I have chronic illness & rare disease.
I am too sick to work & am having heart surgery soon.
If Virginia had work requirements for Medicaid I would be dead. Literally. I can't drink water & a central line keeps me alive.
WHY does the @GOP hate disabled people?
#healthcare
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Replying to @Wethepeoplehope @GOP
I’m not defending the policy, but those who receive SSDI/SSI are expempt from work requirements.
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SSDI/SSI can take a year or more to come through. Pending applications don’t count. My own recent cancer journey from diagnosis to returning to work was three months. Earlier this year, time from first SSDI/SSI appointment to when I got the *application* was six months.
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Oh for sure. I don’t agree with work requirements any way. But I wouldn’t want those w/those benefits to think they can’t be covered.
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I just wish SSDI/SSI was workable for most people with disabilities. It’s really not. According to their own algorithms I’m supposed to be a slam dunk for 100% disability, I was fast tracked, and it was still far too slow, punitive, and unworkable.
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I agree completely. I myself have a disability & I work in the field getting people connected with services (mostly case mgmt now) and I can’t express the disdain I have for our lack of a safety net. It’s like a basket ball hoop w/no net. It’s dark and gloomy.
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My caseworker was awesome and compassionate. Tried hard to get my case through and make disability work for me. I can’t imagine what his caseload must be like. I wound up just sucking it up, which isn’t easy with two competing blood disorders but I’m a real “live to work” sort.
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