BOY, THESE BOARDS SURE WERE BETTER x MONTHS AGO!

[Terra]

Originally Posted by glowbelly

get this: as long as i make under a certain amount of money a month, i believe $1500, everything is covered. all prenatal care, the delivery and the baby is covered for 60 days after it's born.

i didn't really want to go this route, because it's basically like being on welfare, but it was the only real choice i had left. the others being that i get a full time job (and go to school part time while being pregnant - yuck) and pray that their insurance covered maternity, or try to get into an open enrollment insurance program, which would have cost me TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH.

fuck that. i paid my taxes. i'm gettin' mine.

But you qualify for WIC the (Women, Infants and Children) program wouldn't you? That would give you some basics like milk and cheese products. In Missouri, the baby is covered on Medicaid for a good year if your income remains under the guidelines. There are ways around that (I'm helping out Jackie-my buddy that just gave birth on 9/11) as I'm finding out. There are programs available that would even give you a free phone line for local calls that happens to be state mandated if your on Welfare. The way I figure, and as you stated, you gave and now it's time to be able to utilize it. It's not like your going to be on it forever and before you know it, you'll be on your feet and giving back to the system before you know. I'm amazed at all of the programs out there that are available. Even if somebody doesn't qualify for out and out Welfare, there are TONS of programs through DFS that can help your situation out.