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[ravena_kade]

Today had some not great time. The woman that sits next to me is trying to dump her 97 year old Mom in a nursing home, but since the woman does not have medicare (her husband never paid into social security) and the insurance she does have has no long term care coverage she is trying to get Mass Health for her (insurance for poor people) They have been denied 3 times... Umm yeah...4 months ago there was 15,000 in the Mom's bank account so she isn't considered poor... but they co worker keeps going on and on about how if they were a minority that they would get. My boss actually said that she didn't want to here the racist side of things. (Yay). And if you just hid 15K your Mom is not poor. And while logic says we all have our own journeys...this stuff is upsetting to me... it is triggering for me.

I did go out and treat myself to a really nice lunch...just to get away from my desk neighbor... I saw a really fresh looking donburi bowl of spicy salmon and avocado (over sushi rice). I will get that again. It was like Japanese comfort food.

The market also had the most tiniest butterflied leg of lamb that I have ever seen. It was under 2 pounds. Dad doesn't eat Lamb so this is a good thing for me. And since the cousins decided to only watch baseball on Easter and eat hot dogs (my cousins are weird) I will have to make my own Spring feast this weekend. It is a Blue moon Saturday so that is something to feast for.

Comments

[guy_todd]

Shutting out co-worker's noise is the key to happiness, I am convinced. :(

[gwendraith]

Glad you were at least able to get an escape by going to lunch.

Mmmm, butterflied lamb, a favourite of mine. Have a happy Easter weekend. x

[brickhousewench]

there was 15,000 in the Mom's bank account so she isn't considered poor

This makes no sense to me, because nursing home expenses are crazy expensive. I googled and in MA it’s an average of $4,645 per month for assisted living and like $10,000 a month for a nursing home. Even with $15K in the bank, that’s not going to last more than a month or two without some kinda help from somewhere. What are people without insurance supposed to do?

[ravena_kade]

There are cheaper places...that's where the poor end up being warehoused until death...tied to chairs and wearing dirty depends.

I would like to have it it legally put somewhere that they put a bullet to my head before I ever do into a place. I saw enough at the place ma was at and that place is listed as a good one.

My friends on mass health only have 400 a month on social security and no assets. They have also been disabled for years due to illness or accident. This woman has a full pension too. The pension can go to pay the long term care costs, but the family wants her to go into an expensive home, but does not want to help with the costs and wants the state to foot the bill since he insurance that came with the pension does not include long term care. She also does not qualify for medicare because she never paid into social security ...medicare covers some long tern care.

Frankly for the 3k a month this person gets in pension money you could hire someone to be with her...certainly not a full time nurse, but a human. A friend's sister has hired someone to help her with her husband in that way as it is kinder than the nursing home route.

[brickhousewench]

Frankly for the 3k a month this person gets in pension money you could hire someone to be with her...certainly not a full time nurse, but a human.

And that would be a double good deed, better for mom and someone would have a job.