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Health committee Yes, 20%.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee He's just switched jobs, so he's only been where he is for a year. The job he has now has a much better plan and coverage. That's the thing. Employers don't necessarily know what their employees need. Plans are tailored not knowing the needs of the plan members. That's an issue
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee I tried right out of college and was denied right off the bat. Even with my husband's insurance, I actually was denied for life insurance despite my below average A1C. I am doing everything in my power—
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee When I got out of college, so everything.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee Pretty much. Anything you wanted to get, “Oh, no, you have type 1 diabetes. No, sorry, we're not going to touch that.”
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee Essentially.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee I don't think insurance companies understand a lot of the technology either. I heard of people who made a request for coverage, and they were told that the CGM would be covered. Then, when they put that in, they were denied because they lived in Ontario and the company confused
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee There is something with the disability tax credit that I didn't get to mention. When I was denied the last time I applied, I called the office and was told that as long as my file went across that agent's desk, she would never approve my claim because she felt I did not deserve i
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee It's going to help a lot. As Charlene said, she gets blamed because she's Métis. I mentioned my 16-year-old daughter, who has status as well. There's a pediatrician in town she will not speak to because when she mentioned that she works out, the physician said, “Why do you work
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee It's a start.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee I don't know about Charlene, but I know when my blood sugar is higher that I do feel the pain a lot more severely.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee And anxiety.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee It was CRA when I did the disability tax credit. When you get your denial letter, you get a nice little form letter signed by an agent with their extension, which says, “If you have any questions, please call”, so I did.
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee As I said, what I did was I wrote a letter explaining how I didn't like filling out forms because that again was taking away more time from my life than what I have already missed because I'm spending time taking care of my diabetes. I don't want to have to sit and calculate and
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski
Health committee For sure. I am so thankful, because I wouldn't be able to do half of what I do to be able to take care of myself. As I said, even with my husband's insurance with his old employer, I wasn't covered for it, and I went into immense debt because, as Karen said, I don't feel those lo
November 20th, 2018Committee meeting
Stacey Livitski