{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Jan}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} What reason did they give you for taking your medicaid?? Whether you're on straight SS or Disability, you're entitled to a hearing!

Get ALL your medical records together; copies of your own of EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING you've been treated for both medical and phsycological!! If you have to, go to doctors even more often than you do. If for any reason they want to hospitalize you, GO! Don't forget to get the records of your stay and what you were treated for. Make your own file then make copies. If you need, I'll send you the money for that, including if your doctors charge you to make the copies for you. After you request a hearing and you receive all the questionaires to fill out, make sure and send a copy of your medical records. Every time you are seen for WHATEVER, get the record and add it to your file!

If they send you to see their doctors, GO and don't miss one single appointment. Yeah, they lie about their findings, but it's a requirement. They can turn you down for simply missing an appointment.

One thing you need to keep in mind; IF you get to the hearing, the judges are much more understanding than "the system." I'll be praying that you won't have to wait for the hearing, but if it works out that way, I'll be praying for just the right judge for you!

Jan, SS has client/patient advocates! Most times, these people are BETTER than lawyers. I fired my lawyer TWO weeks before my hearing. When I got in front of the judge, he told me there were would be NO HEARING because he had already made up his mind that I WAS disabled! He didn't put me through all the questions and crap. He just told me he was writing a letter to SS and some other paper work and I would be hearing from his office in a couple of weeks. It happened just like he said!