Legless Cuban trucker denied disability insurance in United States

a Cuban trucker who lost his legs in a traffic accident In September 2022, he reported on his network that medical officials in Tallahassee, Florida had denied him disability insurance.

With a mixture of surprise and disappointment, Yone explained that Doctors rejected the call Disability Probably because of his medical condition.

“A person who has been waiting for a year or more Disability They have denied it. How difficult it is for ordinary people, people who are fighting, who work every day, this country is very difficult,” he said.

The young man pointed out Lawyers are not willing to help people like him when there is not much money.

“I’m going to see a lawyer to see what happens. Because, how can they deny me. Disability Because of my medical condition? What would it take for them to disable you, to die?” he questioned.

The transporter added that although he has a very good prosthesis, he suffers from severe pain in his extremities.

He recalled that he had worked in the country for more than 10 years and had not stopped paying his money taxand assured that conditions in Cuba for people like him, workers without resources, were no worse than in the United States.

“I amputated this leg for fun. This leg, I went to Jackson, they told me to go home and a few days later, when I go to Jackson: ‘You have to have your leg amputated.’ So there’s no lawyer. Go against it.” Jackson, because it’s safe, it’s from the government and what he gives is 100,000, 200,000. It’s the only thing they can do to him, so no one goes against him. But Yoan, without legs. And I don’t have money to pay a lawyer, 10,000 to go against Jackson, all this happens,” he asserted.

In the end, the truck driver emphasized that the whole situation made him feel frustrated and discouraged, but he never stopped asking God for strength to move forward.