I cashed out most of my 401k last year when the housing bubble burst and I lost my job due to having a stroke. It was about worth $15,000 which a tidy sum went to taxes and I had to pay IRS the rest leaving me with $10000 after taxes. My workplace didn't offer insurance of any kind, So I'm one of those 45 million uninsured Americans that you always hear about.

I got turned down for SSI today. I'm at a negative 64 dollars at the bank and my electrical bill is unpaid. My money is gone and my gas tank is virtually empty. I can't afford my co-pay for insulin. I had a second stroke (a little one last month) that messed up my right side this time. I can't hand write for spit and I'm clumsy on that side.

If I turn up missing next month, it will because I didn't survive what life is throwing at me.

I hate to sound so bleak, but I have to be realistic about my survival chances. I'll fight to the bitter end. However--I never it so close before me.

The last of my money disappeared out of my 401k when the stock market tumbled down, so my dire emergency reserve is gone before I even had a chance to cash it out!

Without even resources (like blood--Diabetics aren't allow to give) to sell, I don't have a clue what to do. I still have food stamps, but after next week...with out insulin, I cannot eat food without dying.

I'm screwed like never before. At least I have a phone, and will make lots of calls tomorrow, to see if I can get some kind of help. America is broken and needs fixing,IMO.  I may not survive to see if it ever gets fixed

Joel G Lane

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