You make me sick

[maypirate]

I slept for about ten hours last night. O.o I can only assume it is the culmination of never sleeping at a normal time and the monsters in my sinuses. But that's not the point.

Immediately upon waking I was attacked by the spastic whirlwind that is my father, who needed me to know right that minute that my latest attempt to get post-student health insurance had failed. Why? Because I'm a risk. Why am I a risk? Because I have ongoing conditions of anxiety, depression, and some kind of GI-heartburn-y-acidic thing.

Yeah.

Words can't express my rage at this. In a country where depression is a widely recognized illness, it's just too much to ask that people be given a little help to afford their medications. I'm not a fucking suicide risk. Sometimes I just feel interminably sad, and other days incredibly anxious. And I have heartburn! I'm not leprous, spewing green bacteria goo from every orifice, and I have an other wise clean bill of health. But because my brain not work so good and my stomach is a jerk, I can't have insurance. This is like the son of the awesome anger I had when I found out a number of my friends have/had to work through extreme sickness because they simply can't afford not to.

That's great.

And the best part is, there's nothing I can do in the whole goddamn scheme of things to change this at all. Fuck.

Comments

[sink-or-swim.livejournal.com]

Our healthcare system is retarded. The people that really need it because they have ongoing issues can't get it...because they have ongoing issues. So stupid and pointless.

Can you get it through your job?

[saber-rider.livejournal.com]

Double retarded for making people who may suffer from such issues even LESS likely to get help for it. Deal with it on your own or ELSE! Your insurance will skyrocket (if you can get it at all).

[saber-rider.livejournal.com]

You could vote for a politician who is in favor of universal healthcare if you lived in a country with free elections. Try Sweeden, they already have universal health care.

Now, I'm all for free enterprise and capitolism, but some things shouldn't be about the bottom line. Universal healthcare may be more expensive on paper, but it's much cheaper to provide some low-cost preventative medical help before things become a problem and end up being really expensive.

[innate.livejournal.com]

God, I know EXACTLY how you feel. It's impossible for me to get any insurance or help, and I've been diagnosed with manic depression in the past and I think it's only gotten worse over the years.

[fourfreedoms.livejournal.com]

I don't think they don't want you because you're a suicide risk, that's a life insurance policy. Health policies don't shell out in the event of your self-imposed demise. So in fact it's worse. They simply don't want you because you're on anti-depressants.

[soda-and-capes.livejournal.com]

Oh, Amber. *HUGS* That fucking sucks. I'm so sorry.

[herongale]

Look into COBRA. anax can explain it a lot better than I can, but it's a program that guarantees that you can extend your PREVIOUS health insurance for up to some number of months (at least 6), hopefully tiding you over until you get new insurance. This helps keep you from being subject to pre-existing condition restrictions, although you DO still need to pay for the insurance that has been reinstated. Still, very worthwhile for people who DO have pre-existing conditions, ya know?

[maypirate.livejournal.com]

I'm actually using that right now, but it's $500 a month, which I can only maintain with help from my parents, and they're edgy about it. So we'd kind of like to find something else, at least until I become a well-paid movie star. :(

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, honey. *nuzzle* It'll be better at some point.

Love,
Catherine