assault, battery, and medicaid

[Anonymous]

in a bizarre turn of events, my husband lost his job of 16 years. we now have no income and no health insurance. we have lost most of kevin’s life insurance and there is very little in the retirement acct. they had for him—–i don’t think they can take THAT, can they? kevin was #3 at his job and had been promised #2’s position when #2 retired. he lost his job under totally unjustifiable circumstances—after #2 committed assault and battery against him. we only knew the final outcome of his job yesterday afternoon. i went in to return keys, clothes, and pick up his paycheck. in the course of getting this done, and asking some questions, #2 THREATENED ME!!!!! what kind of a man threatens a woman—–and in front of one of her children????

any way, i need to get some medical coverage on my children. i guess the best i can do for now is to get them on medicaid. does anyone know how i go about doing this?

[Anonymous]

WOW, I am so sorry to hear this!! My jaw dropped as I was reading your post! My heart goes out to your family! I have no idea how you go about applying for medicaid. My guesses would be at the unemployment office or maybe the health department might have info (b/c of WIC)…that’s all I can think of right now.

Good luck to you and your family and I hope you can figure it out soon!

[Anonymous]

What in the world. My goodness. I am so sorry. You guys have been through so much. Was anyone around when #2 threatened you? Can you do something about that to get him in some kind of trouble… He is obviously a coward if he needs to threaten a woman and her child. About medicaid I am not sure, but I am betting your ped office or even the hospital will be able to help you figure out what forms to fill out and even possibly social services. And no they can’t take his retirment I don’t think… I believe that is against the law. Keep up posted. I hope everything turns out for the better.

[hellbennt]

oh christine!!

can you go file a restraining order against this man?

not that you think he’s actually going to do anything further, but maybe to just have it on record?

do you have any friends/family who is a lawyer to help you with this madness?

as for medicaid: try and use google to find you local office?

this stinks!

[Anonymous]

I am so sorry that happened to your family. I will keep your family in my prayers.

Our office to apply for medicaid is the job and family services office but I am not sure that it is the same for you.

[Anonymous]

That is absolutely insane!! I’m so sorry to hear everything you guys have been going though. I hope you can get things figured out. There must be something that can be done about #2 from work. It just isn’t right that your husband should have to lose his job after working there for so long.

As for Medicaid, you can find your local Medicaid office on this website:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp

I’ll be praying for your family!

[Anonymous]

Okay, here’s another website:

http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Click on Medicaid/Medicare in the scroll window, then click “GO”. From there you can scroll down to your state and get the contact info for your local office.

[Anonymous]

I think everyone else covered the medicaid issue, but I just wanted to say I am sorry and I pray things work out fine for you and family….

That really is just horrible!!!!!

[Anonymous]

What in the world?? I’m sorry sweetie. What a shame, adults acting like kids. I pray everything works out for the best. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

OMG – I’m so sorry! That is just horrible. Have you talked to an attorney? You mentioned that he was unjustly fired and had an obviously good record being an employee for 16 years. I would seek some legal advice. What kind of retirement account did he have? With most companies you are fully vested after about 5 years, if the company is contributing a portion of the retirement. Same if it’s a pension. There’s no way they should be able to take that. At any rate, prayers for you and your family.

Stacey

[Anonymous]

the retirement account was an over-paid life insurance policy that they paid into. my sister has suggested that we roll it over into an annuity. she also suggested we get at least 250,000 to 300,000 i term life insurance, since it is so much cheaper than universal life.

kevin will have nothing to do with pressing charges against the guy that assaulted him. i alternate between being furious and wanting just to let it go. the fact of the matter is, though, that the guy broke the law when he assaulted kevin and the owner did nothing about it—and kevin was fired without just cause. i have convinced him to at least report the incident so that it is on record.

i have been so discouraged today because i don’t think that we can get any medical financial help for kevin and i—but i think we can get the kids covered. but, i’m the one that has all the prescriptions that need to be paid for.

[Anonymous]

Christine, contact the drug companies individually, (I know, a big pain!), but almost all of them have programs for people that don’t have insurance, and right now, you guys don’t have income! I am SURE that they will give them to you at extremely reduced rate if not free.

Look on the websites of the manufacturers of all of your prescriptions and they will have something called prescription assistance programs, or something……

Term insurance is good as well. David and I have this, too, but only for I think 20 or 30 years. Enough time so the boys would have gotten through college before it expires. Now, with Carter, not sure it is enough as not sure what the future is for him, but that is another day…….

good luck!!!

[Anonymous]

Christine,

My husband lost his job at one point a few years back, and we were able to get on some sort of a family plan on Medicaid. Our whole family was covered for one year I believe to give us a chance to get back on our feet. Maybe you could ask about something like that. Good luck with everything!

[hellbennt]

not sure if anyone is on prevacid:

You can contact 1-800-830-1015 for the TAP Prevacid Patient Assistance Program. They GIVE prevacid (capsules only) away for free if you meet certain guidelines. You can even have partial prescription drug coverage.

http://www.needymeds.com/indices/brandname.shtml

It has a listing of medications & the manufacturers that have
assistance programs, many times they provide the medicine for free if
you meet their criteria.

[Anonymous]

Oh Christine — WOW, i am so sorry and it just seems so unfair, all that has happened. If he was actually fired without cause he may have a case against the company? I pray that everything works out for you.

If you need prevacid, i can def get you some… it is over the counter in spain, the solutabs even, so i have a few boxes and can even get you more… also different drugs (except for the psych drugs unfortunately),so let me know… they are also super cheap in Spain… so do not worry about the cost!

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