yeah, my insurance is independent from my parents. (they have Tricare because my dad was in the military for 30yrs)

My insurance is Blue Cross of Nebraska. Which just severed their relationship with the largest health system in Nebraska which is CHI Alegent Health. You can imagine the absolute panic of most of the state, because a lot of the hospitals in the smaller towns, CHI is the only game in town for doctors. Some people have to drive to different towns, or come to Omaha or Lincoln to see a non-CHI doctor. It is so annoying!

I'm sure the non-CHI doctors are great, and perfectly capable. I just want my doctors. The ones that I've been using since I graduated high school in 1989. I talked about this with my regular doctor the other day when I went to see him about the uti. He's pretty ticked off about it too. I'll be losing my doctor, but he lost a crap ton of patients! He told me he just wants to take care of his patients, and the stupid insurance company is screwing that up.

I don't think I can get Medicaid. I might not have any money that I can actually use at the moment, but I do have a retirement fund that I can't access for a long time, (not working, but not *actually* retired. I'm only 45) and that apparently keeps me from getting things like disability.

I'm going to look into getting different insurance, but I'm still a bit scared that what we were told how "pre-existing" conditions would affect insurance might not be true. (half the stuff they advertised before passing the law turned out to not be true) Just feeling a bit burned by everything. Mostly burned by how the MS is turning out. Then I have to deal with the stress of the doctors/insurance debacle going on here in Nebraska. It's too much stress to deal with while dealing with a stressful disease. Especially when they tell you to avoid stress when you have MS.