Eric
Mama's lil stinker
Not sure if anyone else has run into this but thought I would throw it out there. We've recently learned that mother, who's health has been declining for some time, has metastatic cancer in the pancreas. lungs, kidneys and spine. The doctors said they don't expect her to last more than 30 days (but who really knows?) though we have no reason to really doubt them.
We've all come to terms with it though, I just wanted to point out the struggle with Medicaid, who agreed to cover her hospice care once we've depleted her personal funds, which is about to happen. Now, Medicaid has told us "the facility said your mother can walk on her own to the bathroom and change her own clothes" so they're denying the coverage outright.
The reality is she can't even leave her room without falling and while can make her way to the bathroom, she's wearing diapers as well. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the seemingly cruel nature of this with Medicaid. It sounds like we'll need to pay out of pocket for her care until the end. If you live in Europe or any other developed nation then congratulations, for being the richest country on the planet the United States couldn't give two fucks about our own people.
We've all come to terms with it though, I just wanted to point out the struggle with Medicaid, who agreed to cover her hospice care once we've depleted her personal funds, which is about to happen. Now, Medicaid has told us "the facility said your mother can walk on her own to the bathroom and change her own clothes" so they're denying the coverage outright.
The reality is she can't even leave her room without falling and while can make her way to the bathroom, she's wearing diapers as well. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the seemingly cruel nature of this with Medicaid. It sounds like we'll need to pay out of pocket for her care until the end. If you live in Europe or any other developed nation then congratulations, for being the richest country on the planet the United States couldn't give two fucks about our own people.