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Date Posted: Wed, 12/25/02 11:47am
Author: CaseynGeneva
Subject: In the Spirit of Christmas - My A$$

Christmas Eve was fun. I started out the day going for my examination with the social security disability doctor. I'm filing for social security because we are way passed broke, and I worry about the stress this is causing on my husband. I want to be able to help in some way, and there is just no way I'm able to work anymore (from the time I was 16, I've always worked and supported myself from the age of 18).

So far, it has been a nightmare. Apparently a person has to be dead or in a coma in order to qualify for social security benefits for medical reasons.

I can't believe how spoiled I've been in my own medical care - I have 3 doctors who truly care about me and are behind me on this claim. I guess that is a blessing I've overlooked -- until yesterday. I've never met a more bitter, angry group of people (doctor and nurses).

My "exam" included questions like - "What is 6 plus 4?" Is there a big job market I'm unaware of that calls for people who can answer that question?

On to the evening of Christmas Eve. We had not planned anything for dinner, so my husband sent my son out to get some fast food. Nothing was open.

My son was sitting at a red light in his vehicle on his way home, when someone plowed into him from behind. He was not injured, but when the cops came, the only insurance card he had was expired. He called us, and asked that we bring him a current card. Not only could we not find the card, my son had taken the only set of keys. My husband is sick with the flu at the moment, and I really did not want him to walk a mile in the cold -- especially if we couldn't find the card.

Mind you, this accident wasnt my son's fault -- he just didn't have insurance card on him (we are insured, he had his license on him, and all the necessary registration papers).

My son called a few minutes later from the police station. They were putting my son in a holding cell, and the officer told us they would release him if we coughed up $200 cash -- we didn't have the money. The officer called a few minutes later (guess he had a change of heart) and told us he was releasing my son with an "I-bond" to appear in court at a later date. However, he would not allow my son to drive home. He had been driven to the police station in the police car -- our vehicle is sitting in a bank parking lot. My son had to walk home (about a mile) in the cold/snow.

I know that worse things happen, but I'm a little pissed off at this. I know for a FACT that if it had been me in my son's position, I would not have been taken to the police station in the police car and thrown in a cell for not having a current insurance card. I would have just been given the ticket and told not to do it again.

Hmmm, I wonder why I would be treated differently??

I just had to blow off some steam - thanks.

Kathy

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