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Originally Posted by Sinking Feeling
I think insurance also plays a role too. When you have health insurance that is in business to make a profit, patient care will always be effected. Hospitals try to work around a lot of the hurdles healthcare providers place on us all. Let me give you an example. One year I was heavily addicted to a strong street drug. My insurance company would not pay for more then 1 week in house for drugs, so the doc changed my diag to depression just so they could keep me longer to detox and treat. So if you think healthcare is lacking for MI which it is! It's lacking even more for drug related issues.
We really need to improve our healthcare system here in the USA! It contributes to the stigmas and more importantly to the level and quality of care we get and also the number of programs available.
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Wow, that is so incredible. I see your point here. It is definitely related to money. I had another experience where I was put in the same group therapy room with 8 substance abuse patients in an inpatient facility. I think they did not have enough therapists to put 2 of us psych patients with a separate therapist in another room! We had to listen to the different means in which they shot up their drugs and I was very confused as to how this was going to help me. So I guess our experiences do have to do with how the money flows. Good point indeed!