I was forced into retirement due to stress from wife’s hospital stay, work load and a heart attack. My company no longer wanted me, so I was proved 3 months’ pay and the company would continue my insurance coverage for 3 months.
This is only the beginning of my story.
My heart doctor installed one stent before he stopped after finding an issue from a former car accident that required me to undergo open heart surgery to repair that old issue and have a double bypass to complete the heart issues.
The great news was my heart was fixed and my wife was improving plus my severance insurance provided from the company I had worked at for so many years covered the very large cost of hospital bills.
The good news didn’t last long, recovery was very hard and painful and 2 months into my recovery I was informed the house I was renting was to be sold and I had a month to move. Somewhere in the middle of this housing dilemma I was informed the old company insurance that had paid my medical bill was no longer considered the primary insurance, so they “recovered” (took back) all payments. This was due to a new insurance law that went into effect that year saying, “if you’re eligible for Medicare they would not be the primary insurance, Medicare was”. Oh yes, I turned 65 the age to be considered eligible for Medicare just before my surgery and had no knowledge of the “new” law and had no reason to think my medical bills would not be covered . . . in fact they were covered.
So now during my move to new housing I was asking the hospitals and medical providers to help me. After many months some of the medical bills put me in poverty and forgave me some of the expenses. I have had to return to work just to make ends meet and continuing to pay the remaining medical bills. After working hard my entire life I would never believe I would be writing a story like this for the world to see, but I am now recovering from losing a kidney due to cancer and have to go back to work part time work at minimum wage just to make ends meet. I’m here with my hat in my hand
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