Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
Bri - Don't take this wrong, but you really need to stop making excuses for your mother. She needs to apply for assistance and see a doctor. I never heard of a FREE doctor, and if she is out of diabetes meds, what's she going to do??? - end up in the local emergency room (if she's lucky and makes it that far)??? And as far as disability goes - well you really don't have that correct. Yes there are forms to fill out, and if she truly is disabled and unable to work and a doctor deems it so, it doesn't mean that she will automatically be denied once, or that it takes a year or more. I've been on disability since I was 61. I was told by Social Security that after my forms were filled out and received and reviewed, that it would probably be 3 months before I heard anything one way or the other. In a matter of 3 weeks I had my approval - and I was never initially denied. Whoever is telling you differently, is giving you a worst case scenario, and your mother will never know anything if she doesn't take action - see a doctor - and get the ball rolling. She has to go to them - they are not going to come to her.

And another thing I don't understand - how are the 2 of you living on only $200 each month. I don't see how that is in any way possible.
I'm not making excuses for her, I'm just stating how she feels and what she's told me... In the state of Tennessee, every single person is denied for social security disability at least once. My mom was a nurse, knew people then, and we know several people that have applied for it, you are ALWAYS denied at least once. It's just how it happens here. Doesn't matter who you are.

There are free doctors for people that have low income, my mom had one in the place where we used to live. She doesn't qualify for health insurance, or at least free health insurance anymore. I looked into that the other day.