Gah

[hummingwolf]

Caseworker finally called back in order to tell me that she's not handling my case anymore and to give me the number of her supervisor. So I called her supervisor's number and repeatedly got, not her, but whichever poor person is handling the department's phones today. There is no voice mail for this person. There is no way to leave her a message, apparently. I am to call the office on Monday to find out if I can get food stamps, medical benefits, etc. back. Unless things can be straightened out, my Medicaid is scheduled to run out Sunday. My next doctor's appointment is Tuesday, and my very important tests for finding the cause of the symptoms currently tempting me toward blind panic is scheduled for Wednesday.

I am not a happy hummingwolf.

Comments

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

i think those departments are especially trained to be obstructive, frustrating, and unhelpful. a pox on the whole lot of them. i hope the call on monday gets results, pronto.

Lovely.

[fiachra.livejournal.com]

Three cheers for bureaucracy :^(

[sophy.livejournal.com]

Grrrrr. Lemme go kick some redtape ass!
*hugs*

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Do these people do any work, or get anything accomplished?

I hope that the supervisor is in Monday so that you can ask the super to ream out the caseworker. It would be nice if they were able to fix any of the problems too.

Would the docs do the stuff anyway, and just try to put the bill through to Medicaid?

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

Um... happy thanksgiving...

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Vicki. Here's hoping you guys have a merry Thanksgiving this year.

Re: Lovely.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm really very sick of bureaucrap.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I wish you could kick some redtape ass for me! Guess I'll have to figure out how to do some efficient kicking myself, though I don't know what could work before Tuesday if I haven't made progress in the last month with all this. Grrr.

::hugs back::

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Would the docs do the stuff anyway, and just try to put the bill through to Medicaid?

If my new doctor had the option, she probably would; but I don't think that is possible, and the tests on Wednesday are at some clinic I've never been to before. Maybe I should just go into the ER on Saturday and see if that gets anything accomplished?

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Here's hoping you guys have a most excellent one!

[windsparrow.livejournal.com]

HW, it won't make a damn bit of difference to your medical care, but I love you, and really wish we were physically closer so I could help you negotiate this maze of ... stuff.

/me snuggles, huggles, and transmits Harvey-purrs to you

[whitelinefever.livejournal.com]

Since I can't do anything to help with all the snafus, I will just wish you the best day possible tomorrow.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Andi.

::snuggles & huggles back::

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Mr. Fever. I'm wishing you all the same!

Catch 22 proves life is stranger than fiction once again

[a3hourtour.livejournal.com]

I think if I were you I'd be on their doorstep when they opened Monday morning. And I'd refuse to leave until it were all resolved.. but worst case scenario.. go to an emergency room with the symptoms and then either back-bill it to Medicaid when that is all straightened out or.. $10 a month forever.
Either way... no need to panic; beaurcradiots aside; they HAVE to treat you.. then figure out what to do about it all later.

Re: Catch 22 proves life is stranger than fiction once again

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I know that if I go to an ER, I have to get treated... I'd just prefer not to have to do it that way. Even though it's not always easy to get appointments in a timely manner, I still trust the competence of my latest doctor far more than the judgment of the doctors at the local emergency room. Then again, I shouldn't hold the behavior of doctors in 1994 against whoever's working there now, I suppose.

Agh. I'd just like everything to be sane and rational for a change instead of generally confusing as it is now. Sure, sane and rational gets boring after too long, but it's a kind of boring I think would be restful for a little while.

[hai-kah-uhk.livejournal.com]

We did, thank you. Well, there was still rushing around and a few moments that I didn't particularly enjoy (like my mother getting plastered) but it was better than most.