Because of my recently-acquired half time job, I found my marginally increased income boosted me $50 over the Medicaid limit, and I have been informed that I will be removed from the rolls as of Dec. 1st. They told me that I still qualify for the family planning benefit - really useful as I approach retirement age, my reproductive apparatus removed 15 years ago, and my children grown and gone. My self-employment is variable and has recently dropped drastically (yard work over, no house sitting/cleaning jobs, fewer music gigs, and students feeling the need to their focus time and resources on the holidays). I have explained this situation to my DSS worker and challenged the ruling - results not yet back.
The lowest premium pay-as-you-go health insurance available to me is through my new employer. This is generously subsidized, but has an $1800 annual deductible, and would still cost half my paycheck . Once I lose half my pay, I am squarely back in Medicaid territory, but without the benefit of affordable health care. Not enough to live on and no funds to pay the medical costs up to the deductible limit.
Figure this one out for me, President Obama.
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