12-23-2009, 11:10 PM
Our daughter is 19. In her first 6 months her medical bills totaled a bit over $500K which is when our insurance dumped her. She went over $2M a decade ago. Fortunately for us we were able to get regular fee for service insurance through a great state program. And she could get medical assistance based on her income (and medical needs), not ours, also thanks to the state where we live (a blue state, of course.) We pay a parental fee based on our income. So far our pay out has only been about $100K spread over 19 years.
Renal failure, kidney transplants, congestive heart failure, developmental delays and short stature each qualified her for medical assistance determined using the social security disability bluebook.
Naturally we are strong proponents of single payer like Medicare (which she also had but which we dropped because of the doughnut (or toilet) hole for prescriptions.)
Renal failure, kidney transplants, congestive heart failure, developmental delays and short stature each qualified her for medical assistance determined using the social security disability bluebook.
Naturally we are strong proponents of single payer like Medicare (which she also had but which we dropped because of the doughnut (or toilet) hole for prescriptions.)