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07-11-2008, 11:35 PM
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Vic --
I know that some people just play the system, and, may have done so for all of their adult lives. But, many of us with MS have spent many years employed, and paying taxes. If it seems to make financial sense to you to dump the insurance, it might not be as complicated an ethical dilemma as you originally perceive it to be. Your taxes have helped to pay for others who needed affordable medical care. Maybe, it's just your turn to receive. I read, with interest, what Debbie wrote regarding how the rug can be pulled out from under us. That can be true with insurance, or with employment. I know that I wonder that about applying for SSDI, too. I wonder whether I really could look for another job, and whether I could continue working. But, when I read what my doctors write about me to SSDI, I think that maybe I am more disabled than I am admitting, even to myself. Even if I could obtain another job for a little while, I expect that I would lose it, like I've lost 3 others within 6 yrs, because of of flares and absences. Perhaps your situation is similar to mine; it might just give more stability to be accpeting money from the government than counting on something that we might lose. I guess that I don't really have an answer for you. But, you did not choose MS for yourself, and you would be glad to pay for insurance if you didn't have other issues that complicate this whole thing. ~ Faith
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aka MamaBug Symptoms since 01/2002; Dx with MS: 10/2003; Back in limbo, then re-dx w/ MS: 07/2008 Betaseron 11/2003-08/2008; Copaxone 09/2008-present Began receiving SSDI 11/2008 |
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