Category: Medical
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Voices Ignored
How many times can I say I need help before the healthcare system actually pays attention and believes me? I believe insurance is to blame for a lot of dismissive treatment that occurs. Insurance companies have taken over deciding exactly which health benefit will be at what cost and who can even receive that benefit.…
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Becoming Your Own Advocate
People learn to trust whatever their doctor tells them. I’m not saying there are no trustworthy doctors, but it makes it hard for the more complex cases. This hardship comes in when realizing that you have to be your own advocate. It breaks the enchantment that thinking that this one specialist or doctor knows all,…
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Transportation Challenges from Medicaid
Transportation. Something that we all rely on to get around, yet we don’t really question it until we don’t have the means to get somewhere. I remembering being in the hospital and they were explaining to me about my new wheelchair and they kept saying how since I have Medicaid, they should offer transportation. At…
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The Power of a Diagnosis
I walk into what feels like the millionth doctor’s appointment. I wait for the doctor to yet again start explaining the symptoms I’ve been dealing with for weeks to months now. So far it’s been the same story of passing me off to another specialist or just flat-out doing nothing. This waiting… it really kills.…