Every day those of the general populous can see even more and more greed and stupidity running straight through the threads of the American Government from the local to the Federal! It is sometimes almost to much to phantom. We are a country of idiots and it seems that the worst of the idiots are the ones making policies and running the governments. That in itself should scare the pooh right out of all of us but “oh no” we just continue to look the other way and dangle our toes in the cool, cool water of lies and manipulations that they tell us we will be comfortable in!!!
I know a family:
Grandmother with chronic illness; two grandsons (one disabled and one without a father due to a death). Both grandsons get an income (one from SSI for disability) and one from a Death Benefit.
Ok percentages of these incomes should be used for monthly expenses such as housing, utilities, internet, phone, food, etc. BUT the rest of those checks provide both children with their clothing, haircuts, personal items, personal cleanliness items, shoes, transportation for school and after school interests, sodas on a hot day at school, movie tickets a couple times a month, visits to their mother a couple times a month, etc.
The Grandmother has an income too…..under $600 a month. The Grandmother also has a chronic illness called COPD. Of course there is no health insurance for her either.
Now comes the plight……….
The Grandmother gets very ill and is in the hospital for nearly 5 days with no insurance. The boys are taken care of at home through the volunteerism of other family members. They never miss a day of school and their daily routines are kept on schedule. The State never pays a cent for their care in that time.
The Grandmother, because she is unable to work outside the home again, filed for early Social Security (which can’t happen for at least 2 months); filed for Food Stamps for the two boys and herself and Medicaid for an Adult for herself (the boys are already on Kid’s Connection).
They were denied the food stamps because NEBRASKA policy says that ALL income can be rolled into one!!!! Really???? The State Department of Health and Human Services state that policy says those two grandsons don’t need clothing, haircuts, sodas, movies, transportation, etc…..if a bill needs to be paid then pay it. At whose expense???? The young child who now has to look like a thrift store reject???? Who can’t get a haircut and looks like a major punk rocker? Who can’t hand over the dollar for a soda on a field trip? Who has problems with bullying already because he “doesn’t fit in” and NOW the bullying really starts??????
So IF a mother in Omaha used $17,000 of her disabled son’s SSI money between August and December (and where the heck did she get 17,000 from in five months??????) was it because Nebraska Policy told her that it WAS her money and WAS available to pay the bills even if it DID use the whole check OR was it Federal Policy who said that she was to use a percentage for his care, etc and the rest on monthly allotments? Once again, I don’t understand how she even “found” $17,000 in 5 months!!!! Is this person on Medicaid…so isn’t the medical paid???? Why would someone even be getting that kind of money per month? You now have two policies on each end of the spectrum.
The Grandmother placed the X to ask for Medicaid for herself as an adult and over age 60 in the same application as the request for the Food Stamps. That X didn’t seem to be able to be seen by those wonderful Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and wasn’t even acted up.
So guess what??????? The Grandmother has to appeal!!! Why should she have to appeal???? The office didn’t even bother to deal with that request!!! Amazing…..the application was filled out correctly (as was confirmed by the first caseworker) and ignored by an office to busy with training meetings, policy changes, etc. to read their own applications!!! This is not the Department Employee mistakes….this is a GOVERNMENT mistake!!!!!!
Who ARE these people that make policies for our children and ourselves who have never ONCE in their lives been on public assistance. Who have allowed a Nebraska government office to get so totally far out of hand that they are having to completely redo the system AT THE EXPENSE of the children????????????
Idiots…..my GOD they are all idiots!!!!!!
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