Shaunn's been having some problems recently with tooth pain, caused by his medications. One of the fun long term effects of some of them is that they attack the tooth enamel and gums, and it looks like this exciting time has come. It's been bad enought that his diet for the last few days has been soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
I got a couple of dentist referrals here at work, and he called them to get an appt. The problem is, except for normal dental coverage they only cover people with Medicaid coverage. And we make too much to qualify for that.
The shake your head part is that although he is on disability, and has some degree of health coverage, nothing he has covers any dental work. He's calling around today to see if there are any programs that can offer some kind of assistance, but I'm not very hopeful. Anyone have one of those teach yourself dentistry books?
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How do "we" make too much money? Why are they even considering your income?
Maybe it's time for you guys to get a lawyer to deal with all this crap.
Sorry, the 'we' should have been a 'he'...my income isn't part of that consideration.
He did have Medicaid until 2006, but the qualifications were tightened and he lost eligibility.
Essentially if he only recevied SSI he would qualify, but with the new income guidelines he is over the cap.
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