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[classicman]

I should write a fucking book. Been dealing with ssdi for my son. Spent 5 HOURS in Chester. No one spends 5 hours in Chester. End result is that l got the issue rectified going forward, but apparently they feel a $5400 fine/penalty from my son is fair compensation for their fucking stupidity. I am beyond pissed.
Another lawsuit you say? Uggghhh.
The good news is that we won his suit from the accident. He was awarded $100,000. The bad news is that he will probably not see any of it. After the lawer takes his cut & deducts expenses, the Insurance companies now get to to recover what are called reimburible expenses. Basically, they get to recover their losses BEFORE him. Since his medical bills were so high, odds are it was all a waste of time effort and life.
Considering that l have zip. There is now no money to care for him after l am gone. He'll probably end up in a group home or worse.
I may have to make some seriously unbelievable decisions before l pass to prevent that nightmare.

[IamSam]

Originally Posted by classicman

I should write a fucking book. Been dealing with ssdi for my son. Spent 5 HOURS in Chester. No one spends 5 hours in Chester. End result is that l got the issue rectified going forward, but apparently they feel a $5400 fine/penalty from my son is fair compensation for their fucking stupidity. I am beyond pissed.
Another lawsuit you say? Uggghhh.
The good news is that we won his suit from the accident. He was awarded $100,000. The bad news is that he will probably not see any of it. After the lawer takes his cut & deducts expenses, the Insurance companies now get to to recover what are called reimburible expenses. Basically, they get to recover their losses BEFORE him. Since his medical bills were so high, odds are it was all a waste of time effort and life.
Considering that l have zip. There is now no money to care for him after l am gone. He'll probably end up in a group home or worse.
I may have to make some seriously unbelievable decisions before l pass to prevent that nightmare.

I'll help with that book, Classic. Which does your son qualify for? SSI or SSDI? I'm hoping SSDI, since at least his disability check would be a little bigger and way off in the future, he'd get your social security survivor's benefits (if they even still exist then).

As for group homes or any other type of assisted housing - unfortunately I come as the bearer of more bad tidings. The non partisan Center for Budget and Policy Analysis just put out their latest report on housing for the disabled and low income seniors. Thanks to the sequester, 140,000 households will lose their housing vouchers this year alone.

The Housing Programs have been under attack for some time now and this is only the latest in a sequence of blows. If no changes are made to the budget cuts required by the sequester, 500,000 families headed by those with disabilities and low income seniors will have lost their housing by 2021.

When I think of your son, when I think of my friend Clarity Rose (also brain injured) back in Colorado Springs, when I think of so many I know who suffer from disabling conditions, it just breaks my heart. How much lower can people go than to attack some of the most defenseless and vulnerable people in our society – the disabled?

Every disability brings its own unique hardships to those who suffer from it, but brain injuries just suck so bad. Even a “mild” brain injury can be completely destructive to a person’s ability to function. And most of the time, people with brain injuries look just fine, even appear to act just fine if you don’t see them often or if you’re not around to witness the tremendous effort that goes into accomplishing the smallest thing.

“Looks OK to me. My brother hit me on the head with a baseball bat when I was 6 and I’m just fine."

Yeah, other that big hole where your compassion and decency used to be.

[IamSam]

Originally Posted by classicman

I should write a fucking book. Been dealing with ssdi for my son. Spent 5 HOURS in Chester. No one spends 5 hours in Chester. End result is that l got the issue rectified going forward, but apparently they feel a $5400 fine/penalty from my son is fair compensation for their fucking stupidity. I am beyond pissed.
Another lawsuit you say? Uggghhh.
The good news is that we won his suit from the accident. He was awarded $100,000. The bad news is that he will probably not see any of it. After the lawer takes his cut & deducts expenses, the Insurance companies now get to to recover what are called reimburible expenses. Basically, they get to recover their losses BEFORE him. Since his medical bills were so high, odds are it was all a waste of time effort and life.
Considering that l have zip. There is now no money to care for him after l am gone. He'll probably end up in a group home or worse.
I may have to make some seriously unbelievable decisions before l pass to prevent that nightmare.

I'll help with that book, Classic. Which does your son qualify for? SSI or SSDI? I'm hoping SSDI, since at least his disability check would be a little bigger and way off in the future, he'd get your social security survivor's benefits (if they even still exist then).

As for group homes or any other type of assisted housing - unfortunately I come as the bearer of more bad tidings. The non partisan Center for Budget and Policy Analysis just put out their latest report on housing for the disabled and low income seniors. Thanks to the sequester, 140,000 households will lose their housing vouchers this year alone.

The Housing Programs have been under attack for some time now and this is only the latest in a sequence of blows. If no changes are made to the budget cuts required by the sequester, 500,000 families headed by those with disabilities and low income seniors will have lost their housing by 2021.

When I think of your son, when I think of my friend Clarity Rose (also brain injured) back in Colorado Springs, when I think of so many I know who suffer from disabling conditions, it just breaks my heart. How much lower can people go than to attack some of the most defenseless and vulnerable people in our society – the disabled?

Every disability brings its own unique hardships to those who suffer from it, but brain injuries just suck so bad. Even a “mild” brain injury can be completely destructive to a person’s ability to function. And most of the time, people with brain injuries look just fine, even appear to act just fine if you don’t see them often or if you’re not around to witness the tremendous effort that goes into accomplishing the smallest thing.

“Looks OK to me. My brother hit me on the head with a baseball bat when I was 6 and I’m just fine."

Yeah, other than that big hole where your compassion and decency used to be.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by classicman

I should write a fucking book. Been dealing with ssdi for my son. Spent 5 HOURS in Chester. No one spends 5 hours in Chester.

I will never understand why your son, who is genuinely disabled had to fight for benefits, and my 20 year old otherwise healthy junkies all get SSDI and Medicare.

[IamSam]

Originally Posted by wolf

I will never understand why your son, who is genuinely disabled had to fight for benefits, and my 20 year old otherwise healthy junkies all get SSDI and Medicare.

I don't understand that, either. Drug addicts and alcoholics are not eligible for either SSI or SSDI. The merest hint of that in your medical records and they turn you down. I'm also surprised that a 20 year old junkie would have worked and paid enough into the system to qualify for SSDI and medicare, rather than the SSI that a person of 20 would normally qualify for.

The differences that exist between the big cities of the North East versus the rural regions and small towns of Colorado boggle my mind.
Is corruption that rampant in places like Philly and NYC? Here people on SSI/SSDI must go through a re-certification process every couple of years or so. Do people pay off doctors to give a diagnosis of complete and permanent disability? And if so, where do they get the money to do that on an income of $720.00/month?

Serious question. I can't understand how different it is here from the way it works there.