in response to Purplerose...If you sign onto your Duke Energy account online you will see a message on there to get 20 free energy saving light bulbs mailed to you.
Some of you are already aware of this but to those who are not I created a website listing many of the free benefits and assistance to help the disabled, help with rent, prescriptions, child care, transportation, food, insurance and more, www.freepeoplehelpingpeople.com
in response to anitab...You're welcome Anita, I am happy that my website could be of help to you. I update it a few times a week with new programs plus deleting old ones so you may wanna book mark it and check back once in awhile. To those who have no seen it yet: www.freepeoplehelpingpeople.com
in response to sandy24...Ok, thanks for the reply. I flew to Chicago a few times for job training when I worked for Sears as an appliance technician when I lived in South Florida, so I am familiar with the general area where you live. I like where I live now, the crime and cost of living is much lower than anywhere else I have ever lived and the location is ideal, many stores and restaurants are within walking distance and other states and also the beach are not too far of a drive away. I never been married by choice and I have been dating since the Disco Era so that freedom allowed me to move whenever I wanted.
in response to sandy24...That is great advice Sandy. There is a US government website called www.usa.gov and I found on there that the Nigerian scams can be forwarded to spam@uce.gov and that department of the government will investigate them.
in response to sandy24...This website to me is confusing sometimes, it may have been an old post but I thought you had posted that you helped catch a scammer with the help of a detective that you knew. The scammer had been caught after signing a bad check. If that wasn't you that made that post, sorry then got you confused with someone else but it always make me happy when the bad people get caught like that.
Posted in jessica15 on Oct 5, 2010... modified on Oct 5, 2010
Excellent posting Jessica, there is a lot of help available as you say and I also found out that it is not always just for low income. I created a web site of many programs available to help but as you put it a person has to be diligent. I am so surprised at the number of people I have chatted with online and some I have met in person who are disabled and living on disability that would complain to me about such things as having to pay for their diabetic supplies, or finding it stressful to drive to and from their doctor appointments, or not having enough money to pay for their eye glasses or being able to afford to have dental work done or paying for their prescription medications ect.... But when I tell them that there is help available and give them the link to my website they will not make a phone call to sign up for help they need.
For example a person can get free insurance paid for by Medicare or Medicaid whichever they are on. It is called Supplemental insurance or also called Medicare Advantage Plans. I am on Medicare and Diabetic so I signed up for Care Improvement Plus, it costs me nothing and I get many more benefits than I would from Medicare alone. I get my Diabetic supplies at no charge, free shoes once a year, some dental coverage, free eye glasses except I only had to pay $8 for the tax, free transportation to and from my doctors appointments, my 2 generic medications are mailed to my home from the company pharmacy and are $10 for a 3 month supply but for my brand name medications I get those from the free prescription programs listed on page 2 of my web site and my Metformin I get at no charge at Publix Pharmacy, they do not charge anyone for that. This insurance plan also offers many more benefits. There is no charge for me to see my primary physician.
I will chat with these disabled people or talk to them a few weeks later and they would once again complain about their money problems and unable to pay for their medical needs and when I ask if they called to sign up for help listed on my website they say "oh, I am just too busy lately"
Time goes by again and yet once again they complain to me about their problems and when I ask again they still have another excuse, "I just have too much going on right now" these people are disabled as I am and home with time on their hands, some don't even drive a car.
I met a lady 2 years ago that is disabled with Diabetis and on Medicare, she had to pay for her diabetis supplies, I told her about the insurance plan I am on that it only takes 1 phone call to arrange to be on it but she always had an excuse why she was unable to call, we chatted once in awhile during those 2 years. Finally she sends me an IM 2 weeks ago and asked me for my web site that she wants the insurance so she called Pattie the insurance lady and she finally signed up for Care Improvement Plus so now she is getting all these additional benefits along with her free diabetic supplies and wasted a lot of money over the past 2 years on having to pay for her supplies and other things.
Another lady I chatted with is in a wheel chair, told me she needs dental work done and was complaining to me about how her hubby is never home so she sits alone in her house bored. I give her my website and told her that there is insurance available to her with dental and also other ways to get free dental coverage. A few weeks later we chat again and asked her if she called to get on insurance for dental coverage and she said "oh, I just been too busy" meanwhile she sits alone at home in a wheel chair bored and needs dental work done.
Time goes by again and I asked her again if she called but she gives me the same excuse.
Ok, I have many such stories and a few of the people are my friends now but when we see each other and they still complain I just do not say anything since I have told them many times of the help available yet they do nothing to help themselves, not even make a simple phone call, they would rather waste money and complain and be without proper medical care.
But the point is as you say a person has to be diligent. "You can lead a horse to water but you can not make him drink" and "God helps those who help themselves"
I live in the Upstate of South Carolina so the insurance plan that I am on is available here but there are also other plans available for people with different needs. And in other states there must be the same or similiar insurance plans available too but a person would have to research online to find those or maybe call your local Medicare or Medicaid office or ask your doctor. Some insurance plans are much better than others, I am fortunate to have a good insurance lady who always signs me up for the best plan to fit my needs. There are some like AARP that cost a yearly fee so that is why I am not on that plan plus my CIP is better suited for me anyway.
There is also plenty of other help available on my website for people in need and want to help themselves, free cell phone with free minutes, extra money into your social security check, housing, free transportation including air flights if the destination is for medical purposes, free medical equipment, a lot of help for cancer patients and much more; www.freepeoplehelpingpeople.com
If some of these are not in your area you can find the same or similiar ones with a little effort using the search words in google. Some states may call the same programs by a different name.
Now there are some people with problems in which there may be no help available and I also realize that there are some who are diligent and will take the effort to help themselves by applying for free insurance and also other free programs and benefits.
But some, underline the word 3 times "some" seem to like to be miserable, complain and waste money and not have the proper medical care since they wont do anything even as simple as making a phone call to help themselves.
in response to sandra35...Sandra, I am happy to help out but please don't be offended but I wanted to correct you on one thing, my name on here is SWM FLORIDA SC not SWAM, SWM stands for Single White Male, I travel to Florida often and lived there 25 years and I currently live in SC which is South Carolina. I appreciate your replies, thank you, Mike Marki
in response to Mr-K...Thank you Mr-K, I may look into that in the near future, I don't really even know what that means but I am sure it would be a better way to organize my web site. I will let ya know if and hen I am ready to do that, thank you for your reply, Mike Marki
This web site is at 1700 hits at this point in time, I began it in April of this year and it was at 700 hits and for some unknown reason rolled back to zero so that makes it at 2400 since April.
I did have an old website on maxpages but I had many problems with that and it had expired in April of this year so that is when I created this new one on godaddy. I did have another name on this Aidpage; mikemarki2012 but for some unknown reason I am no longer able to sign on using it so I created this new name/profile SWMFLORIDASC.
My web site does not help me at all, in fact it costs me about $50/year and I have to take the time to update it and maintain it but as I say I am only interested in helping others. Thank you for your response, Mike Marki
in response to sandra35...Thank you Sandra, I am here mainly to help out others. I created a web site for the unemployed, uninsured, disabled, seniors, low income, children and others. There is a lot of help available but not many know about it. Free dental, free medical supplies, free insurance, free prescriptions, free transportation, free food programs and much much more. www.freepeoplehelpingpeople.com
Thank you for the message, I deleted the posting and then re typed it, it did not work for me before either but it does now. If the link still does not work for you then try typing the web site into your top screen and get to it that way. It should pop right up since there are no pictures, no ads and no graphics and it is black type on 3 white pages so it uploads quickly, Mike Marki
There is help available and there are some things in life which are free since they are paid for by donations and tax dollars. Free medical supplies, free food, free prescriptions, free insurance, free dental coverage, low rent and free housing and more. Go to:
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