Being disabled,I also qualify for SSI, Medicare & Medicaid based on a yearly income of $7,104. Yes, I 'survive' on $592. income per month! I'm a cancer patient, 54 years old & still have my youngest son at home, dependant, while he is struggling, financially, to get through college. Barely able to keep up with medical appointments, my teeth are paying the price from lack of care. This morning, tooth #3 broke off while I was struggling to eat my breakfast. Being ill, I have already lost 25 lbs., I'm now down to 110 on a good day. (I'm 5'6" tall.) With the dental issues, it is a struggle to eat anything that isn't 'soft.' Now, my mouth is hurting, I reach out to find help, anywhere that I can. The local Health Department! Yes! We do have a dental clinic ~ we only charge $50. for each extraction & $100. if they have to be surgically removed &, of course, that HAS to be paid when you come in to have the work done. O.K., $300. just to have these 3 broken teeth removed. WHERE am I supposed to come up with that?? My income is only $592. & I DO have bills to pay. Then again, IF I did manage to be able to have them removed, I would then be, Toothless. Meaning, having NO teeth to eat with. Yeah, I know, that's where false teeth come in at. IF I don't have the money to have them removed, I certainly don't have the money to replace them. And, guess what? Medicaid nor Medicare will cover ANY dental bills! Why do you think my teeth are as bad as they are?? What the heck am I supposed to do?
What the heck am I supposed to do??
