, and sick time. She can probably go back at least part-time, which is good, because she will lose her med coverage is she doesn't work enough hours each month.
Without working, she won't be able to afford to pay the premiums herself via COBRA and disability takes sooo long to kick in.
Here's someone who has worked all her life, raised a family, been a responsible and hard worker, taking care of other people, who stands a terrifyingly good chance of becoming insurance-less. Yes, I guess she has some savings but not all that much.
What is a person in this spot supposed to do?
She already lives with her grown child, who has been helping her while she's been convalescing. She pays the child rent and has some other ongoing expenses, such as food and car upkeep, maybe helps with utilities - but no debt, thank God.
If she had kidney failure, she could get Medicaid or Medicare. If she were a veteran, she could go to the VA. But because she doesn't have the "right" illness and because she was not in the military, she could, potentially, be thrown out in the dust, I guess.
Seriously, what happens to people who face this terrible situation? I am so angry about it, so frustrated, very scared. I guess it happens to crime and accident victims, too - they are hurt by someone else then left to just fend for themselves as best they can?
Please share any words of wisdom.:angryfire:uhoh3::uhoh21:
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