Blessings and Trials…..

We have had many Blessings and many trials. Sometimes I feel like the trials outweighs the blessings. But I know different deep in my heart.

Over the past few months we have watched all the Budget issues within our state. So we Decided to strike out on our own and not ask for state help on many things that we had been getting help with before. One of the things we kept was the Denali Kid care Family programs. That means our family (Below poverty level) would still have medical insurance. All bills and food would be on us. That meant we would depend more heavily on stocking up over the summer and making sure we raised the animals and plants we would need for food. We stopped all programs in May.

We received a letter saying the state would no longer be paying for my husbands Medicare in August. That meant a lot of money. Why? Because they would be taking a back pay for many months as well. So in July we lost almost 300$ of his 1000 that he received for SSDI. Every month after it would be almost $200. We were shocked but figured the state was going through so many changes that we figured I (the mom of the house) would have to pick up a few odd jobs to help cover the loss. We had made a decision to make a change in the house and that started with not falling back into something just because we hit a hard time. The state needs us to be strong…

Fast forward to last night and the letter we received. It explained that services my husband received were no longer payed for by the Medicaid program and if I wanted to appeal their decision I could but that they would not cover the cost of his bills.

I was shocked. WHY would they not be covered. The state was taking the money to pay for his Medicare and we are on the family Medicaid program… where did this letter fit in? I didn’t sleep much as. You can imagine. I was unable to get into the office early in the morning, When I did get there. They told me he was no longer on the plan. That at the end of may they had not received his renewal so that meant that he was no longer medically covered.

We had received  the letter about the other 2 programs that we elected to let go. That was a conscience decision. Knowing that his medical would be covered and that the farm could carry though on the food we needed for the winter. We let them go. This is our small way to help the state and make a mark for our family as trying to be self sustainable. But Mr., his medical bills  are to high for us to manage alone. That is why this was such a shock.

Why would a family be approved in December 2018 for a year. But in May the leader off the household be taken off? The income is the same nothing has changed. Why would they need him to be on a separate, every 6 month, rotation?

So here I sit in an office. Waiting for someone to come and get me so that I can explain (Nicely) how stupid they are. Waiting to tell them there is no way that I can pay the thousands of dollars worth of medical on the one person…. the head of the household. I can explain with a cool level head that they need to go back to May and make him eligible for the services because this is truly a mess up on the state level. This is unacceptable.

They give us an application for him even thought there is a family case plan open. Just another tree killed… and they want us to continue to do this for ONE FAMILY MEMBER EVERY 6  MONTHS! Where is the logic? I could make this office work more efficiently with less money going out … But they will not listen to the one filling out the paperwork. They think their broken system works. Even though we ALL KNOW IT DOES NOT! They think that the more paperwork they send out/make people fill out is efficient.

Paperless would be the way. People that have the same case should not have to fill out paperwork time and time again. They should have a face to face once every 6 months to go through line by line on the computer. Heck there is no reason to kill a tree every 6 months to find out that those below poverty are still in that situation.

But who am I? An undereducated, Intelligent, Mother who knows that the way these things are working…. DON’T WORK!