Help Clover Withstand Medical Crisis, Prevent Houselessness

hi !! My name is Clover and I'm raising funds to help cover the financial fallout of my recovery from severe prolonged illness and resulting disability making in-person work non-viable (especially as a trans woman stuck in Florida whose pre-trans-panic work history is public service). Due to the recent HRT ban, basic essentials are being pursued desparately. I appreciate any support you could give, be it direct or in helping spread <3

I have three goals with this fundraising:

1) Funds, naturally. First and foremost, direct medical bills now at $8.5K reached over $36K pre-negotiation (you can see some of the charges on the right banner side). Second, the fallout from medical rehabilitation, its resulting inaccessibility to my things, the loss of my job, and the interference of novel and continuous medical problems. A $50 balance unaffected by extenuating circumstances has become almost $700 in that lost time; other fallouts of this kind have been dealt with at the cost of all my savings.

2) If I'm coming to the community for support, I want to be open about why. I've been working on how best to communicate my experiences, what I've learned that's helped me surpass chronic and consequential SI, and navigating from a perspective of deep long-term trauma and neurodivergence. One week after posting, I'll release the first write-up on my application of coping skills.

3) Money is super important and giving money is a significant choice so for each $10 donation, if only as a means of explicit recognition, I'm gonna draw a little guy, and like are they gonna be good little guys? Higher amounts might yield some cooler adoption cards!

QABC (questions assumed by Clover)

Why is the goal so much lower than the medical bills alone?

Negotiation! Not all things can be lowered, but a lot of the American insurance industry is based on charging through obfuscation and amounts can be lowered quite a bit through disputes, itemized receipts, and, honestly, pleading. I am trying my best to be as efficient and careful with funds as possible.

Regarding medical bills, why urgent now?

Initial recovery and rehabilitation began last fall. During that time, I've worked what I could and applied my savings and resources to maintain payments, cover rent until I could move in with family, and search for exemptions, grants, and opportunities. Fundraising comes after doing the most I could myself.

Godspeed bbs, and thank you ^ - *