Posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 0:43:13
In reply to Re: Anger and desperation... » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on March 2, 2005, at 21:53:47
No. I am sorry. I just go round and round with this. Sharing my frustration, and not a lot else...
But I have done it now...
So, to answer your questions:>Social Security Disability benefits
Not sure what that is. Typcially there is ACC. Accident and something or other (no doubt beginning with 'C') Compensation. Work related injuries get an ACC payout (to save people suing their employers). Employers and employees pay a levy to ACC and ACC requires the workplace to be of a certain standard etc. Non work related injuries also typically fall under ACC. If I had been drunk off my face and had decided to walk along the guard rail and had fallen - then ACC would have convered me. But apparantly I 'jumped' which is an intentional action and thus the incident does not count as an 'accident' and thus I get nothing. Well. They covered hospitalisation (surgery and physio) and that is all.
> Justified anger, Alexandra. Hold onto that anger. Don't give in to despair.
No. I need to lose the anger too... It is eating me up.
> The good news is that the assessment came back recommending treatment? Appropriate treatment in your opinion? That means that one practitioner listened and understood. If one does, others could as well.I haven't even seen the assessment yet. They wrote me the letter before they even heard what she was going to reccomend. They say they understand 'but there is nothing we can do'.
> If you think suing the people who are denying you recommended care will work, by all means seek legal advice. In our country, it is so common for the government to deny disability benefits that it is practically an expected part of the process that then goes into the legal arena and an SSDI attorney.Not done terribly often over here. People take them on occasionally. Sometimes get fairly substantial payouts. It is definately the exception rather than the norm.
> Do any of the private therapists in your area do pro bono, or sliding scale work?I don't know. I doubt it. I don't know how to find out aside from making an appointment to see them and billing that to community mental health (I am really very tempted). But I figure they would probably refuse to pay and then the debt collectors will come after me again...
>that sucks. if they can't provide you with what you need, do they have an alternate plan?
Yeah, they do nothing. Go 'sorry, but there is nothing we can do'. They have been doing that for a while now. It isnt' really anything new.
Sorry.
I am going to go to bed now...
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