I'm sorry that it is so expensive. I am paying off my spenddown amount from surgery last June and that payment combined with my monthly psych amount once that is paid for by Medicare (I pay 20%) but I have a cap of an amount that is still huge compared to my monthly income and when I have paid that Medicaid picks it up because I'm on SSDI. I think I'm nearing the end of my spenddown and I will be so glad when that happens because Medicare is slowly approving surgical fees and so every single month my bill is still over $500, seeming to reflect no payment ever. I will be so happy to actually see that amount go DOWN. But Medicaid isn't returning my calls so I have no idea when I've met that spenddown.

The Medicaid is a pain in the butt to deal with because they never bother to return calls and they have me all screwed up because they didn't bother to update my address when I notified them last year via phone, this year via phone or this year via letter. I So I have no idea what is happening with this. But at least I know that I have a limit that I have to pay for any stay, even though that limit is way above what I can afford. So it's a love-hate relationship (hate today because I called for the 2nd time in 2 weeks and didn't get a call back).

I really miss the days I had good insurance and just met a deductible that was totally reasonable and then things were just covered.