justej wrote:
J&B from what I gather provides diapers, chux, and wipes. I don’t use them as they don’t take DC Medicaid but I know someone who has gotten abena from them with a doctors note. Medicaid does pretty much only provide crap though. I have a medical supplier in Maryland who bills my insurance for premium diapers. Medicaid pays 88 cents per diaper and I pay the rest. I get northshore supremes. I can barely afford that but i cut a lot of my expenses out. Like I only have around $70 for this month. Luckily my food stamps got increased so food is taken care of. It sucks
Yeah it truly does suck. Providing people with quality IC supplies not only reduces overall cost (it’s just more upfront and with a good quality brief I can eliminate “hidden” costs of extra laundry, boosters in cheap diapers, trips to doctors for prescription rash creams etc.) but also enables someone who is disabled for example, to better there lives socially and potentially economically. I am largely disabled but if I could properly manage my other health conditions, I would have more opportunity to work at least some and earn a bit more than I do, thus I more likely to contribute to the economy instead of mostly just collect resources. A lot of people on SSI/SSDI are like me (I understand not all of us are, though). Our healthcare system is very short cited and does a pretty poor job that understanding that by eliminating barriers and providing those in need adequate services can help get them out of (or depend less on) a system that is already strained.