Comment on How prevalent is the topic of mental health in America compared to Germany?
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Americans answer to mental healthcare is jails. There’s almost no access to mental healthcare. You qualify for free healthcare in certain states if you are poor. Insursnce plans won’t generally cover entire doctors visits. It costs me $65 to talk to my pdoc for 5 minutes just to get a perscription refilled and thats discounted from the $150 rate they would charge without insursnce. Some insurance will cover therapy, but not long term. It can be difficult to even find a psychiatrist who will take insurance, let alone your insurance. Insurance is a regional thing and plan sppecifuc so it’s not the same for anybody. Therapy is seen as something that people briefly do after a major trauma event, or done by whiny little rich girls.
wondering_mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Damn really?
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
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wondering_mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Holy hell, is this real? Do they actually say “ASAP” in the letter? That feels threatening
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It feels threatening because it is threatening, and it’s just the beginning. If they send it to debt collection you could end up with wages being garnished, credit being tanked (this was just recently banned 2 weeks before Trump took office but I expect it to be rolled back within a year), and other forms of harassment for hire.
GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Gotta keep me anxious so I have to keep coming back.
superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Oh this is just the beggining too. Sometimes you pay a bill like this and then weeks to months later you get another one and it turns out it was only part of the bill.
After my twins were born I spent 1.5 years cleaning up and dealing with medical bills. I even just got another one a few weeks ago.
lordnikon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah Dann accurate I used to have some of the best insurance you could get and even that didn’t matter she just stopped talking insurance as BCBS kept screwing her . If not for the VA as a backup I would be fucked (we will see how long that lasts) but I have to just pay her out of the pocket for now. Honestly anything health related needs to be divorced from our jobs in the US.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s pretty accurate.