Dr. Michalos: Evaluating The Clancy Case

United States government.

I have bipolar disorder and today I was denied disability and suddenly I understood the business model because apparently keeping mentally ill people alive is just way too expensive.

Disability benefits? Denied.

Marketplace insurance that actually covers my psychiatric medication? Absolutely not.

My psychiatrist? Out of network.

A therapist? Best we can do is a breathing exercise and a six month waiting list.

So let me get this straight.

I'm considered healthy enough to work because I'm still breathing, but not healthy enough to access the treatment that actually helps me function? How beautifully f***ing efficient.

You've built a system where staying alive is the expensive option, getting well is a luxury, and becoming completely incapacitated apparently is the only acceptable proof that we're even sick.

And if we fall apart while waiting for help, the system gets to shrug and say, mental health matters.

No, it doesn't.

Not to you.

Not when treatment depends on employment.

Employment depends on stability.

And stability depends on treatment.

That is not a safety net.

That is a noose made out of government paperwork.

I don't want to die.

I want to access the care that helps me live.

And I shouldn't have to become a tragedy before my illness is taken seriously.

So yeah.

You government, you suck.