mrs.oroblanco
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The SS agency is paid to turn you down, I swear.
Most of you know that my sister has terminal breast cancer - we knew it when she was in the hospital, too.
It didn't mean one dang thing. We applied 3 days after the surgery (when we found out how extensive her cancer was), and it still took 2 years.
Meanwhile, back at the home state, if anyone, anywhere - tells me anything, about Governor Richardson - I blow my cool - while waiting for Social Security, Governor Richardson's was of taking care of those who have always taken care of themselves, is to say - screw you. No medical assistance for you (my sister got fired from her job for having what was probably terminal cancer at the time, and definitely now) - if you are a Native American or a migrant worker - here, take all the money, here is rent money, here are food stamps, here are some schools for your children, and here is all the medical help you could ever need - if you are a 58 years old white woman who has worked all her life - you qualify for..............nothing. YOU, are an indigent.
Ah, tax dollars at work. I hate that man. (luckily, my sister had planned for a possibly extended stay, and had paid all her bills, including her rent for months in advance, but she still was denied chemo and radiation-and the second round of surgery. - She ended up having to go to a different state for the help - Massachussettes). But, the judge actually ordered that she get even the 5 months when she went to the hearing, because the judge was pi$$ed off with how the state, etc., had treated her. They CAN, if a judge orders it, pay those months - AND, if your illness falls within certain guidelines, you can get medicare even before you qualify for it. (like end-stage diseases).
In the 15 or 20 years that I have helped people get their social security (I was an "advocate"), every single one got their SSDI, and almost every single one got jerked around. I have seen 2 - count them - 2 - out of about 40 or so cases that got involved with, get paid right away - one was end-stage renal disease (and then they modified it, for awhile, because he could supposedly work 2 days a week (he had to go to dialysis 3 times a week for 10 hours), and a lady that they had told her she didn't qualify because she wasn't going to die for a year or so - she had end-stage lung cancer - got that one through about 6 weeks after I got involved. (back then, I used to know all the judges and all the other advocates, and most of the SS people at the local office).
Actually, I believe that this kind of "system" that the Social Security offices have, wastes more money than anything else. They hire 100's to look at your paperwork and deny you - not to mention the fact that, it ties up judges (some who end up traveling hundreds of miles from hearing center to hearing center every week) and, the kick-backs that go to the lawyers. (because people get overwhelmed). Who wants to screw with
all this crap when they, or a loved one is sick - I mean REALLY?
Beth
Most of you know that my sister has terminal breast cancer - we knew it when she was in the hospital, too.
It didn't mean one dang thing. We applied 3 days after the surgery (when we found out how extensive her cancer was), and it still took 2 years.
Meanwhile, back at the home state, if anyone, anywhere - tells me anything, about Governor Richardson - I blow my cool - while waiting for Social Security, Governor Richardson's was of taking care of those who have always taken care of themselves, is to say - screw you. No medical assistance for you (my sister got fired from her job for having what was probably terminal cancer at the time, and definitely now) - if you are a Native American or a migrant worker - here, take all the money, here is rent money, here are food stamps, here are some schools for your children, and here is all the medical help you could ever need - if you are a 58 years old white woman who has worked all her life - you qualify for..............nothing. YOU, are an indigent.
Ah, tax dollars at work. I hate that man. (luckily, my sister had planned for a possibly extended stay, and had paid all her bills, including her rent for months in advance, but she still was denied chemo and radiation-and the second round of surgery. - She ended up having to go to a different state for the help - Massachussettes). But, the judge actually ordered that she get even the 5 months when she went to the hearing, because the judge was pi$$ed off with how the state, etc., had treated her. They CAN, if a judge orders it, pay those months - AND, if your illness falls within certain guidelines, you can get medicare even before you qualify for it. (like end-stage diseases).In the 15 or 20 years that I have helped people get their social security (I was an "advocate"), every single one got their SSDI, and almost every single one got jerked around. I have seen 2 - count them - 2 - out of about 40 or so cases that got involved with, get paid right away - one was end-stage renal disease (and then they modified it, for awhile, because he could supposedly work 2 days a week (he had to go to dialysis 3 times a week for 10 hours), and a lady that they had told her she didn't qualify because she wasn't going to die for a year or so - she had end-stage lung cancer - got that one through about 6 weeks after I got involved. (back then, I used to know all the judges and all the other advocates, and most of the SS people at the local office).
Actually, I believe that this kind of "system" that the Social Security offices have, wastes more money than anything else. They hire 100's to look at your paperwork and deny you - not to mention the fact that, it ties up judges (some who end up traveling hundreds of miles from hearing center to hearing center every week) and, the kick-backs that go to the lawyers. (because people get overwhelmed). Who wants to screw with
all this crap when they, or a loved one is sick - I mean REALLY?
Beth
