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Post by villanelle on Nov 4, 2019 9:37:57 GMT -5
On the opposite end of this--and also due to our screwed up medical process--I knew a lady who was diagnosed with cancer. She was engaged at the time, but they couldn't get married because she qualifies for medicaid but his income would have made her not qualify for medicaid and this was before ACA so she wouldn't be able to qualify for any other insurance due to her pre-existing condition. They ended up doong a non-legally binding wedding about 2 days before she died in hospice. My sister once told me that in her line of work, she sees a lot of people who have basically divorced for benefits. Someone has an expensive terminal illness; it can be better if they show no income at all. Many years ago when a dear friend of ours has a wife with strange encephalitis and a prognosis that was basically a giant question mark, my sister mentioned it to me as something for our friend to consider if his wife ended up needing permanent care. (Thankfully she recovered almost entirely.) He could divorce her and she'd qualify for many more services, and this was someone with very good medical insurance. |
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Post by Peanut on Nov 4, 2019 16:45:18 GMT -5
Your sister is a coroner, right? Flip side of this, a young man I know has been in a long-term relationship for several years, and he and his girlfriend were planning to marry when they found themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Wedding plans were cancelled, because mom and baby qualify for better benefits than they would receive as a married couple with a child. |
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Post by villanelle on Nov 4, 2019 17:06:50 GMT -5
Your sister is a coroner, right? Flip side of this, a young man I know has been in a long-term relationship for several years, and he and his girlfriend were planning to marry when they found themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Wedding plans were cancelled, because mom and baby qualify for better benefits than they would receive as a married couple with a child. Yes she is. |
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Post by Wise Old Goat on Nov 16, 2019 18:11:10 GMT -5
On the opposite end of this--and also due to our screwed up medical process--I knew a lady who was diagnosed with cancer. She was engaged at the time, but they couldn't get married because she qualifies for medicaid but his income would have made her not qualify for medicaid and this was before ACA so she wouldn't be able to qualify for any other insurance due to her pre-existing condition. They ended up doong a non-legally binding wedding about 2 days before she died in hospice. That is heartbreaking. I can't imagine having to plan marriages and divorces around who has better health care  |
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