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Dear Maggie, How much Sinemet do you take at and at what dosage? Maybe we could all send you "excess" medication as a backup supply to make you feel mor secure. David >From: Maggie Mauney <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Help Please with Advocacy! >Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:06:51 -0500 > >I have just lost all of my health benefits from my employer, so I, too, >am advocating for some type of governmental health care provisions. I >was diagnosed with PD last September, tho I've had symptoms for a >couple of years. I'm single, and only a 1-income family--and I've just >been cut back to part-time work at my job as grocery store cashier, due >to some health-related warnings I've received (too slow at cash >register; not engaging enough with customers; not able to bag or carry >heavy groceries, etc.). > >I will have no option except to stop taking my PD medication, Sinemet, >sinceI can't afford to buy it without health care/prescription >coverage. I feel the government should make some provision for those >of us who don't quality for public assistance programs (I am not >eligible for medicaid and since there are no children in my household, >don't qualify for any type of assistance). I'm 52 years old, and it >will be 13 years before I qualify for Medicare. What am I to do for >those next 13 years for health care without some type of government >assistance? > >Maggie Mauney > > > >On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 01:56 PM, Meg Duggan wrote: > >>Hello - We would like to print a "form" letter in our newsletter that >>people >>can copy or clip out and send to their state and/or federal >>representatives. >>We would like to begin to advocate for some type of fall-back major >>medical >>coverage for people who have already been dxd with PD. We are in a >>farm >>state and more than one insurer has pulled out of the entire area, >>leaving >>long time customers uninsured; many unable to afford to go into the >>existing >>state pools. Can anyone give us some ideas for this letter? I am not >>really >>sure what I am asking for! Thanks, Meg >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn