▲ 776 ▼ Honestly that should have been a guaranteed one (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (4 children) Disability claims are part of healthcare permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Sure but the claim is “for profit healthcare is bullshit”. In America disability claims are the one part of the healthcare system that is actually socialized and paid by the state (speaking generally, unless we get into the ugly nuances of short term disability which is usually paid by private insurers tbf but my assumption for something like adhd which is a lifelong disability they’re discussing something like SSDI) permalink fedilink source parent [–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) They're filed with their state, not a health insurance company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Does that mean A) disability claims aren't healthcare B) insurance companies aren't the only healthcare providers in the world ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* I can't tell if this is an actual confusion about the difference between the American health care and social services systems or just like petty malicious internet one-upmanship. Assuming it's the former, disability payments aren't actually part of the health care system in the United States. Like, you don't get a payout from any organization that actually handles healthcare, it's a separate bureaucracy that just serves to gatekeep disability income. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago Sure but the claim is “for profit healthcare is bullshit”. In America disability claims are the one part of the healthcare system that is actually socialized and paid by the state (speaking generally, unless we get into the ugly nuances of short term disability which is usually paid by private insurers tbf but my assumption for something like adhd which is a lifelong disability they’re discussing something like SSDI) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) They're filed with their state, not a health insurance company. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Does that mean A) disability claims aren't healthcare B) insurance companies aren't the only healthcare providers in the world ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* I can't tell if this is an actual confusion about the difference between the American health care and social services systems or just like petty malicious internet one-upmanship. Assuming it's the former, disability payments aren't actually part of the health care system in the United States. Like, you don't get a payout from any organization that actually handles healthcare, it's a separate bureaucracy that just serves to gatekeep disability income. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] knatschus@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Does that mean A) disability claims aren't healthcare B) insurance companies aren't the only healthcare providers in the world ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* I can't tell if this is an actual confusion about the difference between the American health care and social services systems or just like petty malicious internet one-upmanship. Assuming it's the former, disability payments aren't actually part of the health care system in the United States. Like, you don't get a payout from any organization that actually handles healthcare, it's a separate bureaucracy that just serves to gatekeep disability income. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 point 1 year ago* I can't tell if this is an actual confusion about the difference between the American health care and social services systems or just like petty malicious internet one-upmanship. Assuming it's the former, disability payments aren't actually part of the health care system in the United States. Like, you don't get a payout from any organization that actually handles healthcare, it's a separate bureaucracy that just serves to gatekeep disability income. permalink fedilink source parent