YEAH! My mom was a diabeteic and tried to get disabilty...Never could...You
will make a difference...and there is always hope..i do believe in
that.Ihope that your having a good
day.My grandfather had liver cancer and was to late to do anything...sounds
like your chemo.. treatments are working for you THATS GREAT!!!!! SHELLY

On 8/2/06, Katrina Layne <katrinainky@...> wrote:
>
> TY Shelly!! I really appreciatte that. I wonder how many people have
> died that have been in the same shape but were older or had no computer
> access to do this. I want to make a difference and maybe help others as
> well. I have been a nervous wreck ever since this began. Why did I even
> apply for disability...ya know???
>
> shelly poole <lulabunny1@... <lulabunny1%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> *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@... <katrinainky%40yahoo.com>>
> 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> <jody.richards%
> 40lrc.ky.gov>
> > snunnstaterep@...
<snunnstaterep%40glasgow-ky.com><snunnstaterep%40glasgow-
> ky.com>
> > jim.decesare@... <jim.decesare%40lrc.ky.gov> <jim.decesare%
> 40lrc.ky.gov>
> > robwilkey@... <robwilkey%40aol.com> <robwilkey%40aol.com>
> > comments@... <comments%40whitehouse.gov> <comments%40whiteho
> use.gov>
> > vice_president@...
<vice_president%40whitehouse.gov><vice_president%40whitehouse.gov>
>
> >
> > Terena L. Vincent
> > Katrina layne
> >
> >
> >
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