u/69Happy_guy

I am 58 year-old male in Illinois. Been driving school bus part time 3 years. Had Medicaid Until end of March When I filed my tax return and they say I make too much money for Medicaid. So now I’m in the “Medicaid gap.” I don’t make enough to qualify for the ACA, but I make too much to qualify for Medicaid. I live in Illinois, which is one of the states that expanded Medicaid.
I looked at lots of plans. And they are either a premium that is 80-100+% of my take-home pay and/or a deductible of $10k.
In other words, no plan that is realistic.
Frankly, I’d rather just die than leave my kid with debt like that. There’s no way I could pay it off in my lifetime.
For those of you will say get a different job, I can’t because of my health condition. In fact, I’m probably not qualified to do the job I’m doing now because I wouldn’t pass the DOT physical.
No one will hire someone with a fib. I’m at a high risk of heart attack and stroke every day. It’s not like I can hide it. I am always short of breath - from mild to moderate. I have no energy. I move like an old man. And I have this persistent cough That’s a side effect of the condition.
I was scheduled to get a cardiac procedure done in the middle of April right before they took away my Medicaid.
So I thought well I can just tough it out until the end of the school year when my income will go down and then I will qualify for Medicaid and then I can get the procedure done in the summer. But then I realized I will definitely run out of medication before then. So, what would you do if you were me?

I am 58 year-old male. Been driving school bus part time 3 years. Had Medicaid Until end of March When I filed my tax return and they say I make too much money for Medicaid. So now I’m in the “Medicaid gap.” I don’t make enough to qualify for the ACA, but I make too much to qualify for Medicaid. I live in Illinois, which is one of the states that expanded Medicaid.
I looked at lots of plans. And they are either a premium that is 80-100+% of my take-home pay and/or a deductible of $10k.
In other words, no plan that is realistic.
Frankly, I’d rather just die than leave my kid with debt like that. There’s no way I could pay it off in my lifetime.
For those of you will say get a different job, I can’t because of my health condition. In fact, I’m probably not qualified to do the job I’m doing now because I wouldn’t pass the DOT physical.
No one will hire someone with a fib. I’m at a high risk of heart attack and stroke every day. It’s not like I can hide it. I am always short of breath - from mild to moderate. I have no energy. I move like an old man. And I have this persistent cough That’s a side effect of the condition.
I was scheduled to get a cardiac procedure done in the middle of April right before they took away my Medicaid.
So I thought well I can just tough it out until the end of the school year when my income will go down and then I will qualify for Medicaid and then I can get the procedure done in the summer. But then I realized I will definitely run out of medication before then. So, what would you do if you were me?