Mom's Medical Bills
Dec. 8th, 2014 11:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erinwritesI know some of you have seen this elsewhere (I've avoided sharing it directly on Facebook, because I don't want my parents to know about it yet), but I thought it would be worth sharing here. I know it's not a great time, and since there's not really a hard deadline, I'm going to keep it going for a while after Christmas too. If you could help me out by signal boosting, here or elsewhere, I'd really appreciate it.
Mom's Medical Bills
"My parents have worked really hard their whole lives, and have had a recent run of bad luck on the job/medical front. My dad, fortunately, has been able to receive medical care through the VA. My mom, though, is just over a year shy of qualifying for Medicare and has had a multitude issues trying to get covered by the ACA in Pennsylvania. In the meantime, she had an emergency this summer--collapsing while on a walk with my aunt. One trip to the emergency room, an overnight hospital stay, and numerous tests later, my parents have found themselves owing several thousands of dollars to the hospital. Mom is fortunately doing fine, health-wise , but is dealing with a tremendous amount of stress as a result of this. Anything will help!"
And as I said when I posted this on Tumblr, I really look forward to a time when no one has to fundraise to pay medical bills of any sort.
Sigh.
Mom's Medical Bills
"My parents have worked really hard their whole lives, and have had a recent run of bad luck on the job/medical front. My dad, fortunately, has been able to receive medical care through the VA. My mom, though, is just over a year shy of qualifying for Medicare and has had a multitude issues trying to get covered by the ACA in Pennsylvania. In the meantime, she had an emergency this summer--collapsing while on a walk with my aunt. One trip to the emergency room, an overnight hospital stay, and numerous tests later, my parents have found themselves owing several thousands of dollars to the hospital. Mom is fortunately doing fine, health-wise , but is dealing with a tremendous amount of stress as a result of this. Anything will help!"
And as I said when I posted this on Tumblr, I really look forward to a time when no one has to fundraise to pay medical bills of any sort.
Sigh.
