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HI, ON 12/27/04 (SUNDAY) AT NIGHT I WENT TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH STRONG PAIN ON MY STOMASH. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSIS WAS APPENDICITIS. ON MONDAY MORNING I HAD A SURGERY TO REMOVE MY APPENDIX.
I LIVE IN RIVERSIDE FORM ABOUT 7 MONTHS AND I'M A FOREIGN STUDENT UNDER F1 VISA BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF HEALTH INSURANCE.
ANY ONE CAN HELP ME TO FIND OUT IF I HAVE ANY GOVERNAMENT HELP OR IF I'M ELEGIBLE TO APLLY FOR ANY FINANCIAL HEALP TO REDUCE MY COSTS WITH THIS SURGERY. AT THE HOSPITAL THEY TOLD ME TO APPLY FOR MISP (MEDICALLY INDIGENT SERVICES PROGRAM). THE MISP SAYS I'M NOT ELEGIBLE BECAUSE OF MY STUDENT VISA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHOULD I DO BECAUSE I KNOW THE BILL IS SO EXPENSIVE AND IT WAS AN EMERCENCY SURGERY.
PLEASE, I WAIT FOR ANY ADVICE.
THANKS.
HI, ON 12/27/04 (SUNDAY) AT NIGHT I WENT TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH STRONG PAIN ON MY STOMASH. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSIS WAS APPENDICITIS. ON MONDAY MORNING I HAD A SURGERY TO REMOVE MY APPENDIX.
I LIVE IN RIVERSIDE FORM ABOUT 7 MONTHS AND I'M A FOREIGN STUDENT UNDER F1 VISA BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF HEALTH INSURANCE.
ANY ONE CAN HELP ME TO FIND OUT IF I HAVE ANY GOVERNAMENT HELP OR IF I'M ELEGIBLE TO APLLY FOR ANY FINANCIAL HEALP TO REDUCE MY COSTS WITH THIS SURGERY. AT THE HOSPITAL THEY TOLD ME TO APPLY FOR MISP (MEDICALLY INDIGENT SERVICES PROGRAM). THE MISP SAYS I'M NOT ELEGIBLE BECAUSE OF MY STUDENT VISA. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SHOULD I DO BECAUSE I KNOW THE BILL IS SO EXPENSIVE AND IT WAS AN EMERCENCY SURGERY.
PLEASE, I WAIT FOR ANY ADVICE.
THANKS.