Oh, and do you have any idea how hard it is to qualify for Social Security Disability benefits? I have a schizophrenic friend who had to jump through hoops for 3 years before they finally gave in and allowed her to collect.
Legion, I view your response as so short sighted I’m not even sure how to respond.
Let’s go ahead and use my friend Lucy as an example. (not her real name). She is 37 and has approximately 120k of student loan debt. She lives in an apt. with 2 other people and does not own a tv so she doesn’t have to contribute to the cable bill. I think she is paying about $575 or $600 per month. She uses a cell phone instead of a land-line so no extras there. Does she eat out? Sure, about once every two months or so. No children so she’s not paying for private school, etc. Her idea of a vacation is taking a greyhound bus for $40 bucks to her grandma’s house and staying there for 3 or 4 days. She makes 60k per year and has no health insurance provided by her employer. Sounds like she should be ok, right? WRONG! She got very sick several times when she had a job with insurance. Then she lost that job due to downsizing. Now, every insurance company she gets in contact with wants something like 300-450 per month for the damn coverage. The kicker is that they will not cover any visits/procedures/hospitalizations that are related to that prior bout of illnesses. Her lack of insurance has left her with about $300k in debt to various hospitals, etc for treatment she HAD to get. There was nothing optional about her hospital stays. She doens’t qualify for medicaid or any other low cost programs in NYC. She’s barely making it now. And your suggestion is that she drop the job to get SSD and pull in about $400 a month to try and live off of? I really hope you aren’t serious.
biff- I need a drink.
Where have you gone, Orson Welles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9SAycHK1o4&feature=related
Oh, and do you have any idea how hard it is to qualify for Social Security Disability benefits? I have a schizophrenic friend who had to jump through hoops for 3 years before they finally gave in and allowed her to collect.
“Awwww- sorry snarks. I posted my whine before I saw yours.”
bxgrl, you should post no whine before it’s time.
snappy- he is. And having been in a somewhat similar- though less extreme- circumstances about 15 years ago, I completely empathize.
Awwww- sorry snarks. I posted my whine before I saw yours.
Legion, I view your response as so short sighted I’m not even sure how to respond.
Let’s go ahead and use my friend Lucy as an example. (not her real name). She is 37 and has approximately 120k of student loan debt. She lives in an apt. with 2 other people and does not own a tv so she doesn’t have to contribute to the cable bill. I think she is paying about $575 or $600 per month. She uses a cell phone instead of a land-line so no extras there. Does she eat out? Sure, about once every two months or so. No children so she’s not paying for private school, etc. Her idea of a vacation is taking a greyhound bus for $40 bucks to her grandma’s house and staying there for 3 or 4 days. She makes 60k per year and has no health insurance provided by her employer. Sounds like she should be ok, right? WRONG! She got very sick several times when she had a job with insurance. Then she lost that job due to downsizing. Now, every insurance company she gets in contact with wants something like 300-450 per month for the damn coverage. The kicker is that they will not cover any visits/procedures/hospitalizations that are related to that prior bout of illnesses. Her lack of insurance has left her with about $300k in debt to various hospitals, etc for treatment she HAD to get. There was nothing optional about her hospital stays. She doens’t qualify for medicaid or any other low cost programs in NYC. She’s barely making it now. And your suggestion is that she drop the job to get SSD and pull in about $400 a month to try and live off of? I really hope you aren’t serious.
Wait, snarky! What about me??? 🙁
I always thought the words “Heritage Foundation” and “think Tank” were mutually exclusive terms.
bxgrl too, of course.