When I relapsed, I was in a financial hole because I had only been at my new job for two months, and the health insurance hadn’t yet kicked in.  I failed to purchase COBRA from my outgoing job, and Medicaid denied my request.  When I went to the Medicaid hearing to appeal the decision, I stated my case: when I was in the hospital, my employer wasn’t paying my salary, so technically, because I didn’t have any income, I should get benefits.  This was long before the New York State...