Single and not working

sue35 · Oct 29, 2007

I was just wondering if there are any people who are single and not working. I am a teacher and although i love it I know that I only have a couple of years left doing it. I am basically sick for the whole school year and it is getting worse and worse.

I know that you can get money from the state (SSI/SSDI, I never remember) but it is not very much from what I gather. I have a lot of researching to do but that is a different point.

What I don't understand is how everyone affords their treatment. I can't imaging the insurance I would go on would cover everything. I had home IVs last year and owed $5000. My parents pay now but I am concerned what to do when they are not around anymore.

How do single people do it?

sue35 · Oct 29, 2007

I was just wondering if there are any people who are single and not working. I am a teacher and although i love it I know that I only have a couple of years left doing it. I am basically sick for the whole school year and it is getting worse and worse.

I know that you can get money from the state (SSI/SSDI, I never remember) but it is not very much from what I gather. I have a lot of researching to do but that is a different point.

What I don't understand is how everyone affords their treatment. I can't imaging the insurance I would go on would cover everything. I had home IVs last year and owed $5000. My parents pay now but I am concerned what to do when they are not around anymore.

How do single people do it?

sue35 · Oct 29, 2007

I was just wondering if there are any people who are single and not working. I am a teacher and although i love it I know that I only have a couple of years left doing it. I am basically sick for the whole school year and it is getting worse and worse.

I know that you can get money from the state (SSI/SSDI, I never remember) but it is not very much from what I gather. I have a lot of researching to do but that is a different point.

What I don't understand is how everyone affords their treatment. I can't imaging the insurance I would go on would cover everything. I had home IVs last year and owed $5000. My parents pay now but I am concerned what to do when they are not around anymore.

How do single people do it?

sue35 · Oct 29, 2007

I was just wondering if there are any people who are single and not working. I am a teacher and although i love it I know that I only have a couple of years left doing it. I am basically sick for the whole school year and it is getting worse and worse.

I know that you can get money from the state (SSI/SSDI, I never remember) but it is not very much from what I gather. I have a lot of researching to do but that is a different point.

What I don't understand is how everyone affords their treatment. I can't imaging the insurance I would go on would cover everything. I had home IVs last year and owed $5000. My parents pay now but I am concerned what to do when they are not around anymore.

How do single people do it?

sue35 · Oct 29, 2007

I was just wondering if there are any people who are single and not working. I am a teacher and although i love it I know that I only have a couple of years left doing it. I am basically sick for the whole school year and it is getting worse and worse.

I know that you can get money from the state (SSI/SSDI, I never remember) but it is not very much from what I gather. I have a lot of researching to do but that is a different point.

What I don't understand is how everyone affords their treatment. I can't imaging the insurance I would go on would cover everything. I had home IVs last year and owed $5000. My parents pay now but I am concerned what to do when they are not around anymore.

How do single people do it?

65rosessamurai · Oct 29, 2007

Hopefully, Julie may come across this, unless you can, or already had pm'd her about ssi/ssdi. Through her experiences, she's found out a lot, so maybe it can help you at least estimize what kind of aid you would expect to receive.

As for me, I started out with little income, and even though I didn't have to spend a lot on treatments, I still had expensive meds for enzymes and antibiotics, as well as doctor visits to attend. One thing I was able to do was apply for state aid, but because this is a long time ago, and probably a different State from yours, your situation may be different.
Though, even when I made just enough money for myself, I had to put enough money away, and kinda cut down on other expenses in order to make my pre-payments for meds...the insurance company I carried would reimburse me later, but often times I couldn't wait because I was already out of meds.

I bareley made it myself, I think. How I was able to do better while being married and living in a different country, I cannot explain, other than I went a long time without spending money on meds for a long time!!

Hope you find your answer,

65rosessamurai · Oct 29, 2007

Hopefully, Julie may come across this, unless you can, or already had pm'd her about ssi/ssdi. Through her experiences, she's found out a lot, so maybe it can help you at least estimize what kind of aid you would expect to receive.

As for me, I started out with little income, and even though I didn't have to spend a lot on treatments, I still had expensive meds for enzymes and antibiotics, as well as doctor visits to attend. One thing I was able to do was apply for state aid, but because this is a long time ago, and probably a different State from yours, your situation may be different.
Though, even when I made just enough money for myself, I had to put enough money away, and kinda cut down on other expenses in order to make my pre-payments for meds...the insurance company I carried would reimburse me later, but often times I couldn't wait because I was already out of meds.

I bareley made it myself, I think. How I was able to do better while being married and living in a different country, I cannot explain, other than I went a long time without spending money on meds for a long time!!

Hope you find your answer,

65rosessamurai · Oct 29, 2007

Hopefully, Julie may come across this, unless you can, or already had pm'd her about ssi/ssdi. Through her experiences, she's found out a lot, so maybe it can help you at least estimize what kind of aid you would expect to receive.

As for me, I started out with little income, and even though I didn't have to spend a lot on treatments, I still had expensive meds for enzymes and antibiotics, as well as doctor visits to attend. One thing I was able to do was apply for state aid, but because this is a long time ago, and probably a different State from yours, your situation may be different.
Though, even when I made just enough money for myself, I had to put enough money away, and kinda cut down on other expenses in order to make my pre-payments for meds...the insurance company I carried would reimburse me later, but often times I couldn't wait because I was already out of meds.

I bareley made it myself, I think. How I was able to do better while being married and living in a different country, I cannot explain, other than I went a long time without spending money on meds for a long time!!

Hope you find your answer,

65rosessamurai · Oct 29, 2007

Hopefully, Julie may come across this, unless you can, or already had pm'd her about ssi/ssdi. Through her experiences, she's found out a lot, so maybe it can help you at least estimize what kind of aid you would expect to receive.

As for me, I started out with little income, and even though I didn't have to spend a lot on treatments, I still had expensive meds for enzymes and antibiotics, as well as doctor visits to attend. One thing I was able to do was apply for state aid, but because this is a long time ago, and probably a different State from yours, your situation may be different.
Though, even when I made just enough money for myself, I had to put enough money away, and kinda cut down on other expenses in order to make my pre-payments for meds...the insurance company I carried would reimburse me later, but often times I couldn't wait because I was already out of meds.

I bareley made it myself, I think. How I was able to do better while being married and living in a different country, I cannot explain, other than I went a long time without spending money on meds for a long time!!

Hope you find your answer,

65rosessamurai · Oct 29, 2007

Hopefully, Julie may come across this, unless you can, or already had pm'd her about ssi/ssdi. Through her experiences, she's found out a lot, so maybe it can help you at least estimize what kind of aid you would expect to receive.

As for me, I started out with little income, and even though I didn't have to spend a lot on treatments, I still had expensive meds for enzymes and antibiotics, as well as doctor visits to attend. One thing I was able to do was apply for state aid, but because this is a long time ago, and probably a different State from yours, your situation may be different.
Though, even when I made just enough money for myself, I had to put enough money away, and kinda cut down on other expenses in order to make my pre-payments for meds...the insurance company I carried would reimburse me later, but often times I couldn't wait because I was already out of meds.

I bareley made it myself, I think. How I was able to do better while being married and living in a different country, I cannot explain, other than I went a long time without spending money on meds for a long time!!

Hope you find your answer,

sue35 · Oct 29, 2007