I finally got information from Job and Family Services about getting assistance with my medical bills. They kept saying I wasn't cooperating even though I sent them every possible item of information about myself and called them about a billion times. Anyway, the reason I went off on my boss was because I told him I had to go to job and family services on Wednesday at 9:00 and would come back to work. I told my supervisor,"I hate this company because I would not have had to go through this if I would have been hired in after three months instead of 11 months". So now, I have to lose more time just to prove myself "dirt poor with no insurance". If I was a person unwilling to work, the government would assist me in a heartbeat. Especially if I took any money I did earn and instead of paying my bills, I would use the money for drugs or other stupid things and get shut off notices and since they feel sorry for you if you have shut-off notices cause you just don't want to pay your bills, they will assist you.

This was sent to me from a friend of mine
"Taxes & Urine Test
Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me.
I pay my taxes, the government distributes my taxes as they see fit.
In order to get that paycheck I am required to pass a random urine test
which I have no problem with.
But I have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who
don't have to pass a urine test.
Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check, because
I have to pass one to earn it for them?
Please understand, I have no problem with helping unfortunate people get
back on their feet.
I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping people who don't do
anything to help themselves.
Could you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to
pass a urine test to get a public assistance check".

So now that I am finally hired in and have been in the hospital a few times for the same reason, I got a notice from the insurance company that our business uses. They tell me the test that the doctors insist I have done will not be covered because it's a pre-existing condition. The doctors are very concerned I may have cancer, well guess what!? It doesn't matter if I do because there's pretty much nothing I can do about it anyway. So what's the point in finding out if I have cancer or not. I am very frustrated and upset and I know it's not the company's fault but I would have been covered and positive steps could have been made. I absolutely hate the company I work for. I spoke to the Human Resource person after consulting the Plant Manager, telling him I had to take time off for the test and he said, my health is more important than packing boxes, he then asked how I was going to pay for it and suggested I talk to Human Resources to find out if there is anything she can do to get help. Her response to me was "are you suggesting I get your insurance coverage activated now?" I said no but maybe she knew of a Liason. She said I should try a private insurance company. That woman takes the HUMAN out of Human Resources. I do have to eat too and paying for private insurance would not allow my daughter and I to do that. Sorry for the novel, just plain aggravated with the way things work.