I found your post which may have been posted months ago, but it's never too late to help someone. Have you ever heard of Ameriplan? It's the #1 NATIONAL Discount Medical Program for individuals and families. PERFECT for college students who can't afford insurance or are underinsured. What your son could benefit from is the individual plan for just $15 a month to be covered for dental, vision, chiropractic, and prescription. I would love to share more, but check out this website www.mybenefitsplus.com/saramburo and read for yourself. Then email me at saramburo18@gmail.com and I will personally call and assist you with further information and even get him signed up right away. Whatever I can do to help families save on such needed care.

From what I understand ( that you are saying) your son is still covered under your husband's policy as long as he is a fulltime student....

regarding his prescriptions: you can do this one of a few ways...

1. you can get his prescriptions filled at the local walgreens (by you) and mail them to his dorm ( he may have to pay for a po box on campus)
2. you can have walgreens mail his prescriptions directly to him at school to his po box ( the cost is minimal $2-$3 per script) 
3. you may be able to have his scripts filled through the insurance company and mailed directly to him - some insurance companies allow this and send 3 months at a time -check with your insurance company about this.
   
4. another alternative: Walmart does offer $4 prescriptions on many medications- if your son is uninsured

If I knew what insurance company you had or what school he is going to I could offer more information.

But most schools do offer insurance (as you know) and it is included in the tuition ( an additional grant or loan may cover the cost)

Also schools do have clinics on campus to assist with medical needs. You could try the student services office on campus (if you haven't already) and explain your situation to them and see what they have to say. 

Check with your insurance company (again) and speak to a supervisor - explain your son's situation ( he is going to school out of state) and ask if he will be covered (in or out of network) and/or what alternatives they can offer.

I have found this site (next student) which may or may not help. I have never used it personally, but you may want to check into it. 

 here is a list of health clinics in the pittsburgh area - if nothing else pans out, hopefully, one of them can help. 

 Here is another site I found to have some useful information

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/611834-best-health-insurance-out-town-college-student.html

I wish you and you son the best of luck! 

Hi.  I'm a mom of a 19-year-old son who will be leaving here (MD) to attend college in Pittsburgh (PA) the middle of January.  Our health insurance is through my husband's employer and unfortunately will not cover costs outside of this state, except in the case of emergencies.  The school provided us with an insurance plan my son would be elligible for, but the premiums are expensive and I don't think we would be able to afford that.  Not only that, but my son has ADHD and depression, for which he is on medications.  The maximum the insurance company through the school would cover for medications is $100, and he would probably exceed that within the first three months.  Is anyone aware of a program for health insurance for college students that is affordable?  Or is there anyone familiar with a medical clinic in the Pittsburgh area that woud take him on as a patient?  He will not have a car, but both my husband's family and my family are there and could take him to the doctor's if needed.  I guess if worse came to worse, we could make monthly trips to Pittsburgh to give him his meds, and he could just go to a clinic in Walgreen's etc. when he got sick.  Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

You need to check out a college university around you that has dentistry available. I had to get dentures, full set, and I  had no money to pay for them. I went to the open clinic dentistry at the university of North Carolina and had them done there. Everything done: extractions, dentures, and all. It only cost me $300 for all of it. If I were to went somewhere else, it would of cost me around $14,000. They did a great job too! Hope that  helps.

Dear Gabriel,

I wish every young man were as determined as you. Although I cannot help you financially, I can offer information that may help.

Try ways to work - they may be able to help you.  I wish you the best... I have no doubts that you will succeed! 

I Am In The Same Position And Am Also Looking For Any Info On This If You Find Any Info Please Send It This Way And I Will Do The Same

Hi, I am a single Mom of 2 Daugther's. I have a 6 year old and a 1 year old. I am currently unemployeed becuase as per my 1 year old's condition. My Baby  just had heart surgery. My home was just condemned by the Health Department and  I have 10 days to find a new home (because there is mold and mushrooms growing in my home). I am NOT living in any State funded or Goverment housing.  I am living on a very limited income I live on Child support payments $500 per month. I  have been attempting to get help for over 3 month and have been getting rejected.  It is very frustrating because I have never asked for help before (always had a good job) and I really really need help but I cannot get help. I don't know what to do.

I hate doing this!  I feel like a failure that we can't make it on our own.  We've been struggling for a few years now and everything has just finally caved in around us.  We are a happily married couple trying to raise 4 children on one $50,000 income.  I have been a stay at home Mom for about 7 years and we were doing okay until my husband got laid off for a few months last winter.  We fell behind on everything and even now that he's back to work we just can't get caught up.  We can make the regular payments just fine, but we can't make the back payments too.  The stack of bills sitting on my table is completely overwhelming me right now.  EVERYTHING is about to be shut off or taken away if I don't pay it ALL this week.  I can't pay it all and I don't know what to do.  I'm sitting here trying to decide which bills to pay and which ones to let get shut off.  My mortgage is behind too and I've gotten a forecloseure notice.  I've already borrowed tons of money from family and friends and they just can't give anymore.  I have made the decision to go back to work, and I'm currenly going on interviews. However, our needs are immediate.  I need help immediately to keep my utilities from being shut off and my cars and houses from being reposessed.  I'm not going to ask for a specific amount because every little bit helps. I will tell you though that I have over $1500 in bills which are in IMMEDIATE danger of being shut off or repoed, and I only have $547 to work with.  That's all the money I have and that doesn't even include money to buy groceries and gas for the week.  Next week, I have to pay $1,400 to the mortgage company or they will foreclose.  I will only be getting a paycheck for about $1,100.  There won't even be enough to pay the mortgage let alone any other bills.  So, if I don't pay everything else this week.  It will all be shut off or repoed.  I'm scared for my children.  I'm afraid we're going to end up homeless.  We don't care about ourselves so much...but I don't want my children to be hungry, cold or have nowhere to live.  I have nightmares at night about living on the streets in cardboard boxes.  I'm really scared...please help. 

My husband and I both have skills which we could possibly offer in exchange.  My husband is very handy and can do lots of odd jobs if someone happens to be in our area.  He has done everything from painting, to building decks, and pouring concrete.  There is very little handy work which he cannot do.

I make reborn dolls.  If there's any doll collectors out there who might be interested I could make you dolls in exchange for any aid you might be able to provide.  If you're not familiar with reborn dolls you can find them on ebay if you do a search for reborns.  I have one on ebay at the moment but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a link here so I won't.  Contact me if you'd like to know how to view her.

Now that you have lost your job, you should be able to qualify for some type of assistance especially with four children. You can also look for help with the local charitable organizations in your area. There are resources that can help you search for a job and often bus passes and/or transportation services can be provided to those who are low income. $3000-5,000 grand is just a temporary fix if you don't have any income coming in. What's going to happen when that is gone? Definitely try again to get help from social service or unemployment, if you qualify.

my name is candace i am a single 29 year old mom with 4 young kids ages 5 thru 12..we have been through alot this year.we moved to a different town to escape an abusive situation full of drugs and violence...we were doing ok and i was a waitress making it for us..i was recently fired may 23rd.and we are very broke.bills rent and daily needs are not met. i do not qualify for cash assistance and child support comes few and far between.the shut off notices are rollin in and unemployment is only 60 a week due to the waitress wages here.every penny i get is a borrowed one and have no clue when i can pay our way or them back..finding a job is hard when i barely even have bus money..bottom line we need anything and everything right now..3 to 5 grand would put us right where we need to be..please if u can help let me know..i filled out grant forms already and i still havent heard anything...please if you can help us. thank you

Im a 20 yr. old dancer, in need of some serious help. See I've been through every possible way to get money that this is literally my last resort. Right now what I need money for is so I can get a wrinky dinky car to get me from point A to point B. I guess I'll just start from the beigining...this might take a little while. I've been dancing since I was in the sixth grade. I went to a performing arts middle school as well as a performing arts highschool. I graduated in 2005. But through my highschool years I made some poor decisions with money. Somehow a credit card showed up at my house when I was 17yrs. old. And to make a long story short I shot myself in the foot with that one. Then cell phone bills went through the roof. So by the time I graduated my credit was horrible. So horrible that I couldn't even get a loan for $3,000 to get to college.Everyone said I needed a co-signer. Now I have a mother, a father, and five little brothers. I am the oldest. Being that my mother and father both struggle very hard and our family is poor, they had filed for bankruptcy. Making it that they could not co-sign on a loan for me for another 6yrs. from this date. I got accepted into the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. They gave me a little scholarship...and when I say little I mean little. for a $35,000 a year school. Since I didn't have a co-signer  and my credit was so bad. I did not got to college right out of highschool. But I was determined. So all I did was work, work, work, and dance my heart out. I did Showtime at the Apollo and won twice. and got money from that. Worked two jobs and asked for help so much. By the Spring term of 2006 I went to the University of the Arts. I actually went for two semesters hoping to get a full scholarship but I did not recieve one. Causing me to have to leave school my this past semester. And all I thought I was doing was coming home for winter break. Did not know I would not be going back. After that I just continued to work where I was working during winter break and started saving again. I even got moved up to Assistant Manager. But I was not dancing anymore, and its my life. You name it I've done it. So I went and layed it all out on the line. Took my savings and went and auditioned for FOX NETWORKS "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE" The TV show. Hoping to change my life with this competition/show. And I thought  I was going to do just that. Out of 5,000 people only 186 people made it to the semi-finals in Las Vegas and I was one of them. From Vegas they take the top 40. 20 guys and 20 girls. I made it to the top 23 guys. then I was cut. So now I'm stuck... And I'm honestly despreate. I need help. My savings is gone. I no longer have my job because they did not want to even support me when I went the audition so they fired me.

  If anyone doesn't believe any thing that I've written so far I have proof of it all. The "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE"  premiers on May 24 on Fox at 8pm. You will see me on that international show for about 3 maybe 4 weeks. I will be posting pictures and the newspaper articles of the Showtime At the Apollo performances. Just so no one thinks I'm lying.

 I just need some help honestly. Im about $3,500 in debt. My credit score is 515. Even Prosper.com said my credit isn't good enough for them. If don't know what Prosper.com is you should really, really, really, check it out. It might just be able to help even you. I totally recommend it. Even tho they turn me away.But Im not even asking for some one to come and take care of my debt. I plan on fixing that and getting back to school with the gameplan that I've come up with. And that is why I'm on here today because this is my last resort.

I need at the most $1,000. So that I can get a car. Why? Because This summer I plan on putting together my own dance show for my city. And hopefully after both nights of the show I will have created enough profit to get back to school. Because I must finish.i should be a junior, but I will just be starting my sophmore year. If I get back. But the car comes as my savior, because I've been getting request from dance schools around my city to come to their studios and teach master classes, and set choreography. That instructors are offering my hundreds of dollars to just come and work with their dancers. this would not only help me get back to school, fix my debt, but also get the theatre I want to put my show on at and get the things I really need to put a great show on. There is money out there for me to get in my city because I have become a known dancer in my city but I have no way of getting to it. I need reliable transportation so I can do this. It will honestly be the first step to me getting my life back and correcting the mistakes I made when I was younger. I'm trying to be a man that my brothers who range ina age from 2yrs. old - 12yrs. old.I need this this will help me so much. Every studio is just to far away and public transportation is unreliable, and don't even go to some of the places that want me to come. There like 45 min. - a hour away. Plus they just cut back on public transportation in my city which is Pittsburgh.

So if there is anyone reading this who can help me please...Im begging you. All I need is at the most $1,000 just to get me on the road. So I can do what I need to do to make it happen. So please. And  promise once I make the first $1,000 back I will give it back. Just because you took a chance on me.

~Gabriel Ash

These are some pics. from Showtime at the Apollo. The newspaper article on it. And a pic. of me and 4 out of five my bros.The fifth was a baby-baby when that pic. was taken.

I am really down and out in Pittsburgh.I desperately need help with my rent and utilities. I have been laid off from two jobs in the last two months and I am drowning fast in a mire of bills. Please if someone can spare a little to help me get back on my feet, it would be greatly appreciated. God can only help so much. A dollar from a few would add up to maybe enough to help with rent and food. I have tried everywhere in the city and because I don't have a bunch of kids or a really bad disability, I have ended updoing this, Begging strangers to help me survive. I hope someone see this and can give me a helping hand. I bless anyone who does from the bottom of my heart.

Hi Kandikane, I am sorry i know what yoy have been going through. My husband was having the same problem with his teeth. there is a place in allentown,that I will get back to you on tomorrow. Its a great place they do all the work in the same day. Great dentist and the prices are so affordable. My husband had his top dentures put in for $260. I know thats still alot when you have no money. Also go to prosper.com. They are a people from all kinds of groups that will give you a loan. they bid on your loan you are asking for.Someone will help you.winternight

Dear Kandi, I suggest you contact the dental schools in your area. They often operate clinics. I checked into one of them for you at the University of Pittsburgh Dental School. Their clinic page can be found at: http://www.dental.pitt.edu/pat ients/fees.php I am directing you to this particular page because it has a section on people on Medical Assistance. You can also look at http://www.dsf.health.state.pa .us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=174& q=232221 for other dental care options in PA. I wish you the very best of luck. Please let me know if I can be of further help! John

Hi my name is Kandice - I am from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania - I am a mother of three children ages 5,7, and 12 - I am also married but my husband is really struggling financially. I have medical assistance - What I want to say is that I have had some difficult times in my life and honestly I didn't take very good care of myself - I have a few teeth left on top and several on the bottom - my front tooth is broken - My medical assistance will not pay for the work I need done - Ultimately I would like to have my teeth extracted and aquire dentures - I realize that you only get one chance to take care of your teeth and I have not done that - but I believe dentures would give me a second chance to be a new person - Recently I have been making some changes in my life for the better - I have Fibromyalgia which is a painful and difficult thing to deal with - I went through a course at Shadyside Pain Management Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to help me be able to deal with this illness and to take better care of myself - I wanted to improve my quality of life as well as to be able to be a better and more active mother for my children - I have dedicated myself to my children and my main focus has been on them since I had them - But at the same time I have neglected to take care of myself and I realize this - The truth is people seem to pass on at young ages in my family and I don't want it to happen to me - I want to be around to see my children grow up and do whatever it is in their lives that makes them happy - I haven't been to a dentist for years even though I have medical assistance just for the simple fact that I am embarrased and ashamed at the state my teeth are in - I rarely leave my house and this pains me because I want to do more things with my children and possibly go back to work to help support my family - If you can help me in any way I would be forever grateful  -  please contact me and thank you for taking the time to read this -  

Hi Kandikane Here is a page that may help . I have fibro and other major illnesses myself , and I totally empathise ! I hope things get better soon ! soulight
FREE AND LOW COST DENTAL HELP

Hi ashley, excuse the intrusion but i came across your post and after reading it. I wanted to applaud you for the continuing success you seem to be having. I wish you all the best on your up coming endeavors and I admire and respect you for persuing and achieving your set goals. I think it is a blessing to see young women making a difference. God bless

My name is Jessica Snouffer, I'm 20, and residing in Greentree, PA (Pittsburgh).  I am trying to look into receiving grants/scholarships any way possible because schooling is so expensive.  I would like to pursue a career in Psychology at Point Park University, in Pittsburgh and also keep my current full time job so I can maintain my bills.  I would like to begin by September this year, so that will give me plenty of time to apply for grants and aid.  Problem:  I'm not sure what I am/am not eligible for.  There's so much about the loans that I don't understand.

I am a 23-year-old woman focused on building a successful Independent Record Company. I have been operating a home-based music production company for 4 years now and have worked with hundreds of local musicians producing industry-standard CDs/DEMOs, while releasing my own original projects as well. I am now trying to take things to the next level and setup an Indie Record Label storefront. I'd like to still keep the company home-based... studio downstairs and home upstairs, to cut down on expenses. I need this money to help with living costs while building the business as well as providing for equipment, inventory, legal, and marketing costs. A full business plan and grant proposal is ready and waiting. Any guidance you may have regarding which Grants that are applicable, is welcomed. Thank you. 

I am a 23-year-old woman focused on building a successful Independent Record Company. I have been operating a home-based music production company for 4 years now and have worked with hundreds of local musicians producing industry-standard CDs/DEMOs, while releasing my own original projects as well. I am now trying to take things to the next level and setup an Indie Record Label storefront. I'd like to still keep the company home-based... studio downstairs and home upstairs, to cut down on expenses. I need this money to help with living costs while building the business as well as providing for equipment, inventory, legal, and marketing costs. A full business plan and grant proposal is ready and waiting. Any guidance you may have will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.