By skyforbes I’m not sure if this is the best place to find answers/advice so if you have suggestions for other subreddits I’d appreciate those as well. We are in Ohio.
I’m trying to help my parents figure this out. My parents were on Medicaid and my dad has a lot of health issues. He ended up so sick that he can’t work anymore. It took about 6 months but he did get disability. My mom had been a stay at home mom/wife for over a decade and is also at a point physically that she can’t work. She does get her SSI. There is no pensions or retirements of any kind. He is not old enough to start taking his SSI or qualify for Medicare. They now “make” too much money to qualify for Medicaid but neither of them can work and can’t even cover the necessities with what comes in. My mom now has Medicare but my dad is left without health insurance. He is supposed to be on oxygen 24/7 but without insurance the company is coming to take the equipment later this week. He’s also run out of almost every medication he’s supposed to be taking.
I don’t know who to call or contact to do anything. My mom tried but she gets frustrated so quickly and isn’t technology savvy. It just doesn’t make sense that the state agrees he can’t work but also says he now makes too much to keep health insurance.