A Mother's Plea
My adorable first born son suffers from bi-polar disorder. As you may or may not know, some 10 to 15% of people suffering from this disorder end up taking their own life. My son is still alive, but we have had some close calls. So here is the letter I would love to write to my ex-husband if I thought he would listen at all. Dear ex husband, I am humbly asking you to contribute half of the costs to get our son onto disability and Medicaid. I am afraid it will require an attorney, and I am researching the process. As you are aware, his medications are expensive, and he needs to see his doctor regularly. The only ACA plans still available in GA do not cover mental health or his medications. Under your insurance, the medication co-pays were 0, and the co-pays to his doctor were only 10 dollars a visit. Now that he is no longer covered under your insurance, we need to get him onto disability and from there onto Medicaid. I hesitate to share any information about our son without his
