I was first saddened by the way this province health system is managed, now it has turned to disgust. I’ve countlessly reached out to multiple resources just to be put on a never ending wait list because the medical attention I seek is needed but since I cannot afford health insurance I am just shoved in an overworked neglected system.
I understand our system is over burdened and had limited resources, but it upsets me so to see drug addicts get the medical attention they need and be put on expensive government funded programs to help rehabilitation and not care and continuously piss medical dollars away. I’m all for the ones who are trying, but I see more and more not give and shit and abuse the program.
I’m gripped ’cause I want to get better, I’m begging to get better, but unless I had an endless income to spend I cannot get the help or insurance I need, due to pre-existing conditions, I don’t so I’ve been on a wait list since October just to have two appointments with a public case worker for them to tell me they are leaving, now I’m shoved back into a wait list system. Crumbs to all those suffering from mental illnesses and can’t get the help they deserve like me. —Helpless Haligonian
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This article appears in Aug 3-9, 2017.
All the big, fat, governemnt workers scamming their short and long term disability benefits are sucking up all the resources that could be used for people with actual problems. There is a whole segment of society that does nothing but scam what they can, while people who actually have these problems fall through the cracks. Welcome to a society where if you don’t need something, people shower you with it, and if you need it…
Even those of us with insurance have to wait for years to get in to see a specialist. I agree with you that there are a lot of people abusing the system but we also have a broken system that operates under an acute care model that is outdated. I think you would agree most health care issues in an ER are largely chronic illnesses (physical and mental) but the current system has no idea how to manage them aside from throwing pills at patients.
May be best to try to help yourself