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The only plausible explanation is that his total family income (including spouse) brings him up above the subsidy level.

As a Pennsylvanian, I completely agree with you that these republican refusenik governors are a scourge.

I'm a family caregiver, not disabled myself, and I have no children and am not pregnant. I've had MaineCare for about 10 years but they recently changed the rules and are throwing me and others like me off of the program. If our stupid tea governor hadn't refused millions in federal ACA $$$ I am sure I and thousands of others wouldn't be losing our maine medicaid in December.

that's what came up for me from the ACA website this morning, and seems to be confirmed by the article from MPBN

Call the TV stations, BDN, and Press Herald first.

I am a female, 38 years old and have applied for SSDI/SSI well over 3 years ago. I have been on MaineCare 2 full years but just got a notification that I will lose it December 31st. I feel like I am being discrimated against because I have no children. I have been pregnant 5 times and lost all 5. I can't have a viable pregnancy and therefore had to have my tubes tied.

I called DHS and they told me to fill out disability paperwork to get into another program but after 3 week was denied. I have been seeing a MD at Acadia Hospital for 2 years, I have been going to counseling for 1 year. I have been diagnosed with PTSD, Bi-Polar, depression/anxiety, social phobia, sleep disorder and borderline personality disorder. I am taking 4 medications for this Lithium, Lamictal, Topomax and a new medication strictly for bi-polar Latuda. Just these meds alone are over $1000 a month. I just got diagnosed with low thyroid and am on Synthroid. All these meds have to be taken for the rest of my life. I have NO income, I have a lawyer who says I am disabled, but DHHS out of Augusta says I am not disabled to get me on another program for MaineCare. I am appealing this decision but don't know where to turn for help. I couldn't even get public assistance because I didn't have an income and my mother owns a home and has an income, even though legally she isn't responsible for my bills.

I don't know what to do. I am really desperate. I can't go off these meds cold turkey and don't see if forced back to work that I can pay for these medications and live too. Please can anyone out here tell me where to go for help. I have my hearing 2/3/2014 for SSDI/SSI but it doesn't look hopeful I will be approved. What do I need to do have my arms, legs and head cut off to have someone listen to me?

several conditions that would qualify you for it.

Does Pine Tree legal offer assistance for these kinds of cases? I hope you can find some help navigating through this. *hug*

P. S. I have not heard of Latuda before. Is it helping? I've done Lamictal and Tegretol for my bipolar 2. They helped some, but the depression is always with me.

to work out how we can afford Obamacare (It's very expensive in this state due to having only 2 companies in our exchange.) Then we received a letter from DHHS saying we will continue getting transitional MaineCare for a few more months.

So I called our case worker and asked what happens if we no longer qualify for under the transitional situation at the end of 6 months. I pointed out that the exchanges would be closed and private insurance would be unavailable to us that way. She said it was "an oversight (one of many) that no one had addressed at this point."

I am very, very grateful to have a few more months of truly affordable health coverage, but in the back of my mind I am still worried about what will happen down the road.

Have you found any loopholes yet, eShirl, that would get you onto ObamaCare? It would still be better than nothing.

someone who called me on his behalf a few weeks back.

At least knowing you could get it when LePage is drummed out of office would give you a little hope, although I know how stressful it will be without it until then. We were off ours for a couple of years. Cut way back on the medical care and tried to find places that did sliding scales etc when we did need to go. Mostly just prayed no major medical concerns would arise. *sigh*

Other than flu shots, I haven't used my MaineCare for ANYTHING for almost a decade anyway, so not much will change as long as my health remains unchanged.