If my mom had brain cancer instead of mental illness, we wouldn’t be in this predicament. If my mom had Lupus instead of Schizoaffective Disorder, we wouldn’t be in this position. If my mom had a broken hip – oh wait, she did and she received the care she needed from the insurance company without any hassle.
I want United Health Group to spend one hour with my mom and then look me in the eye and tell me she’s not sick enough to be hospitalized. I want them to hear her talking about stabbing my dad because she’s so scared of her delusions. I want them to see the infected wound on her thigh because she’s lost the wherewithal to care for herself. I want them to look her blood sugar tracking and understand she’s not able to manage her mental OR physical health.
My mom has been in the hospital for 38 days because the psychiatric staff do not think she is stable enough for discharge – and they don’t see releasing her any time soon. But UHC is done paying for her.
The mental health care system in the United States is so, so broken.
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