Last Week Tonight Show About Social Security Disability
Del Last Week Tonight with John Oliver did a show about how messed up Social Security Disability is. I’ve written about how crazy it is trying to get benefits. He drills…
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Mental Health Care on Medicaid
I have Medicaid insurance, and I have found it to be very difficult to obtain good health care. Most doctors don’t take the insurance, and the ones that do have…
Chronic Pain Makes Me Claustrophobic
*Trigger warning: Discussion of claustrophobia and feeling boxed in and trapped. I just had a flash of thought about how long I haven’t been able to work. How long I’ve…
Why Pain Patients Can’t Use the Emergency Room
I came across this post on Reddit while searching for fibromyalgia help, and it’s absolutely horrifying. The original post was by a 17 year old who was diagnosed with fibromyalgia…
The System isn’t Broken, it’s Designed to Fail
As I traverse the terrible world of disability and public services, I keep finding myself saying, “The system is so incredibly broken.” With my health insurance, I have to call…