cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21148286
I was kicked off Medicaid at the start of this year and subsequently lost access to my ADHD and depression medication. In February, I moved to a new area and got a new job, but had to wait several months until I qualified for health insurance through it.
After that point, I had to wait for a weekday when I wasn't working and when I had the mental capacity to tolerate back-to-back disappointing phone calls... all without medication that would make the process significantly easier to tolerate. These are only the calls I've made today.
Finally, FINALLY, I have an intake appointment scheduled.
It's absolutely shameful how much a struggling person is expected to do in order to access basic mental health care.
Changing insurance and moving locations means I haven't got a PCP either. That's another chain of phone calls I still have to do. ๐
Oh, I'm sorry, that's such a shitty process to go through (it's even shitty up in Canada). I've usually been able to luck my way into one... there's a hilarious loophole up here where if you lack a gp and see the same doctor in a walk-in clinic enough times you can force them to be your gp whether they're accepting new patients or not. I accidentally did that when I first moved to Canada because my BCBS VT insurance only had a single doctor in network in Vancouver.