I applied for LEAP back in the first week of December

[Roon]

I had to send so many documents back that they all wouldn't fit in the envelope they provided. So I got my own, bigger envelope, stuffed it, wrote APPLICATION INSIDE on the front of it and went to the post office. At the last minute, I decided to pay to send it certified so I would make sure they got it.

Well, the weeks went by and I never got a payment. In the past when I applied it took awhile for them to process so I wasn't too worried. Finally I called the office today (damn, it's almost spring) and their computer showed that they mailed out the application but never got it back. I had my receipt and I took it to the post office and they did a search on it, it was delivered the next day and someone signed for it. The only problem is I never got the document back saying that the LEAP office got it. They had to to an archive search (cost me $3.80)pulled up some documents, mailed them to LEAP's post office and I was suppose to come home and wait. I have no idea what's going to happen next. If they make me fill out another application it's going to really tick me off because I am always careful to have all documents proving my income, my lease,my power bill, etc. I have been doing this a long time and always have all my ducks in a row. What I do know is they better make my payments retroactive from December.

THEN!!!! I went down to the the clinic to get my Monthly supply of medications. I get so little in SSDI and pay so much rent, I don't have a copay.ADAP pays my copay and they have been paying my copay for years. I filled out my ADAP application last December also and mailed it in and they approved and mailed me my card. Anyway, when I went to get my medication they told me I had a $35.00 copay. No warning, no letters, nothing. I asked the pharm tech WTF and he said that ADAP never got my "bridge the gap" application. This is all brand new, they started this this year. I was really pissed off but they gave me my meds and said I could pay it later. I went home and called ADAP and they sent me an application for this "bridging the gap" BS.

I just needed to vent. I do everything correctly on my end, yet these people just don't give a fuck and uphold their end of the deal. So now I have to hop the bus, get copies of my documents, and mail them all back in before next month. What a pain in the ass!

[soleft]

1. I hope everything works out

Forgive my ignorance, but what is LEAP? SSDI? ADAP? I'm not familiar with those abbrv.

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3. Leap is low income energy assistance program

SSDI is social security disability income/insurance..I am not sure what ADAP stands for but they pay for HIV medication for people that can't afford it. They also pay the copay for people on Medicare D.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Ugh.

I hope that you don't need to do it all over. If they tell you to fill out the application again, make sure they give you the name of a human at their end for the attention line on the envelope and send it certified again.

The unexpected copay sucks too.

[Inchworm]

4. The way LEAP works here is

You get "emergency assistance" one time a winter then they put your application in for LEAP.

After that you recieve a small check in February and November. Something like that. It is worth looking into if you need it. Every bit helps.

:hug:

[Roon]

5. I jumped through hoops all day today

I was directed to call four different offices. I finally got the number for the director of leap here in colorado. I left a message as he wasn't in today, so we'll see...

You're right, every little bit helps.