I’m not sure if this is the correct place for this but hopefully someone can shed a little light. My father (54 y/o) was laid off from his job with American Airlines about 3ish years ago due mostly to his field more or less becoming outdated from what i gathered (telecomm) to be honest I don’t know exactly what he did. However he has been unable to find work due to his age and he has had 4-5 major back surgeries which seemingly have done nothing but make it progressively worse.
after being denied disability for years which I thought was insane because he is so clearly someone who needs it while you hear of people all the time who so clearly don’t. He finally started receiving checks about a month or two ago which only came after hiring a lawyer. They truly could not have come any sooner for him as he has burned through literally everything he had put back.
Unfortunately about 5 days ago he began having chest pains. Being uninsured the hospital seemed out of reach. I didn’t know a thing about it until he called me last night saying he needed a ride. It was clear immediately he thought something was wrong (clearly something was) turns out he had gone about 4-5 days after a severe heart attack with zero medical attention due simply to being uninsured which infuriates me beyond belief. Maybe this would have been the case even if he came right away. But perhaps not. He’s now due to have quadruple bypass surgery tomorrow on top of some sort of emergency surgery concerning his kidneys.
He had mentioned sometime last night to a nurse that his disability doesn’t become active until June 1 which I don’t understand because he’s already started receiving checks. Is there a part of disability that covers hospital visits?
The main reason for this post is to get some idea of what this is going to do to him financially. I’m well aware that this bill is going to be astronomical in every sense of the word and he has literally zero chance of ever getting out from under this. Does anyone have any unfortunate experience with something like this or know of any programs that could possibly help? I’ve literally been awake for over 48 hours stressing over this.
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