Posted by PhoenixGirl on January 16, 2001, at 15:42:45
I am so pissed off at how insurance companies treat mental illness. Many of them never cover mental illness treatment -- not even after the one year pre-existing condition limitation is over. If I get a job without medical coverage, then I will have to buy personal insurance, and they will make me wait a year before they cover pre-existing conditions. Depression is my pre-existing condition, and that's they main medical need I have! All this shit is total discrimination. The insurance companies imply that mental illness is not "real". I'm using the publicly funded mental health clinic now, and it is crap compared to private doctors. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I can do? I am so frustrated. I want to find a doc who will help me try foreign drugs that you can't get in the U.S. (I've tried so many U.S. ones that don't work for me), or to help me try Ritalin. I'd have to have a good relationship with a doc who knows me well. What can I do? It seems hopeless. I need insurance coverage so bad. I need a real psychopharmacologist who understands depression as a biological illness. I wish there were some who have a sliding scale for those of us without insurance. Help!
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thread:3985
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