In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> > I'm reading all this and I'm feeling a little sad and ashamed at what some
> > folks are saying because I'm on disability. I don't get much a month, but
> > if I don't receive my monthly disability allowance, I don't get Medicaid -
> > that's the rule. I can tell Social Security that I don't want their money,
> > but if I don't take it I can't receive Medicaid. It's kind of silly.
> >
> > Medicaid is *state*-funded free health care, not *federally*- funded free
> > health care. It takes a lot of phone calls, paperwork, leg work and time
> > to
> > finally qualify for it. You've got to get all your doctor records
> > together,
> > take a psychiatric evaluation, get all your financial statements in order,
> > taxes, gosh. It was a full-time job to become eligible. I guess they make
> > it that difficult to weed out the lazy folks and the ones who are out to
> > abuse the system.
> >
>
> really, being poor is a lot of work. it's not surprising these folks don't
> have time to hold down a job.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Disability is also not the same as Welfare... Kili has nothing to be
ashamed of.
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