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jazzfishToronto woman with bipolar disorder refused entry into U.S. for being a ‘flight risk’: "While she was standing in front of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, Box says he looked at his computer screen 'and he said something about "mental health issues." Then he said, "Yeah, you’re really crazy."'"
From late 1994 through early 1997 I was on Prozac for depression. In late 2003 I visited a therapist for, among other things, depression and sorting out my life. That ended abruptly when Anthem (hereinafter Those Pig****ers) refused to pay for the counseling on the grounds that it was a pre-existing condition.
When I moved out here for work, I was put on my employer's medical short-term/long-term disability insurance. They sent me a piece of paper reading "Because you sought treatment for depression in 1994-97 and in 2003, we're not insuring you for any disability from depression or similar causes."
Moral: never tell anyone who can put it in official writing that you have symptoms of a mental illness, because that shit will haunt you for the rest of your bureaucratic existence.
(Happy ending: work renegotiated their contract with the insurer last year, so there are no more exclusions like that one.)
From late 1994 through early 1997 I was on Prozac for depression. In late 2003 I visited a therapist for, among other things, depression and sorting out my life. That ended abruptly when Anthem (hereinafter Those Pig****ers) refused to pay for the counseling on the grounds that it was a pre-existing condition.
When I moved out here for work, I was put on my employer's medical short-term/long-term disability insurance. They sent me a piece of paper reading "Because you sought treatment for depression in 1994-97 and in 2003, we're not insuring you for any disability from depression or similar causes."
Moral: never tell anyone who can put it in official writing that you have symptoms of a mental illness, because that shit will haunt you for the rest of your bureaucratic existence.
(Happy ending: work renegotiated their contract with the insurer last year, so there are no more exclusions like that one.)
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Date: 2013-12-10 09:18 pm (UTC)This.
People are being reported for the wrong reasons, and denied dignity and respect for the wrong reasons. Naamah_Darling had a post quite a while ago about the risks of specific health problems (bipolar and depression) actually causing legal problems, and how small that percentage was.
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Date: 2013-12-10 11:18 pm (UTC)(And don't get me started on the pre-existing condition thing.)
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Date: 2013-12-11 05:52 pm (UTC)The one undeniably good thing to come out of the ACA was the elimination of denial of coverage based on pre-existing conditions.