Thank you for sharing. My deepest sympathy to hear what you've been through. The new government in UK is also about to do the same, they are about to cut disability benefits saying these people should work for benefits. If you don't go along with the demands they stop all benefits.
RSDROC, I am sooo sorry......I know this story well; I am living it myself. Nothing dehumanizes you more than being unable to work in the US of A. No one really cares though because they don't think it can happen to them. They also think, even if they don't say it, that you are responsible for your situation.
I am so sorry, RSDOC.....I know personally this story. The way our country treats people who can no longer work is criminal. We become powerless, worthless people -- often even to those who claim to love us.
Poverty can turn the best people into the worst people. This is what they want. Population control. The rich get richer, the poor fade away and die.
Living in America is pointless and difficult, and even dying in the "good ol'" usa is troublesome when you don't know who will pay for your funeral or even if you will be able to have one. I don't want to be cremated, but it looks like my only other option is to go sink myself into the mud in a swamp somewhere and let nature pay the bill.
Last October, I got both my arms and elbows shattered by a drug addict with a baseball bat. He's in prison now, and living far better than me. I haven't been able to work since then, and my right arm will never be fully functional again.
I have $0 income. I have not gotten ANY government assistance, not even food stamps. I live on saltines, ramen noodles & "handouts". My body is withering away, and I look forward to death. I hope the USA gets invaded so the rich will learn about suffering.
the tea baggers do not care about anybody but themselves.unfortunately most people are easily swayed by the loud mouths who are against socialised medicine.YES America is the only industrialized country tha lets people die because they have no money.
I lost my home and my job, health insurance and eveything. SSDI continued to fight me.
I fianlly gpot SSDI, and qas treated so bad, so miserable, I was dismissed as a kook and drug seeker because I was in severe chronic pain.
I continue fighting for my life. I recently spent 6 months in the Veterans Hospital fighting for my life. If I had only medi-cal, trhough SSDI, I would be dead.
SSDI applicants are treated like welfare applicants.
First of all - thank you for your valuable service to our country. It makes me sad and angry to hear how poorly Veterans are treated in this country for all the sacrifices they make so our lives can be better. Something is severely wrong with that!
What happens when a person can't afford huge doctors' fees, lawyers' fees and just does not medically (and possibly emotionally) have the wherewithal to go through such a strenuous antogonistic process?
Yeah, the delays, 5 month waiting period on DIB benefits, the 24 month waiting period for Medicaid, that's correct.
Social Security is trying to speed things up with more video hearings, new hearing centers, electronic files, and electronic access to medical records.
But, as a practitioner in this area, unless your case is approved at the first review, I often see cases taking ~2 years from application to actual payout of benefits.
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xavierdebourbonne 11 months ago
Thank you for sharing. My deepest sympathy to hear what you've been through. The new government in UK is also about to do the same, they are about to cut disability benefits saying these people should work for benefits. If you don't go along with the demands they stop all benefits.
TheAuthentikate 11 months ago
RSDROC, I am sooo sorry......I know this story well; I am living it myself. Nothing dehumanizes you more than being unable to work in the US of A. No one really cares though because they don't think it can happen to them. They also think, even if they don't say it, that you are responsible for your situation.
P.S. I have no hope for the future either.
OutsidrArtst 1 year ago
I am so sorry, RSDOC.....I know personally this story. The way our country treats people who can no longer work is criminal. We become powerless, worthless people -- often even to those who claim to love us.
OutsidrArtst 1 year ago
Poverty can turn the best people into the worst people. This is what they want. Population control. The rich get richer, the poor fade away and die.
Living in America is pointless and difficult, and even dying in the "good ol'" usa is troublesome when you don't know who will pay for your funeral or even if you will be able to have one. I don't want to be cremated, but it looks like my only other option is to go sink myself into the mud in a swamp somewhere and let nature pay the bill.
Grimblix 1 year ago
Last October, I got both my arms and elbows shattered by a drug addict with a baseball bat. He's in prison now, and living far better than me. I haven't been able to work since then, and my right arm will never be fully functional again.
I have $0 income. I have not gotten ANY government assistance, not even food stamps. I live on saltines, ramen noodles & "handouts". My body is withering away, and I look forward to death. I hope the USA gets invaded so the rich will learn about suffering.
Grimblix 1 year ago
the tea baggers do not care about anybody but themselves.unfortunately most people are easily swayed by the loud mouths who are against socialised medicine.YES America is the only industrialized country tha lets people die because they have no money.
markantonymcwhorter 2 years ago
I need to clarify, someone called me a Vietnam vet, I am not a Vietnam vet.
retiredat44 2 years ago
I lost my home and my job, health insurance and eveything. SSDI continued to fight me.
I fianlly gpot SSDI, and qas treated so bad, so miserable, I was dismissed as a kook and drug seeker because I was in severe chronic pain.
I continue fighting for my life. I recently spent 6 months in the Veterans Hospital fighting for my life. If I had only medi-cal, trhough SSDI, I would be dead.
SSDI applicants are treated like welfare applicants.
retiredat44 2 years ago
First of all - thank you for your valuable service to our country. It makes me sad and angry to hear how poorly Veterans are treated in this country for all the sacrifices they make so our lives can be better. Something is severely wrong with that!
RSDROC 2 years ago
What happens when a person can't afford huge doctors' fees, lawyers' fees and just does not medically (and possibly emotionally) have the wherewithal to go through such a strenuous antogonistic process?
1Natick1 2 years ago
Unfortunately many of them die!
RSDROC 2 years ago
Thanks, LJ. I have been waiting for 5 years.
kenzie45230 2 years ago
Yeah, the delays, 5 month waiting period on DIB benefits, the 24 month waiting period for Medicaid, that's correct.
Social Security is trying to speed things up with more video hearings, new hearing centers, electronic files, and electronic access to medical records.
But, as a practitioner in this area, unless your case is approved at the first review, I often see cases taking ~2 years from application to actual payout of benefits.
TomaszStasiuk 2 years ago
This video is brand new and the Social Security Disabilty Coalition on google groups is up and running just fine.
RSDROC 2 years ago
Thanks CB guy - you just made my day!
Be well!
LJ
RSDROC 2 years ago