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Originally Posted by pooh_ac
I want to thank those of you that have reached out and or replied to me. I live in a very rural area. Other then nursing homes and hospitals there are very limited openings at this time for RN's. Most clinics employee med techs or LPN's. There is one clinic that did hire RN's but they have cut their staff and no longer offer health insurance. Part of the reason I work the hours that I do is for health insurance. AS many of you know insurance can be quiet difficult. The insurance we have at this point is reasonably prices with coverage for neurostimulator, my never ablations and all the "regular" coverage's. What I have been told by friends in similar situations that have taken some of the lovely insurance that has been mandated that they cannot afford some of the policies that will cover their healthcare needs. Or if it is affordable the deductible is so high the cannot afford it. So I will do what I do and pray that I do not harm any of my patients, and suffer as my pain spreads
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Pooh,
Is there any retirement age where you can collect retirement benefits that might help pay for insurance (prior to SS and Medicare)??
Any chance for Disability??
Also, Would think by putting an ad in newspaper there would be the possibility of those who would need a nurse a few days a week which would help to pay for insurance.
I did not develop most of the spine/fusion/PN issues until after I retired. Fortunately, I was able to retire at 50/51. Just can't imagine working with all this pain, as well as the high dose of narcotic meds I am on just to help the pain tolerable.
Some years ago one of my daughters had worked for SS/Medicare. When she quit, she put an ad in the newspaper to help the elderly fill out medical forms, etc. which they were more than glad to reimburse for not having to deal with these overwhelming issues.
Pray something good will soon come your way enabling you to work less and take better care of your health/pain issues.
Gerry