lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iui6kc7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:57 PM

Reply to comment by KanyesDemons in UK terror survivors tracked down by deniers who believe their injuries are fake by SKYLINEBOY2002UK

It's good then that the UK (like all developed nations^1) has a national healthcare system that covers mental illness treatments.

^1 Offer not good only in the United States of America, the richest nation in the history of the human race.

protonfreetome t1_iuibr5y wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:32 PM

Thats weird...i live in the USA and my healthcare covers mental illness.

lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iuicugc wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:40 PM

Is it part of your insurance plan, which you pay premiums for AND have your salary reduced by the company's matching premium amount? Are there caps on your care by days, by dollar amount, per year, per lifetime of the policy, etc.? Aka American Profitcare?

Or are you on the ACA (aka Obamacare) which still has huge gaps in its coverage? And still doesn't cover everyone, of course.

Because I'm talking about civilized nations that have this coverage for every citizen as a right of citizenship. What our own Constitution refers to as "Life" in the "Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness"...

malazanbettas t1_iuibzho wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:34 PM

And only a plus one year waiting list.

lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iuidacg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:43 PM

Help me with the math on this. Is one year better than waiting an entire lifetime like Americans do?

Because I think even one year (thank your conservatives for that, btw) is better than forever...

malazanbettas t1_iuiednq wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:50 PM

I’m in the U.K. (so I’ll thank your conservatives) and I waited one year then I waited one more. When I finally saw someone (who I think got their therapy certificate on Wowcher) I was told I didn’t have enough mental illness to get therapy. I still ended up going private and paying 480£ for a (real) psychiatrist and follow ups are 360£. And I do need therapy, or so the 30 years of doctors who treated me (in the states) say. And the crippling agoraphobia that keeps me inside that both PIP and UC agree is pretty gosh darn bad. So yeah a year and you better be coming at them with schizophrenia or you can go home. Forever.

lilrabbitfoofoo t1_iuil5zy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:35 PM

That sucks, mate!

Now, imagine you are in the USA. Where even if you have schizophrenia, you won't get any help until you kill someone. And then you won't get any help, you'll just be imprisoned.

Have you seen all those stories about homeless hordes in the USA? Those are primarily all of our people who aren't mentally ill enough to kill someone and don't get any help from our system at all.

For the record, I think all of them and YOU should be getting the help you need.