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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2013, 11:40 AM Oct 2013

Did Miriam Carey have health insurance?

I've seen reports that she was fired from her job. It's possible that she lost her insurance then. I've also seen reports that she had medications in her home. If she had no or limited insurance, it's possible that she was skipping doses or splitting pills trying to make the prescription last longer. I doubt we'll ever know one way or another.

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Did Miriam Carey have health insurance? (Original Post) hedgehog Oct 2013 OP

Well if she had an Rx she had access. Was it a good plan? Who knows. dkf Oct 2013 #1

Many states will insure children, but not adults. hedgehog Oct 2013 #2

But a leased Infiniti and prior a BMW. dkf Oct 2013 #3

I didn't realize that. hedgehog Oct 2013 #4

She was a dental hygenist. Chan790 Oct 2013 #5

dkf

(37,305 posts)

1. Well if she had an Rx she had access. Was it a good plan? Who knows.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 11:44 AM

Oct 2013

She was supposed to take her daughter to the doctor that day so her kid had insurance.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

2. Many states will insure children, but not adults.

Reply to dkf (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 12:32 PM

Oct 2013

This is all wild speculation, of course, but she may have had no insurance or crappy insurance. It's quite common for people to cut their dose of prescription medications to make them last longer.

dkf

(37,305 posts)

3. But a leased Infiniti and prior a BMW.

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 12:39 PM

Oct 2013

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

4. I didn't realize that.

Reply to dkf (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 12:52 PM

Oct 2013

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

5. She was a dental hygenist.

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 05:47 PM

Oct 2013

She worked for a series of very-talented very-expensive specialist dentists (pediatric, cosmetic, sedation, etc.) and orthodontists. (I'm from CT originally and I recognized their names.) I hadn't heard she'd been fired but I did notice across several articles several different dentists were interviewed as her former employer...suggesting a history of frequent job changes. Presumably, she was very well paid though. No mention if she had insurance.

The whole story is nearly as strange as it is tragic.

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