*Katrina,Bless your heart!!!!!! i am sending this to a friend of mine too
soo she can write also..You just take care of yourself and your
daughter...hopefully this issue will get solved.SHELLY*

On 8/2/06, Katrina Layne <katrinainky@...> wrote:
>
> Those that are lost here is my original letter so you know what is
> going on....this is a copy of the letter i sent to the Kentucky State
> Governor Ernie Fletcher
>
> I am a single mother of a 7 year old. In march of this year I was
> diagnosed with esophgheal cancer. I received K-Tap and a medical card
> until my disability was approved. i was then approved for SSI until
> social security kicks in. I have been told that in September of this
> year when my social security kicks in that I will have to go to a spin
> down medical card as I will no longer be eligible for SSI. the
> guideline is $623.00 and my social security will be $743.00. My
> daughter will draw $223.00 a month. this makes me ineligible for a
> medical card at a state level as our income is will be $966.00 and the
> guideline for that is $851.00. I have been told I must pay $700.00 in
> medical bills each month and then the spin down will pay the rest. I
> live in HUD housing and my rent will be based on $966.00. My rent
> will go up to around $280.00 a month. After you subtract the $700.00
> our income will only be $266.00 and I am also going to lose my food
> stamps. I am a TERMINAL cancer patient. I have been told I am not
> eligible for Adult medical as Home health does not come to see more,
> nor does Hospice. I am very worried as i have chemo every other week
> and that is what has kept me alive past the original 3 month diagnosis
> they gave me. I am 43 and fighting to live for my 7 year old. the
> way the system is set up I will not be able to seek my medical care
> and pay our bills. Can you please help?
>
> Terena L. Vincent
>
> His office has not written me back but he they did write back a friend
> of mine that wrote in my behalf.
> Below is what they wrote him back.
>
> Mr. Rote:
>
> Thank you for your letter to Governor Fletcher regarding the health
> care needs of your friend Terena Vincent. She had already shared the
> same concerns via email. Her letter has been forwarded to the
> Cabinet for Health and Family Services with a request that we review
> and respond directly to her. I have asked our Medicaid Eligibility
> Policy staff to look at Ms. Vincent's case, see if there are any
> avenues of assistance that may help her. We realize that it is very
> difficult when folks lose their SSI and so their medical cards. The
> Commissioner of Medicaid will be writing her a letter with information
> that hopefully will be of assistance to her going forward.
>
> Cindy Atkins
> Cabinet for Heath and Family Services
>
> We realize that it is very
> difficult when folks lose their SSI and so their medical cards.
>
> WTF is that?? says to me they know full well what they are doing.
>
> this reply says it all and I have still yet to here a word from any
> of them. I find it amusing they have not written me back but wrote
> Rich back who lives in Illinois. Keep writing them folks. Ask them
> how they can disable a person that needs medical and take their only
> access to treatment. let them know this is peoples lives they are
> playing with. Please wrote them today. My name is Terena Vincent.
> Use my name so they know who you are talking about. Ask them if it is
> fair to penalize a person for being declared disabled. Anyone else
> they have written back please post. I myself have not heard one word.....
> HERE ARE THOSE ADDYS AGAIN
>
> http://governor.ky.gov/contact.htm
> http://ltgovernor.ky.gov/contact/
> http://firstlady.ky.gov/contact.htm
> jody.richards@... <jody.richards%40lrc.ky.gov>
> snunnstaterep@... <snunnstaterep%40glasgow-ky.com>
> jim.decesare@... <jim.decesare%40lrc.ky.gov>
> robwilkey@... <robwilkey%40aol.com>
> comments@... <comments%40whitehouse.gov>
> vice_president@... <vice_president%40whitehouse.gov>
>
> Terena L. Vincent
> Katrina layne
>
>
>


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