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Maggie, You should immediately call the Dept of Labor (Health and Human Services) this is a violation of HIPPA, your employer is required to make reasonable accommodations for your disability. Thanks --- Laura Kreisler Controller C3 [log in to unmask] > ---------- > From: Maggie Mauney > Reply To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 5:06 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Help Please with Advocacy! > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn