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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:37 PM Original message |
For disabled, two-year wait for Medicare 'devastating' |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. We have some of the stupidest laws on the planet. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. And the claim that we have the "best health care system on earth" becomes more laughable by the day |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. i survived the wait. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Same here. nt |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. I remember getting my Medicare two years after being approved |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Friend of mine went through that |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. WAIT...That can't be! It's only in those "Socialist" countries where long lines exist! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. Face it, too many of the people writing our laws probably |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. Doesn't it take more than 2 years to get the SSDI approved in the first place?? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Mr. D. got approved in about 13 months. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. yep- your disability award is retroactive to the day you became disabled... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is this longer than Canadians have to wait for healthcare? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Just wait until Medicare and Medicaid cuts go into effect! Cutting people like this is |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
11. i simply cannot believe how we allow them to treat us like this. |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. My brother had to wait a long time for SSDI and now his 2... |
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Kansas Wyatt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think they "engineer" our alleged social safety net to... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Kick... important article |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. The wait is bad, and the attempt to get it is frustrating |
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