Family caregiving broke my personal bank (along with some intersecting dumba$$ery involving my late husband's business practices) back in the early '00s.
Then cancer shenanigans, with basically "meh" insurance coverage, came along in '07-'08, followed by being uninsured '09 to '14.
Earning a living has been hard, since I'm a comms expert selling services from a patient/user POV, calling for #PatientsIncluded in all parts of policy, care delivery design, system design, et al. Which still gets me blank stares from the C-suite folks on the receiving end of the $4 trillion a year revenue hose that is the US healthcare system.
I manage to cobble together a small living between my Social Security, along with original Medicare + supplement medical coverage. Which has eased my path - the Medicare thing - as I deal with my Stage IV cancer recurrence.
Stress? Anxiety? Yeah, we got that here. But there's still the one foot in front of the other requirement to keep the wheels on the bus, and a roof over one's head.
Oof. I feel this.
Family caregiving broke my personal bank (along with some intersecting dumba$$ery involving my late husband's business practices) back in the early '00s.
Then cancer shenanigans, with basically "meh" insurance coverage, came along in '07-'08, followed by being uninsured '09 to '14.
Earning a living has been hard, since I'm a comms expert selling services from a patient/user POV, calling for #PatientsIncluded in all parts of policy, care delivery design, system design, et al. Which still gets me blank stares from the C-suite folks on the receiving end of the $4 trillion a year revenue hose that is the US healthcare system.
I manage to cobble together a small living between my Social Security, along with original Medicare + supplement medical coverage. Which has eased my path - the Medicare thing - as I deal with my Stage IV cancer recurrence.
Stress? Anxiety? Yeah, we got that here. But there's still the one foot in front of the other requirement to keep the wheels on the bus, and a roof over one's head.
So ... onward.