my friend mentioned that his parents have lived modestly on 30k a year. So I'm not sure if they qualify, I don't know what the cut off is. But I will have him check into it.
Thanks all for your input. I will pass it along, and hopefully we can get something done.
I think it comes down to finding a doctor who cares.
When I was facing the same thing, and knew my insurance was ending soon, my doctor told me she would help me. And that I didn't have to worry about it.
Lucky for me the MRI showed nothing... wheww. But I dodged a bullet for sure.