Nov 05, 2004 17:35
I forgot an item from last night's post:
5) I have decided to not even try to apply for disability even though I could really use a medical card. I will go get denied for Medicaid and then apply for the Patient Access program through WVU Hospitals which will cover my medical expenses. Why, you ask?
a. I don't want a check, nor do I need a check. I just need a medical card or assistance with medical services which Patient Access will provide to the extent that I need it.
b. I'm not fucking disabled and don't really need that trailing behind me for the rest of my life. An involuntary commitment is plenty. Nor am I up for the appeal process which will include me going to court and being painted up like a lunatic. I'm too high functioning for it to go down without an appeal.
c. There are a lot of people who really need that service more than I do.
d. It creates a kind of learned helplessness that I'm not really hip to acquiring.
e. I don't want anything to do with a system that is just as abused as welfare. People who really need those services can't get them because people feign physical pain or get all nutty at the end of the month or when it's time to go see their case worker, therapist, or doctor and have no intention of ever being rehabilitated. I don't want any part in tying up money or services for people who actually need them (see item c).
That is all.