Sandra Burt’s Story - Lost her job, lost her health care
07/06/08 | Comment (0)
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"My name is Sandra Burt. I’m from Concord, New Hampshire.
I’m 65 years old.
I worked for my company for 40 years. And I recently lost my job. I have an auto-immune disease and I need my medication. There are shots that I take twice a week. I applied for Medicare first, and then I found out that I have to have two other insurances - a supplemental insurance, Part B and Medicare Part D for the drugs.
Well, that’s where all my trouble started.
I found out that with having all of these insurances, I started at a $1,043 a month, and I ended up with $625. My shots are $2800 a month, and I can not get $2800 a month out of $625, no matter how hard I try.
So I have applied for help through different foundations, different grants. I talked with social workers. New Hampshire does not have a drug assistance program, so I got no help there.
I’m kind of exasperated right now because I don’t know what to do. My husband sold his truck to try to get more insurance for us, so we’re now down to one 10 year old van that we’re trying to keep going. I’m getting help, I hope, from a foundation – a wellness foundation. I’ve applied for help there.
I haven’t heard from them and they’re my last chance. They will pay the co-pay, but I still have to pay $138.69 as my co-pay, which is better than $2800 a month, but still it’s hard to come up with that as well.
It’s been 2 weeks since I mailed them and I have not heard from them. My time is running out, my shots will be running out, and I’m not exactly sure what is going to happen. . . .”
