JOURNAL 07/15/2008David is officially paid off. We no longer lease him, but own him, lol. We'd been waiting for Illinois Medicaid (the only insurance we could get David this past year) to pay off David's big hospital bill at St. John's Mercy. I thought to check the balance on that bill today, and IL Medicaid had paid it off in June. David was rejected by private insurance again this year. His kidneys are still slightly abnormal, so the doctors can't completely clear him of any condition, so private insurance doesn't want him. The insurance offered through Concordia Seminary is way too expensive, so we hope to never have to go on it again. I can get on the small group at my new job, so they'd probably pick up David, but that would be like half my paycheck once a month, and we just wouldn't be able to afford that either. I applied on Missouri's website to get David Medicaid through them. I even called to make sure we won't be making too much money, and we're about in the middle of the range of income they allow, so we may have to pay a small premium on it. We'll have to see once the information comes in the mail. I haven't heard anything from them yet. Just thought I'd let you all know the good news that we no longer have $2,000 looming over our heads! |
