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you have access to public insurance, so your question is a non-issue anyway.

No I do not. Have been turned down by the state the one time I needed it for surgery. Had to pay out of my own pocket. If I spent my last $2000 in my account, I could have gotten help from the state. Was supposed to get major surgery for female stuff over 10 years ago which meant 8 days in hosp. No. ins. Never got the surgery.

They billed me for the first one, I plunked down $1000 and didn't make the next payment soon enough to suit them so they turned it over to a collection agency. Didn't pay that at all because they would only take cash. Finally they sent that to another collection agency and things were a little better with me at that time, so I paid every last cent, by check, which was good, and I DID owe the money. Then a year later they tried to collect again on the same old debt, and I was frantic wondering if I was going to be able to find the cancelled check to prove it. Luckily I told them what month to check their own records for and they found it.

I'm sure others have been through MUCH MUCH MUCH worse than that.

I'm not able to work and will be eligible for medicare in 2 years if I live until then. Two hours would be my limit and then I need to lie down and rest. Then I can get my teeth fixed maybe. As it is now, I pull and pay as I go IF the pain gets too bad, about $400 a shot now for one tooth.

Aliska, this becomes a perfect opportunity to a local church to come to potentially help. If you are a Christian, there surely are resources available. This is how things were done before the last century and how, I believe, God knows we are helping another from the heart (paying taxes for welfare, for instance, is not from the heart because it is required).

I would suggest finding other places to cut expenses, too, such as perhaps having a roommate, taking public transportation, buying a less expensive car, etc. You may well qualify for food stamps, so you might be able to use that to offset expenses. Also, stop any bad habit in you life, get more exercise, eat more healthy, and take appropriate vitamin-type supplements.

These are just a few approaches to counter the current problematic situation.

I am sorry about the problems you are having. But know there are always options and there is always hope.