idk where else to post this. my state denied me coverage for healthcare and food share for “making too much,” and now since i can’t acquire insurance elsewhere since i simply can’t afford it, i’m going to lose medication that is currently treating a chronic, life shortening illness. i do not have $509 a month to spend on this drug. and since nobody in my state gives a shit about me i am simply going to go without and suffer the consequences of being unmedicated with my disease.
great.
means testing is immoral and fuck everyone who supports it. you are why i won’t be medicated anymore.
i have $0 money saved and struggle to keep money past five days of each paycheck. i am supporting myself and my partner on one income in the non-profit sector (meaning i’m even more underpaid than usual). i can’t move at the moment, but even if i could, the job i have right now is ideal and i would prefer to keep it. i have struggled my entire life to find a job i could be stable in, so this is exceptionally rare for me.
I stayed in my field more than a decade too long. You think supporting a family is tough at a nonprofit? Try doing it on copyeditor wages! With zero stability!
The job you’re in doesn’t let you support yourself to a standard where you can prolong your life. No matter how much you love it, it’s literally killing you.
the thing is, it does let me support myself. i cannot hold down a job. i have severe mental illness that has interfered for my almost twenty year work history and being able to take care of myself has proved difficult without financial stability. this job, somehow, has what i need to be able to function. i’ve never had this before. i can’t let this one go. i just got it a few months ago.
while the medication i’m on will prevent my life from being shortened by my disease, it isn’t a death sentence when i go off it. it feels like i am trading 15-25 years of my life for being able to work. some would call that reasonable and “a part of life.”
Your severe mental illness might qualify you for disability! That could help with getting the medication covered.
unfortunately i have already went through filing for federal disability. i could not meet their requirements.