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Loni
Sacramento, CA
My story isn't heart breaking, it is really rediculus.
I was diagnosed with Attention Deficite Disorder in 2005 when I was still covered by my mother's medical insurance(Keiser Permanente) provided by her job. About a month later I was going to go in for a general check up. I handed my medical card to the person at the desk and she told me that I had to pay $98 just to be seen. Needless to say I didn't go in.
I found out that I was of age to be on my own health wise so I tried to apply for insurance with Keiser Permanente. However I was refused because I have a preexisting condition. I was diagnosed by this same medical group!
I had difficulty on the job misunderstanding what people were saying and attempting to multi-task was difficult because I would forget about one or two of the taskes I was doing. I finally got a full-time job with medical benefits at Fleet Feet. I told them I have ADD but will work better once I get back on the medication. But the benefits were postponed for a month because the owners didn't fax in my info until they got back from a vacation. Then it took another month to get an appointment and medication again so I can work efficientlly. Not a week later, after I was back on the meds I was fired for my poor work porformance. I was devestated, they knew of my ADD. Sometimes I wish I sued.
Anyway I attemped to apply for Medical/Medicaid because I was stuck in part-time work earning enough to pay my share of rent and some groceries but nothing else. They refused me because I wasen't pregnant and I am able to walk all by myself. I thought Medical/Medicaid was provived for people with low income.
These days I am still in part-time employment, I've gotten my symptoms mildly undercontrol with the use of supplements and I am still looking for full-time work that will provide me with medical insurance just in case while bicycling to work I get hit by a car.
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