Why the UHC CEO Shooting Matters to the Neurodivergent:

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  • @NeurodivergentDoctor
    @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +483

    I should have added that the company that clawed back $3,000 took money that was paid to me over 2 years before that. So they waited 2 years and then took a bunch of money out of my account. At that time I wasn't even in network with them anymore. I call that theft.

    • @milkywayranchsc
      @milkywayranchsc День тому +47

      That sounds like theft to me, too.

    • @margotpreston
      @margotpreston День тому +33

      That’s because it is.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +16

      And yet they get away with this, over and over!

    • @ursamagickmt672
      @ursamagickmt672 День тому +14

      Just like Social Security. As if WE actually have ever been given too much money! 😢

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому

      @@ursamagickmt672 Yeah, that we didn't earn to begin with!

  • @MereAYT
    @MereAYT День тому +514

    Neurodivergent individuals are known to have a strong sense of justice, and the very existence of the health insurance industry is unjust.

    • @Desiderata_Ooloi
      @Desiderata_Ooloi День тому +21

      OMG!!!
      Just soooooo much YES!!

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +23

      May I just add to that, ANY insurance industry!

    • @queengreen007
      @queengreen007 16 годин тому +8

      CPTSD does give us some interesting perspectives. Being an ND empath, doesn't always guarantee a predictable reaction.
      Justice is justice when delivered to the unjust.
      We don't get to question anything else.
      My empathy is to the victims who died and didn't have to. Their families and friends 🧡

    • @meganekkoi3282
      @meganekkoi3282 16 годин тому

      @@sharonaumani8827 Any big corporation...

    • @annjames1837
      @annjames1837 16 годин тому +4

      Neurodivergent? Sounds like a Tom Cruise movie 😅

  • @mnemosynevermont5524
    @mnemosynevermont5524 День тому +489

    This is BEYOND profits over people, it's racketeering.

    • @bluebee5266
      @bluebee5266 21 годину тому +30

      It's murder. Mass murder.

    • @limolnar
      @limolnar 15 годин тому +15

      Specifically in addition to racketeering: extortion, conspiracy, third-degree manslaughter (at least), fraud, terrorism, and possibly some other aggravating charges.

    • @100perdido
      @100perdido 14 годин тому +8

      My doctor refers to UHC as the "mafia". So yeah.

    • @marziaball5089
      @marziaball5089 9 годин тому +2

      Yes this is way behind profits it has s greed over patience.

    • @MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt
      @MicheleLLOYD-bk2mt 9 годин тому +1

      USA to a tee.

  • @johngalt5411
    @johngalt5411 День тому +455

    It’s time for health insurance to GET OUT of healthcare. It’s beyond time for a single payer option.

    • @kingofthend
      @kingofthend День тому +33

      This is true but the second you ask the american people to support socialized health care they start screaming communism. The american public will at some point need to have a honest discussion about the meaning of certain words.

    • @sqeekykleen49
      @sqeekykleen49 22 години тому

      ​@@kingofthendthere is a delayed response to our free enterprise system. Ask 3m and dupont. J&J, British petroleum and so many more. The only hope this system has is to defund the shareholders.

    • @samuelprosper5939
      @samuelprosper5939 22 години тому +5

      But the riches can be socialist/Communist...🤔🤫🫡

    • @The_vincepryor
      @The_vincepryor 18 годин тому +8

      Health Insurance is designed to insure the Health Companies are profitable and provide very little HEALTH CARE.

    • @whitedragondojo
      @whitedragondojo 17 годин тому

      Goobie The Neurosurgeon explains the scam of back operations. Mangione had back surgery.
      ua-cam.com/video/25LUF8GmbFU/v-deo.html

  • @ElectroOverlord
    @ElectroOverlord День тому +417

    For what it's worth I am C-PTSD from childhood, PTSD from war, ADHD and ASD from birth! Yet I am 100% revolutionary!

    • @aprilk141
      @aprilk141 День тому +41

      We have a duty to win ❤

    • @BrittneyHillsbery
      @BrittneyHillsbery День тому +67

      Nothing says 'I understand the system AND choose revolution' like someone who's had to navigate both neurodivergence and insurance claims. That's the kind of tear it down to build some thing better energy we need.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +22

      True

    • @lisawhitehall1870
      @lisawhitehall1870 День тому +5

      💙

    • @River_Rune
      @River_Rune День тому +21

      Everyone deserves dignity and care. 💚🖤

  • @MrAtheistQueen
    @MrAtheistQueen День тому +285

    I worked in health insurance for over two decades, and I learned a LOT about their BS policies. I used to teach people how to do their jobs, and so many of the leaders were clueless. Unfortunately, too many leaders in that industry are sales-focused. While there are some people helping to move insurance companies toward doing the right thing, they are in the minority. Even I lost my job when I reported abuses from my team and leadership, which goes to show how little they really care. I'm sorry you have had so many struggles. It's so unnecessary.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +33

      Wow. Thanks for your unique perspective. You having been on the inside once and telling this is important to read.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +15

      I am sorry you lost a job over that and good for you, for standing up to it. I always thought I would avoid denials with my excellent tracking and documentation. What a joke. That is why I could never work for an insurance company, even if they would have chosen to hire me. I've tolerated a lot of cognitive dissonance throughout my career life, but that would have topped it off!

    • @marvsmusings
      @marvsmusings День тому +9

      This is the whole problem with for profit health insurance companies. They are beholden to their shareholders dividends not to the patients they serve.

    • @Lisa-r6u1w
      @Lisa-r6u1w День тому +5

      I hope you could afford to survive till you got another job these sleazy CEO that don't see why they should hire security are playing Russian roulette and this was only a matter of time .
      They have no shame or morals I'm sorry I can't feel sorry for Brian Thompson my thoughts and prayers are with people like yourself and the Mangione family .

    • @laurapahlke8591
      @laurapahlke8591 День тому +5

      @@Lisa-r6u1wI agree. No employee is worth a minimum $10 million to do a job. Think of the savings if the CEO had a salary like the rest of us!

  • @ambervictoria11
    @ambervictoria11 День тому +186

    I'm an autistic woman who was diagnosed last year at age 35. But about 7 years ago I was incorrectly diagnosed as bipolar and I was given lamictal and which was incorrectly dosed too high (she started me on 25 mg 4 times per day and didn't explain that I needed to titrate slowly). I ended up getting Steven's Johnson syndrome and spent 2 weeks in a burn unit. I was on Medicaid at the time and because I got hospitalized in a different state than wear I live, my insurance was refusing to pay for my $64,000 bill. I being undiagnosed autistic and having just been through major medical trauma, couldnt handle dealing with the insurance company, they were purposely making us go around in circles. Thanks to the help of my mom we finally got it straightened out but it took over a year to get fixed. Literally, my mom kept track of how many hours she spent on the phone with the insurance companies. I don't know how I could have fixed this situation without help. I have a very helpful family though husband and parents who help me a lot.

    • @hollycitasaysno
      @hollycitasaysno День тому +35

      Oh my God. That disorder can be fatal. I am so glad you survived. You need to consider malpractice suit. I won one similarly and received 1.2 mil. I have excessive scarring and difficulty with dexterity.
      Hugs and do get that doctor. I would also tag the pharmacist. I got about $350,000 from the CVS that didn't flag the dose as inappropriate for titration.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +9

      What a horrible experience, on so many levels! Glad you got through this.
      It is scary to think that would likely have happened to me if my clinician hadn't started me out well below the recommended starting dosages. Ultimately, I had to get off and list Lamotragine as an allergy, because the hives would come back whenever I tried to increase the dose. I never even made it to a 75mg dosage. Thank God, I saw someone who believed in starting low and increasing slowly.

    • @mattjbirtell
      @mattjbirtell День тому +3

      @@sharonaumani8827 I was recently put on Lamictal and haven’t noticed an effect aside from weird dreams. Side effects aside did any of you get any relief or benefit out of the medication? Thanks for any information.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому

      @@mattjbirtell Some people report signficant relief from Lamotragine [Lamictal]. Unfortunately I was one of those rare breeds who had significant side effects....enough that I couldn't even get up to a therapeutic dosage to see how helpful it might be.
      The "weird dreams" comment is interesting. Many psych. drugs could affect our dreams. Melatonin, for example, a commonly prescribed over the counter med, can contribute to nightmares and, I forgot what you call it, but it's the term that describes when you move around, groan, talk, etc. in your sleep.

    • @lakritzeslena
      @lakritzeslena День тому

      Oh my! That is mind blowing, I'm glad you're here to tell the story! 🫂❤️‍🩹

  • @Dbb277-2
    @Dbb277-2 День тому +77

    Keep speaking out!! It’s so very important to hear from medical professionals.

    • @jamesgem1809
      @jamesgem1809 12 годин тому

      Medical professionals are part of the problem. Duh

    • @SashasRevenge
      @SashasRevenge 7 годин тому +1

      OMG, THANK YOU! I have been feeling this in my gut for a very long time! I love that organ! Fantastic!

  • @karenholmes6565
    @karenholmes6565 День тому +226

    The vast majority of Americans live with paralyzing fear that they will face financial ruin because of a bad diagnosis. I am not sorry that the dude caught a bullet. I am not gleeful about it. I am not cheering it, but I am as upset over it as I would anyone that faced capital punishment. I am against the taking of any life, even the life of someone as loathsome as this CEO. I will say that finding out that these CEOs are in hiding, hiring security firms, it shows me that this event got to them. It shows me that all of the sudden they do not feel invincible. They are made of the same soft material as the rest of us. They can be harmed. And now they know this and they are feeling just a small amount of the fear and insecurity the rest of us do.
    My insurance story? Before the ACA my father was born with a heart defect. He had 2 open heart surgeries when he was young. He didn't have insurance when he needed the third. He was uninsurable. He passed at the age of 45. I was 13. When I heard that the insurance industry has a term for people like my dad, they call us "dogs" I was filled with rage. I will never get over that anger. These people have a stack of toe tags on par with a certain political movement in Germany that existed in the 1930s. Those people faced the Nuremberg trials for a lot of the same reasons, because they dehumanized people, said they weren't genetically fit to live. What is the difference between out and out eradicating people, or just allowing them to pass from a lack of care that they've paid for? There is no difference.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +46

      Holy crap! YES! Thank you for sharing that. The question... could your dad have lived a better, longer life if insurance allowed the proper treatment? I am supposing yes. I wonder if we could even guess how many millions of lives have been lost due to insurance not covering treatments.

    • @karenholmes6565
      @karenholmes6565 День тому +34

      @@NeurodivergentDoctor My father chose to go into business for himself. This was in the early 1980s. He couldn't find health insurance. We suffered economic setbacks so he put off going to see a doctor. Because of this he had a heart attack. If he had went to a doctor regularly he could have had surgery to repair his heart before this happened, so yes, it cost him his life. I think he was autistic, which made it difficult for him to continue working for other people in a job with health insurance.

    • @72dodge340
      @72dodge340 День тому +1

      Really bad take (1st paragraph). Reprehensible.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +2

      This!!!

    • @ursamagickmt672
      @ursamagickmt672 День тому

      Our entire delegation is rightwing billionaires so, no. Took away our MEDICAID as well. 😱

  • @urseliusurgel4365
    @urseliusurgel4365 День тому +131

    Not only does the US model of health care as a for-profit industry lead to poorer outcomes for patients, it costs much, much more than any other system. Prescription medicines cost multiple times more than they should do. In countries where health care is paid for through taxation, people get treated when they need treatment, and the cost of treatment is much less per capita. No one is bankrupted by being ill, or having an accident. Plus private treatment and private health insurance is still available if anyone wants to pay for it. The US has shorter life expectancy and higher rates of preventable disease than the UK. The US healthcare system systematically fails the people it should be caring for.

    • @NitFlickwick
      @NitFlickwick День тому +16

      You see, you have a misunderstanding. The US healthcare system is doing great by the people it’s supposed to care for: the shareholders. Doctors and patients are just a nuisance in the middle.

    • @PAREDES2171
      @PAREDES2171 День тому +11

      Besides all that, the US also seems hell bent on conning it's Allies (aus/uk) in to privatising .

    • @aleisterlavey9716
      @aleisterlavey9716 День тому +1

      There are different systems somewhere between private sector and nationalisation. F.e. the Swiss, where the private insurance companies have to reinvest like 90% of their profits into their services aka paying for therapy, having the basic health insurance model is mandatory to have for everyone and there are benefits for those on welfare and/or low wages.

    • @Lisa-r6u1w
      @Lisa-r6u1w День тому

      I'm surprised they didn't say HIPPA prevents us from speaking to you to your mom.

    • @johaquila
      @johaquila 15 годин тому +4

      It's not just in countries with NHS-like structures. Here in Germany we have a dual healthcare system originally introduced by the very conservative first Chancellor of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck, in the 19th century -- though of course reformed a lot since then.
      We have a large number of public health insurers that compete with each other. By law, they all charge more or less the same premiums, which are a percentage of income. Certain groups such as very high earners can choose private health insurers instead, but then cannot easily return to the public health insurers.
      Private prices in Germany for medications and treatments are significantly higher than the ones the public health insurers pay, but are still so much cheaper than American prices, that for serious conditions and surgery, a lot of Americans could save money by flying to Germany and paying their entire treatment out of pocket instead of staying at home and paying the extortionate co-pays.
      For me one huge advantage of public health insurance (and the main reason I am not switching to private even though I could save a little money by doing so) is that I never get to see any bills except occasionally for nominal co-pays -- think $ 10 per package of expensive medication, day in hospital, or ambulance transport. (There are ways to avoid even these tiny co-pays if you are poor or have a chronic condition and it would amount to a lot annually compared to your means.) This makes life so much easier than having to collect bills and making sure to get reimbursed. I just show my health insurance card, and all the financial details are taken care of between the provider and my health insurer.
      As another example, Switzerland has only private health insurance, but it's still superior to and cheaper than the American system. That's the power of regulation.

  • @julieneild4505
    @julieneild4505 23 години тому +45

    It's up to the individual to decide if what LM did was right or wrong, but there's no question it's got us all talking about the elephant in the room. As an added bonus, we're not at each other's necks talking about politics! Finally something we all agree on!

    • @annjames1837
      @annjames1837 15 годин тому

      @@julieneild4505 taking an innocent man's life is wrong. This is a sick comment section I'll definitely report

    • @di4085
      @di4085 Годину тому

      Yes it has United us Americans! 🇺🇸

    • @annjames1837
      @annjames1837 53 хвилини тому

      @@julieneild4505 murder is wrong

    • @April-t6z
      @April-t6z 49 хвилин тому

      @annjames1837 out of sight out of mind equates denial of reality. Censorship only serves to hide reality from the delusional, while denying data from inquiring minds. Forcing ignorance on everyone else because you lack the self control to simply move along

    • @annjames1837
      @annjames1837 46 хвилин тому

      @@julieneild4505 reported

  • @brunomenezes2019
    @brunomenezes2019 День тому +124

    Doctor, I loved your video. And that's why I feel the urge to say this from the heart.
    Your suggestions at the end will NEVER work. The system is too corrupt. The only thing that will fix the issue is socialised universal healthcare. As an European, I've NEVER had to deal with any of the absolutely horrible nightmares I have been hearing from Americans. It's so frustrating to see the wealthiest nation in history fail where poorer nations have succeeded with ease.
    I know that Americans have an irrational fear of socialism (even though most can't even define it) but this black and white thinking has caused nothing but pain and suffering. You can't fix a system that is incentivised to be broken. Eventually, it will break again and again. Best thing is... you don't even need to be a commie in order to fix this issue. It's so easy! The record has shown time and time again that universal care is more efficient and more effective that anything privatised health insurance can provide. Nations all over the world achieve this with meagre resources and abundant results DESPITE their varying politics. Even more conservative nations don't want to give up their socialised healthcare. It doesn't need to be political at all, it just works!
    Who knows how many more issues this might heal?... Maybe it will wash away some of the damage done to society as a result of a right-wing-leaning and unbalanced system. Maybe even ease the issues caused by political polarisation. Maybe even heal some wounds you don't know you have.
    In the end, it's been a long time coming, but it's time to heal.
    All life is precious and what happened was tragic... The silver lining in all of this is that it, strangely, united people across divides previously deemed unfathomable. And now is the time to come together. Wouldn't it be much better if all this trouble just didn't need to be?
    Like most things, it's easy if you have an open mind and a warm heart.
    Take care friend.

    • @goodluck5642
      @goodluck5642 День тому

      Preach! Recent data has shown the ACA just pumps money into the pockets of insurance vampires. It was a heritage foundation plan that Obama repackaged. There was a reason he received more donations than McCain from Wallstreet. Workers of the world unite!

    • @Maderlololohio
      @Maderlololohio День тому +7

      This is why some docs either in groups or individually just take a monthly amount from their group of patients. Or they take a fixed amount cash per consultation. Some docs in the state shut out the insurance that way.

    • @dinahsoar6982
      @dinahsoar6982 День тому +1

      Your health care system has it's own failings. Long waiting times is one of them.... A Brit told me about his cousin what had a tooth that kept getting infected. His cousin would go to urgent care b/c of the extreme pain..he'd be given an antibiotic, the tooth would get better and he was considered well. He was put on a wait list to see a doctor for the tooth. In the meantime the tooth would again get infected, he'd end up in urgent care, be given antibiotics, the tooth would get well and he was back to square one, waiting to see a doctor. That had been going on for a few years... That wouldn't happen here in the U.S...I'm lower income and I've been able to afford health insurance, have never had to wait years to see a doctor for a chronic problem. People think social medicine is free...nothing is free. People come here to the USA for medical treatment, from countries with socialized medicine . Two hundred thousand come here by air annually, plus those who come from Canada and Mexico. Our system isn't as horrid as the haters would have others think. Nothing is perfect. Everyone suffers from something. But not everyone plays the victim, blaming others for what ails them. Most people in the U.S. have horrible diets b/c they choose too. People blame the companies that make junk food. NO one is forced to buy that junk food or eat the crap that is called food but provides nothing nutritious. People say they can't afford to eat healthy food. That's a lie too. The real mess is individuals who want to blame the system, or this or that..everyone else but themselves. And no one today is willing to take up their cross and bear their own pain and suffering. I've suffered, everyone suffers. That's the human condition..always has been, always will be and no amount of delusional thinking will ever change that.

    • @dragonheart130
      @dragonheart130 День тому

      @@dinahsoar6982 In the UK we don't see a Doctor for an infected tooth, that's what Dentists are for. And if you have an infected tooth, the Dentist will give you antibiotics as a first try, then it would be drill and fill or an extraction. So the Brit telling you about his 'cousin' was lying.

    • @brunomenezes2019
      @brunomenezes2019 День тому

      @@dinahsoar6982 It's funny how the only people on earth who say dumb stuff like this are Americans. No one else, ANYWHERE on earth says this. It's not Human Condition, it's American stupidity.

  • @karenarellano6685
    @karenarellano6685 13 годин тому +16

    Thanks for continuing to help people despite facing these challenges with insurance and while facing financial instability. You are the real deal. We need more doctors like you!

  • @ElfieBrown-i6s
    @ElfieBrown-i6s День тому +75

    What an impactful video! I'm from the UK and am appalled to hear how incredibly difficult and frustrating it is to deal with insurance companies around mental health claims in the US. Thank you for explaining it all and for the organ recital at the end!

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +8

      Not much of a recital, but thanks anyway. I should have actually played something. LOL. Thanks for your comment.

    • @deny.defend.depose.2
      @deny.defend.depose.2 День тому +1

      @@NeurodivergentDoctor next video? Plz & tyvm

    • @mv1362
      @mv1362 День тому +7

      When I see British people complain about healthcare on social media I giggle. There is nothing that can compare to having to ask a nurse to call and fax the insurance company every time you get a script. It's exhausting

  • @DrPsychlops
    @DrPsychlops День тому +55

    As a fellow neurodivergent doctor/prelicensed clinician, I strongly agree and appreciate you using your platform to share this message. Thank you.

  • @freecat1278
    @freecat1278 День тому +113

    I have a 100% rating in the veterans healthcare system; everything is paid for. Somehow, I am still being denied care. No treatment, no pain management.

    • @CaliNic30
      @CaliNic30 День тому +28

      A lot of VA healthcare is outsourced to the big insurance companies 😢

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +40

      Chronic pain... messes with EVERYTHING. They need to help you, dammit.

    • @chicofrijoles
      @chicofrijoles День тому

      I work in VA pain management. They make vets jump through tons of hoops to get care. I hear so many that are in excruciating pain (lower back, hip, knee). The VA is bloated, gets a lot of money, but some how shortchanges lots of vets. I know vets who love the VA, and I know vets who despise the VA. I personally knew a double amputee vet who was functioning great on opiods for many years. At some point years ago (remember the "opiod epidemic"?), the VA changed policy, and slowly force-weaned him off opiods. Someone out there will know what I'm talking about, because lots of vets go through this. The vet wasn't high and wasn't abusing the meds at all, the opiods helped him function normally. Opiods really helped him because he actually needed them. Anyways, the guy ended up unaliving himself because of the pain and VA wouldn't help him. I personally knew him, but there's a lot of veterans that I work with (that I don't know personally) that end up unaliving themselves due to denial of care.

    • @colettechausser7879
      @colettechausser7879 14 годин тому +6

      Of all the money our taxes go to military, a small fraction goes to our vets. I appreciate you, and am glad you made it back home.

    • @100perdido
      @100perdido 13 годин тому +3

      Not to pick a fight but the vets I know all more than happy with their system but there are exceptions I suppose. But all in all, you guys seem to have it much better than the rest of us. So there's that.

  • @herpderp728
    @herpderp728 День тому +212

    Free Luigi!
    Luigi has done more for me than any politician ever has in my entire life

    • @Wellness-y8f
      @Wellness-y8f 21 годину тому +19

      Any chance that Biden will proactively pardon him?

    • @lindanorris2455
      @lindanorris2455 20 годин тому +7

      RIGHT ON!

    • @annierichards7367
      @annierichards7367 18 годин тому +5

      ❤ Luigi ❤

    • @3rdandlong
      @3rdandlong 18 годин тому +6

      @@lindanorris2455 Ooooo, Oooooo. Yes. Flood the WH with letters to pardon him!! Damn! Now your thinking.

    • @leatharay3565
      @leatharay3565 17 годин тому

      ​@@3rdandlongit is murder

  • @autumnswinter9218
    @autumnswinter9218 День тому +70

    My daughter and her husband have two insurances between the two of them
    Aetna being one of them. Both insurance companies fight over who is primary.
    And now both of them say they will not pay for PT/OT/ABA, etc. for my autistic grandson‘s welfare.
    It’s downright maddening!!!!!!

    • @radaro.9682
      @radaro.9682 День тому +20

      Not paying for ABA is potentially not a negative. The rest absolutely is.
      Make sure any ABA councilor your family talks to is vetted and addresses all criticisms of that type of therapy.

    • @sbocaj22
      @sbocaj22 День тому +22

      As an adhd autistic adult who was put thru ABA as a child , it’s basically just gay conversation therapy but for autistics. I was more harmed by it than anything. PT tho has been beneficial for me.

    • @radaro.9682
      @radaro.9682 День тому +14

      @sbocaj22 this, over and over again. I've only talked to one ABA practitioner that felt humane. And they started the conversation by owning the harm it's caused and point by point addressing things. Basically they didn't practice it but called their services that because insurance.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +8

      I hear you. We have a constant battle going with insurance companies when they want to insist. The other insurance company is supposed to pay when they are double covered. I didn't realize, until all this happened with UHC, that their actual tactics are to delay. And obviously they defend their denials. It would be different if they just didn't know any better, but it seems that they clearly know what they're doing.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +6

      ​@@sbocaj22I know sometimes a daily therapeutic intervention can be very beneficial for the parents to get a break, and if you can figure out how to do that without the harmful side of ABA then that could be really good for everybody.

  • @attentivechair3248
    @attentivechair3248 День тому +16

    You have put it so well: it is by design that these companies make you go through executive-function-torture that all neurotypes find difficult, but especially acts a disabling barrier for neurodivergent people and all neurotypes that are experiencing stress and mental health issues.

  • @Desiderata_Ooloi
    @Desiderata_Ooloi День тому +35

    Started therapy as an adult and spent 15+ years in the system, thanks to my “health insurance.” Testing was unaffordable, so I ended up in a therapy mill-7 hours waiting for 15 minutes with a shrink, seeing inexperienced 20-somethings. Gen X here-I’m pretty sure I traumatized them.
    Med changes wrecked me. Two years ago, I financed tests with an Ivy League doctor. At 52, I finally got answers: severe ADHD, C-PTSD, and more.
    Those 15 years broke me-major depression, a nervous breakdown, and crippling loneliness spiraled into social panic.
    I now I am grieving the life I couldn’t have, and trying to build a new one.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +8

      Something tells me this is a more common story than most people [including many healthcare providers] are aware.

    • @pollyfronberry6846
      @pollyfronberry6846 День тому +6

      @@Desiderata_Ooloi that’s where I am right now

    • @Desiderata_Ooloi
      @Desiderata_Ooloi День тому +6

      @@pollyfronberry6846 I’m very sorry to hear this. Keep looking around, there are drs. who are willing to do sliding scale.

    • @pollyfronberry6846
      @pollyfronberry6846 День тому +5

      @ I have good insurance, but the last doctor misdiagnosed me and put me on a new medication that made me gain 75 pounds and took me off everything that worked.
      When I had an episode she proceeded to torchure me for a year with different drugs that left me sitting, shaking and crying for a year. Imagine a year of rolling panic attacks.
      Then I ended up with lead poisoning and got passed around from specialist to specialist who told me it was fibromyalgia as I became paralyzed and in excruciating pain to the point that I couldn’t even walk or use my arms.
      I finally gave up and figured it out myself and quit drinking the water and went on a heavy metal cleanse.
      I am getting better. I have avoided dialysis, type 2 diabetes, lost 70 pounds, but am having problems with severe depression again.
      I’m terrified to see a psychiatrist because of my last experience.

    • @Desiderata_Ooloi
      @Desiderata_Ooloi 23 години тому

      @ My poor friend. I am thrilled for all the positive changes you’ve manifested. GOOD JOB! KEEP IT UP!
      I am so sorry for what you’ve been through, especially with the meds. I have been there, months lost lying in a fetal position in the smallest, darkest place I could fit in my apartment which was a closet. Terrified of ending up in a public mental facility should I go to the ER.
      Reading through all of these comments on UA-cam has made me feel a lot more empowered, and feel the support and love we are showing for each other has been a great motivator.
      These companies have been gaslighting the public since 1977. People wonder why Gen X is the way they are.

  • @monyaneba
    @monyaneba День тому +37

    Firstly, wow. I’m at a loss-this is just disgusting. I’ve had blinders on after spending 15 years in the UK, where all my medical needs were fully covered. Since returning to the US nearly a decade ago, I’ve relied on veterans’ healthcare and a company stipend, which has kept me somewhat insulated. My English husband and I often debate whether we should move back, and hearing this? It’s seriously tempting.
    Yet somehow, you managed to turn all my frustration and anxiety into a moment of relief, even sparking a smile and some laughter. The way you wrapped it up with the reveal of your 19th-century organ... Absolutely brilliant!

    • @scottfw7169
      @scottfw7169 День тому

      If you do decide to move back to UK, just make sure first to reprogram the laws of fate and the universe so that you will never get ME/CFS.

    • @Danielle-zq7kb
      @Danielle-zq7kb Годину тому

      The UK since Brexit has been trying to defund the NHS - at least that is what I hear. I know Australia has partially privatized. It’s a horrible model. Anyone pushing privatization of healthcare is trying to enrich themselves.

  • @caracarolina732
    @caracarolina732 День тому +33

    I tried getting an appointment with you. Now I know why! I’m very sorry for excellent Doctors like you, being caught up in the system. I gave up on insurances a long time ago! Thanks so very much for sharing!

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +11

      Oh no. I am so sorry. If you want to see me still I would be happy to open my schedule for you. If you email or call again, hopefully my assistant can get back to you. She is only part time. So it might take a minute.

  • @sarzorro
    @sarzorro День тому +58

    All in the name of greed. Thank you for telling your story. We need to stand up and fight for ourselves. My boss has a procedure he needed for terrible hip pain and did his due diligence to make sure all of the services he was using were in network before he got it. The doctors and hospital all assured him it was all in network and would be covered in full. Our agency had gold insurance. Once he got the treatment he got a bill for $10,000! He had to fight it for a year going through the same things you’re talking about. He finally wore them down and they paid it but I don’t know how many people would have stuck with it. He was on the phone almost every day with them for a year before they finally paid the bill. It’s bs and needs to be stopped. This is all greed.

    • @ColinBeck-f9n
      @ColinBeck-f9n 11 годин тому

      My brother in law's wife came down with a very serious physical illness while vacationing in Florida. The doctor said that she has only one week to live if she isn't operated on right away. My brother in law said; "Don't worry, we have a bumper to bumper insurance policy so money is no problem." The doctor replied; We want $30,000.00 [USD] in cash up front. We'll leave you to go chase down the insurance company for the money.

    • @lamarrpittenger5063
      @lamarrpittenger5063 7 годин тому

      ​@ColinBeck-fcorporate9n

    • @lamarrpittenger5063
      @lamarrpittenger5063 7 годин тому

      Corporate greed and the Senate and the House lobbies made them pass the bill that equiled corporations to a person. Corporate greed wins over the Republic.

  • @sonyaparkin7841
    @sonyaparkin7841 День тому +22

    Last comment - this is institutional abuse!!!! It’s patent, obvious, institutional abuse
    Mind blowing

    • @deny.defend.depose.2
      @deny.defend.depose.2 День тому +1

      I legit have _institutional betrayal trauma_ but I won’t get therapy for it because I’m terrified of doctors at this point 🫥

  • @gracegrace9567
    @gracegrace9567 День тому +46

    Excellent analysis, this subject needs to be discussed to prevent more harm...even violence it would seem.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +5

      That's a good point. Maybe this violent shooting never would have happened if this had been addressed already. I know there are organizations out there that have been addressing this for a long time, but it doesn't seem like they're making as much progress as we would like. If insurance companies are still making hundreds of billions of dollars in profit each year and denials are at an all-time high, then apparently it's not going the way these organizations who are advocates were hoping.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому

      @@NeurodivergentDoctor Absolutely. It's sad that things have to become extreme before they are out in the open, to finally address [or, at least, discuss addressing].

  • @SuprBestFriends
    @SuprBestFriends День тому +12

    Don’t give up please. We need you and your colleagues more than ever 🙏

  • @thinkthinker44
    @thinkthinker44 День тому +23

    15:10 Totally! I have just endured one of the worst experiences of my life. Coming up on a year. And I already have CPTSD. Seriously, it was as bad as an abusive relationship. Gas-lighting, being made to justify myself only to be denied, labeled and declared a 'pre-existing condition' by a Work Comp doctor. Then the disability insurance company, the months-long search for MH care that would be covered, the paperwork, the waiting, the unknown, the shame. All while I was in total burnout, depressed, panicked and experiencing SI. What executive functions???

    • @MyAuDHDjourney
      @MyAuDHDjourney День тому +4

      Exactly!!

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +4

      Doing this while in burnout? Yeeeeaaaahhh. No. That is too much to deal with. I feel you. I am so sorry you are experiencing repeated trauma from this.

  • @ByrdieFae
    @ByrdieFae День тому +15

    Oh wow...I knew that it was bad but I had no idea that the insurance companies would actually take money BACK from service providers that they already paid. Yikes. Yikes on bikes.
    Let's... NOT have insurance! Rather, let's simplify it with a single-payer system. Let the people be healthy!

  • @JohnMusic_PhD
    @JohnMusic_PhD День тому +14

    Thanks for the video and information. You describe an evil flawed system that needs to be revised. Insurance, not only in the medical area, is getting more expensive and less beneficial. It is up to the government to actively regulate these insurance providers. Left unchecked they will continue to push the boundaries in a monopolistic fashion to increase profit. Unfortunately the insurance lobbyists have "bought" the people who run the government. This won't end well unless people start to actively complain and demand change.

  • @iemy2949
    @iemy2949 День тому +15

    The insurers can see therapy notes?!!!!? WTF? Isn’t that a violation of a dozen laws?

    • @goodluck5642
      @goodluck5642 День тому +6

      Yeah I’m curious about this I feel like it could warrant an entire video on the subject

  • @sharonkeetch596
    @sharonkeetch596 7 годин тому +5

    I believe every word you’re saying. Corruption is their game.

  • @sonyaparkin7841
    @sonyaparkin7841 День тому +23

    I’m so sorry!!!!!! This is insane - I can hear the stress and frustration in your voice. I think the insurance companies should be closed down - why is this being tolerated? It’s outrageous!!!!!!!!! I’m so sorry 😔😔😔😔😔
    Who are the people working for these companies?? Why are they screwing over their fellow Americans???! Insane 😔

    • @feiradragon7915
      @feiradragon7915 17 годин тому

      It's being tolerated because alot of the shit politics and negative aspects of capitalism built up over generations. We are essentially, the frog in the pot slowly boiling and only in recent times are we collectively starting to realize we're being cooked.

    • @lamarrpittenger5063
      @lamarrpittenger5063 7 годин тому +2

      There is such a thing as corporate greed. Th❤e l❤obbies get the House a and Senate to pass a bill we the people did not ask for, to include corporations as people. Follow the money.

    • @natali1404
      @natali1404 Годину тому

      Service economy is desperate

  • @jorgefierro6246
    @jorgefierro6246 День тому +13

    It all boils down to profits over people 💯

  • @jerseattle0722
    @jerseattle0722 День тому +10

    This is exactly my experience as a patient. I’m thanking my therapist for dealing with these companies

  • @GooberFace32
    @GooberFace32 День тому +74

    Free Luigi!

    • @annjames1837
      @annjames1837 16 годин тому +1

      Sickco

    • @user-zu5do6ri6r
      @user-zu5do6ri6r 16 годин тому +8

      @annjames1837 Yes, you are.

    • @teresitahammond731
      @teresitahammond731 14 годин тому +1

      Empathy

    • @100perdido
      @100perdido 13 годин тому

      @@annjames1837 Sicko is a wonderful documentary by film maker Michael Moore which exposes the sick nature of our healthcare system. Thank you for mentioning it.

    • @jamesgem1809
      @jamesgem1809 12 годин тому +1

      No

  • @samuelwikstrom7721
    @samuelwikstrom7721 День тому +11

    Wow, I can't believe how much this made me feel pure rage. I know that the industry is evil, but these specific stories are beyond infuriating.

    • @mkelly4042
      @mkelly4042 17 годин тому

      Yes it's retrauntizing for many.

  • @mariacirillo3486
    @mariacirillo3486 День тому +10

    It's a HIPPAA violation to demand notes, but they try .All you need to give them is session date, time, and Dx. Clinicians must uphold this for our and patients' protection.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +4

      I think people get manipulated, even threatened, into signing away permission.

  • @Dbb277-2
    @Dbb277-2 День тому +12

    The conversation that isn’t out there is we are victims of insurance slavery. Millions of people can’t leave their jobs for fear of losing their healthcare. This is something that’s never spoken of but is to the benefit the capitalist system. Long live the oligarchs. ☹️

    • @smokierose1720
      @smokierose1720 2 години тому +1

      Yes, how much human creativity and God given gifts underutilized because of being tied to a job with health benefits.

  • @JaneTheMessage
    @JaneTheMessage День тому +9

    Thank you so much for this video. I am so angry at the abuse at the expense of almost everyone and especially autistic people. The medical system is hurting people so much that it would almost be better to just google lived experiences on Reddit and papers relevant to your condition and just wing it with whatever you can find. This is insane.

  • @janetbrockman3729
    @janetbrockman3729 День тому +7

    Even when I was highly functional the only reason I could get claims paid was because I was not employed. It took far too much time. Could have spent that time working at McDonalds and had more fun. But it was the principle. Finally got a lawyer. I got 8k, he got 6. I should have gotten all of it. And that was 20 years ago. It’s only gotten worse. It’s probably my fault they came up with prior authorization. I also feel jaded about writing congressmen. They’re bought and paid for. When corporations no longer have the same rights as individuals, our elected lawmakers will not be beholden to their corporate donors.

  • @hausdorffspace
    @hausdorffspace День тому +6

    I have no idea why I was recommended this video, but it was an absolute roller-coaster. I'm going to have to watch it again to get a grip on most of what you said.

  • @noreenhappel8531
    @noreenhappel8531 День тому +11

    We needs new system. It’s not just healthcare - its housing, education,bloated military budgets, money in elections and on and on.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому

      Yes indeed. I won't see the benefit in my lifetime, as things will likely get far worse before the house of cards comes down and gets rebuilt into something better.

  • @Rahna7
    @Rahna7 День тому +22

    I am a mental health therapist who is also AuDHD. I have a private practice with no other providers, just myself. I had to pay someone to process claims for a very small caseload. Because of all of the tricks insurance companies implement, I lost thousands of dollars in just 12 months because of unpaid claims. Independent Administrators and Amerihealth were the worst.

    • @jonathandpg6115
      @jonathandpg6115 3 години тому

      you deserve to pay. Health insurances don't make much in profit they have to deny false claims. Don't like it get better insurance and don't vote trump

  • @RandomOldPerson
    @RandomOldPerson Годину тому +2

    0:16 We can make that more lighthearted. Instead, describe it as “Similar to many of his clients, his life was irreparably and severely damaged by two out of network shots that were found to be, like his ambulance ride, not technically medically necessary.”

  • @Bittagrit
    @Bittagrit День тому +7

    Our Cigna requires us to pay out $6k before they kick in. As long as I was going through mental health without a diagnosis, they paid. As soon as I went through testing and diagnosed at Level 1 autism, all coverage stopped.

    • @johnschreiber1574
      @johnschreiber1574 День тому

      Generous mental health coverage would reduce gun violence. The incentive to not provide coverage is that the victim will eventually fall out of the insurance contract. So long as no one takes the violence to the companies.

  • @SandraLeeSchubert
    @SandraLeeSchubert День тому +10

    It is a challenge. I have not been assessed because I can't afford it. My GP won't touch it not to even prescribe medication in the meantime. I don't get dental care because it is not covered even though it is really needed for healthcare.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +10

      Oh wow. You are so right. See... dental care should be as able to be accessed as treatment for a heart attack. It is SO vital.

  • @juliancalero8012
    @juliancalero8012 День тому +22

    Even the devil is honest of how he's going to screw with you

    • @bobnolin9155
      @bobnolin9155 День тому +4

      Yes, that's why he's known as the Father of Lies...

    • @juliancalero8012
      @juliancalero8012 День тому +3

      @@bobnolin9155 he lies by omittion, also have you heard of jokes?

    • @sunnyadams5842
      @sunnyadams5842 День тому

      ​@@bobnolin9155word for word what I came to reply...😂😂🤣😭😭🤑

    • @deny.defend.depose.2
      @deny.defend.depose.2 День тому

      I think you’re confusing _the devil_ with _a Bond villain 😈_ 😋

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому +2

      "Even the devil is honest of how he's going to screw with you." I love that one!

  • @freecat1278
    @freecat1278 День тому +10

    many members of Congress own stock in pharmaceutical companies; reform is not in their interest. The main motivation for the restriction on opiate medications is profit. They can make more money selling you large doses of gabapentin than small doses of an opiate. As a
    doctor, can you honestly tell me that taking large doses of gabapentin indefinitely is safer than taking an opiate? Which side effects of opiates are worse than skull & spinal deformity & amputated extremities?
    If your representatives are part of the problem(it takes some special skills, but you can find out what stocks they own), it may be time for them to leave that office.

    • @karenholmes6565
      @karenholmes6565 День тому +8

      My mom had 3 forms of arthritis in her spine. Spondylitis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. Every day was horrible for her. They made it almost impossible for her to get pain meds. She had kidney disease so opiates were really the way to go for her. Toward the end they wanted her to pee in a cup to measure the meds in her system. She refused to be treated like a criminal and have her body fluids sifted through to find evidence that she was abusing her pain meds. She quit using them altogether. She was a really stubborn person when she thought people were being unfair and unreasonable. She suffered for her stubbornness, but I understood her point. It seems to me the harder they make obtaining these medications, the more people are seeking them on the black market. Make it make sense, how can they think that this is "saving lives" when all we've seen in more and more ODs

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +4

      Damn. You're speaking truth here. Thank you!

    • @travelinman790
      @travelinman790 День тому

      That makes sense, I figured it was so they could deny medications. We'll just tell them they are drug addicts and deny prescriptions

  • @dhrmslb
    @dhrmslb День тому +6

    This was the most neurodivergent ending to a serious video ive ever seen. ❤️

  • @AUTrageousNomad
    @AUTrageousNomad День тому +11

    Ending this very serious video with a show-and-tell of that cool organ is the most perfectly neurodivergent thing I’ll experience today. I love it❣️🎹
    I’m so sorry to hear about your horrific experience from the provider side of things. As much as I appreciate your channel, this video has shown me that it is but a small part of what you do for our community. THANK YOU!!
    Off to contact my representatives… 🗣️📞

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +4

      HA! Really? I never even thought of that being a neurodivergent thing. I just LOVE musical instruments. I actually opened an entire music store called Purple Monkey Music in 2005 because of my love of instruments. Our motto was, "Flinging Poo on High Prices Since 2005". LOL

  • @bonniepawlowske9080
    @bonniepawlowske9080 День тому +6

    I've been very fortunate to have great insurance coverage for 13 surgeries. After one of my surgeries, my intestines kinked I had to have another surgery right away. Instead of 3 days in the hospital, I was there for 3 weeks and another week at home on an antibiotic iv. That bill was over $50,000. Six months later, they kinked again. 🙄🥺 My husband and I had very good jobs with great insurance benefits that we paid for. It makes me sad and sick to hear that the head of these insurance companies are making so much money, denying claims, and making doctors walk away. 😢
    I was admiring that lovely piece of furniture behind you and was so happy when you showed us what it was. I was delighted when you started to play your beautiful organ. I love that sound. Ty. ❤

  • @BillKSC
    @BillKSC 8 годин тому +1

    Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I had no idea it was so bad for clinics

  • @amerubix185
    @amerubix185 День тому +4

    Oh boy, let me tell you, I know exactly what you are talking about … Got a few insights myself into that unbelievably evil system. Not only was I wandering among a circle of people who would do almost anything for career, money and success in my younger years, but I also suffered a severe stroke of fate in my later years that finally opened my eyes like never before about that whole topic.

  • @josephinejeffery
    @josephinejeffery 2 години тому +1

    As someone with AuDHD navigating any health admin is both very complex, confusing and traumatic. The policy of deny, deny, deny is exhausting

  • @samann9
    @samann9 16 годин тому +3

    Makes my blood boil. I'm a lyme disease patient and one of the thousands affected by our corrupt healthcare system despite having a beautiful looking UHC insurance when I was healthy, working for a top corporation.

  • @sondranewall4462
    @sondranewall4462 День тому +5

    I am a retired Mental Health Counselor, who tells anyone who wants to enter the field not to do so. There are so many calls for more mental health care; however, it is the lowest paying profession. I quit a PhD program after 2 days realizing I would never be able to earn enough to pay back the cost of school. Had I staying in teaching in the public school school system I would have been much better off financially than being a mental health professional. So many high school drop outs make a better living than mental health professionals. The guy that cuts my lawn makes more than most PhD therapists.

    • @NewsMediaOutletsSuck
      @NewsMediaOutletsSuck День тому

      Same. I also tell people not to go into this field but no one listens. I guess they will have to learn the hard way.

    • @YTStoleMyUsername
      @YTStoleMyUsername День тому +1

      Wow, really? Mental health counselors make less than public school teachers? Does it make a difference if you're a LCSW vs. clinical psychologist with PhD, or other credentials? When I search mental health professionals in my area, a small percentage come up that accept insurance, but a larger amount do not take insurance. And they can charge pretty high rates - surprisingly some of them even have waitlists. So if they were charging their own office fees and have a steady clientle I assumed they must make a good income. If that's not true I must be grossly misinformed (as would be most of the general public)
      Although, I shouldn't be too surprised. I worked in the veterinary field for many many years, and I am painfully aware that veterinarians do not make much money - it also takes them ages to pay back all their tuition. So it seems a common misconception that just because someone works in a health-related field and has expensive services, they must be rich. Sometimes you have to dig deeper to see why these fields are losing so many practitioners (and regarding the video, it's not just money...)

  • @garyg6000
    @garyg6000 День тому +6

    Love the organ. This talk is so important. Thank you.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +2

      Thank you. The organ is in impeccable condition. Lots of old organs like this out there from 125 years ago, but not many still operate.

    • @garyg6000
      @garyg6000 День тому +1

      @@NeurodivergentDoctor I can appreciate the condition... beautiful. I'm 72 and just downsized getting rid of an Estey Style G reed organ that I had rebuilt about 30 years ago. Take care of it and enjoy playing it!

  • @Xenocore
    @Xenocore День тому +7

    Is it possible for providers to get together and form a “providers union” so they don’t have to battle these disgusting malignancies alone?

    • @NewsMediaOutletsSuck
      @NewsMediaOutletsSuck День тому +1

      We are not permitted to. In the United States if you are a 1099 worker which all self-employed clinicians are, we are forbidden into unionize. I could attest that everything he says this video is 100% accurate.

    • @autumnzephyr
      @autumnzephyr День тому +2

      ​@@NewsMediaOutletsSuck Forbidden to unionize? Seriously? What are they going to do, put you in jail or take away your license to practice? That's straight up extortion. Everyone who has a profession should have the right to unionize with other professionals in their field. How have we become so inhuman?

  • @tommoyer4697
    @tommoyer4697 13 годин тому +4

    What would happen if everybody...EVERYBODY... drop their insurance tomorrow. You can't wait for the politicians aren't gonna fix it, they are paid by insurance companies.
    Put 30 to 40 percent of your pay back in your pocket.
    Things will change.

  • @mfpellicano
    @mfpellicano 17 годин тому +2

    THANK YOU for making this video. It helped me understand, at least in part, the trouble citizens face these days with health insurance. And I love the organ. How special that you have a picture of the original owner! Very cool!

  • @oldsoulz-q4u
    @oldsoulz-q4u День тому +8

    BCBS is capping the amount of time it will pay for anesthesia in surgery, yet it approved a migraine medicine for me that costs almost a thousand dollars a month. I said no, that's ridiculous. I'll do without it - there are other headache medicines out there! Meanwhile, I pay my therapist out of pocket and he only charges me $70 per visit - when his office is forced to bill insurance $230 because of the overhead you talk about!

  • @bradfordjtobola2232
    @bradfordjtobola2232 13 годин тому +1

    Thank You for shinning light on this evil…and fighting for us! You’re a good man! God Bless You!
    I’ll be writing those letters…

  • @zekelerossignol7590
    @zekelerossignol7590 День тому +7

    This would've been prevented if the US had universal healthcare like other countries do!

    • @troyblackford-dowell1178
      @troyblackford-dowell1178 2 години тому

      Sounds great, until they mandate participation in taking an untested toxin, for a virus with 99% survival rate, then deny treatment coverage for the adverse effects. But hey, it was free!

  • @lifes-a-dance
    @lifes-a-dance 8 годин тому +1

    This is crazy! I hope you all are successful in the endeavors to change things. The patients are behind you!

  • @robinmc123
    @robinmc123 День тому +6

    Wow this really criminal!

  • @morganseppy5180
    @morganseppy5180 4 години тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your experiences. 💕

  • @johntheurer346
    @johntheurer346 День тому +3

    Thank you for this, was nodding my head all along the way. Halfway through I was thinking, hey... he and others should testify to Congress...but then you said exactly that toward the end. I feel I'm lucky and blessed. Spend the last 2+ years waiting, battling insurance but finally, this past summer diagnosed with ADHD Combined type (inattentive severe), GAD, MDD, CPTSD, AVD yada yada yada... at age 59 I finally have answers. Your comment on executive function hit home... I have significant deficits. I have a good therapist and psychiatrist and the meds are a game changer. But chills went down my spine when you said insurance reads therapy notes. That is covered in so much wrong sauce. Def change needs to happen on many levels. I'm going to use this template and do what I can.

    • @YTStoleMyUsername
      @YTStoleMyUsername День тому

      I think that would outrage every single American that gets mental health treatment - it's just no one seems to know about it.
      This is very scary, because simply the knowledge your "confidential" (can't even call it that) sessions are being transmitted to your insurer is enough for many people to not seek mental healthcare. And the government, the people, we all want to see less violence, less shootings (not just on a CEO, but school shootings as well); but putting barriers to mental healthcare like taking away your privacy, or not covering your costs, is going to take us 10 steps back.
      We definitely need to be writing to our congressman/representatives. Not sure if it will change anything, but it's the 1 legal thing we can do.

  • @jennyrose2200
    @jennyrose2200 День тому +4

    UHC is my insurance. I'm old, I avoid doctors at most all costs cause they don't really help patients in the way they need it. Seems like Patients are being used , keep them sick, treat symptoms and charge them more than they really should have to pay.

  • @joeniccoli1916
    @joeniccoli1916 День тому +5

    Even if they pocketed large amounts of money that they shouldn't they'd all be very rich while still providing decent / adequate coverage, but they've got to be utter sociopaths about it and keep as much as they possibly can. Unreal.

  • @Dav-S5658
    @Dav-S5658 Годину тому +1

    I have Medicare, and I don't want it. I'm being forced to pay for it, and there is no way to opt out. If I do refuse it, they charge me a penalty for nothing! It comes out of my social security. I've already decided that I will do whatever I can to keep myself healthy, and when it is over, it is over. I live alone, so there is no one to take on the full time job of filing claims and fighting denials. I'm not going to spend my last years bankrupted or fighting these machines. You are correct that clinicians are victimized just as patients are. The best doctor I ever had came out of the Navy. After fighting this system for 2 years, he re-enlisted so that he could avoid it, and just get back to treating people. We all have to keep this dialogue alive.

    • @di4085
      @di4085 35 хвилин тому

      Here here I agree. The best thing to do is to keep ourselves as healthy as possible and to avoid Doctors Hospitals and insurance companies as much as possible. Also education is key. There are alternatives.

  • @caffeinatedhuman4035
    @caffeinatedhuman4035 День тому +4

    (1) Verbal diarrhea is a deliberate tactic of dishonest corrupt people
    (2) Insurance companies should be obligated to write it out one variable per sentence
    (3) All sentences should be numbered
    (4) Any variables that are to closely joint should require a mind map.

  • @èè-fày-chóó-qóó
    @èè-fày-chóó-qóó 12 годин тому +2

    Being neurodivergent and the cognitive dissonance required to get through medical school was a big reason why I left med school. It's HORRIFYING to learn all the ways patient care would basically be doing harm and somehow just go back to learning the clotting cascade, like I didn't just have the whole matrix cracked.

  • @SheSniper1
    @SheSniper1 День тому +4

    Thank you for filming this! I think it's important that patients understand why many good doctors don't accept insurance anymore.
    Also, stop wearing white and avoid red too. You need to wear blues, browns or blacks on camera.

    • @coreenaburke5378
      @coreenaburke5378 День тому

      ?😏

    • @flowzerr4550
      @flowzerr4550 День тому

      Why? Enlighten me.

    • @SheSniper1
      @SheSniper1 День тому +2

      @flowzerr4550 its a combination of skin tone and eye color. (I'm a photographer.) In this case, white washes him out. Red would just bring out the red in his face. Blue would enhance his eyes. Brown or black would compliment the skin tone and hair color.

    • @sharonaumani8827
      @sharonaumani8827 День тому

      @@SheSniper1 Maybe I should send you a current photo of myself for advice, ha.

  • @AndreasDelleske
    @AndreasDelleske 7 годин тому +1

    Worse than hell. Greetings from Germany and thank you.

  • @handle_your_set
    @handle_your_set День тому +7

    You want to get a chuckle. I’m on state assistance.. or was. They cut my payments because my ND ass forgot to send them empty PayPal statements. I’m about to reapply. Next time they ask for paperwork, I’m going to fax them right out of paper so that they have to call me to tell me to stop.

    • @girlry5403
      @girlry5403 День тому +1

      “… fax them right out of paper… “ 😂 I’m laughing so hard right now and not bc it’s at all anything to joke about, but bc I have been known to come up with similar types of actions!

    • @johnschreiber1574
      @johnschreiber1574 День тому

      There are only 10 pages in their fax machines. That way they can say your fax did not come through.

    • @handle_your_set
      @handle_your_set 8 годин тому

      @ I’ve heard the term “Neurospicy”, and I think I fit nicely within that unpredictable box. 🤣🤣

  • @LittlePlant888
    @LittlePlant888 День тому +4

    I was planning on signing up for health insurance and finally trying to get a mental diagnosis and other medical treatments, but I'm feeling unsure about it now.

  • @faye6459
    @faye6459 День тому +3

    It makes me so ANGRY! How dare they. Insurance companies should absolutely not get to read patients notes!! Absolutely outrageous!! Obviously very deliberately difficult to reach them etc. ARGH!! infuriating!

  • @launacasey6513
    @launacasey6513 День тому +4

    I sought out a full neuropsych eval with someone and had a phone consult with them. I have insurance through my work, so I was hopeful that it would be partially covered (any little bit helps!). Once I mentioned the insurance company, the guy told me that they always deny the claim and say that it isn't medically necessary. He's been through the appeal process many times and has never been successful. The cost out of MY pocket would be $3000. I got disheartened by that. However, he said that Medicaid patients often have it covered. So at that point if I really wanted this assessment and not pay $3k, I'd have to quit my job and get on Medicaid. It's the most bananas thing I have dealt with this year.

    • @faeriesmak
      @faeriesmak День тому

      I would like an assessment but can’t afford the costs as well.

    • @SnowWolf9999
      @SnowWolf9999 19 годин тому +2

      The system is fking stupid, I didn't even fully realize I needed an assessment until my mid 30s (I knew I was different since I was little, and internally struggled, but was high masking so no one knew, because "I acted normal". After I realized what it might be I tried and got denied by two different insurances from two different employers, before I finally landed a job (15yrs after I first tried to ge dx), that had extended mental health benefits and would pay for it. One of the two who denied me even told me they never pay for anyone over 17 because it's not medical necessary when your an adult ..... WT actual F???

  • @happyhovsehomestead5354
    @happyhovsehomestead5354 День тому +3

    Why can’t doctors have a clinic and not accept insurance? Just charge whole sale, like a repair man would charge?

  • @RaptorSeer
    @RaptorSeer 23 години тому +1

    I'm realizing that your channel is one of the few that I enjoy watching at normal speed. Great job! I think your approach is brilliant, and I hope more clinics will consider your suggestions to get out from under the thumb of the insurers. Maybe it's also time for some HCPs to consider alternative income streams, like those charity hospitals that run by donations, I don't know how feasible that is. Thanks for the compassionate messaging and the musical treat at the end.

  • @mercedeswalt6621
    @mercedeswalt6621 День тому +3

    This isn’t at all related to the video, but watching this reminded me a Babylon Bee video making fun of kids who wanted to work, but didn’t want to have a set schedule, wanted to go on break every hour, and found the word “work,” itself, triggering. As a person who’s newly accepted my neurodivergence, I realize why videos like this evoke such withering contempt from me.
    Next time I watch this, I’ll actually comment on the video itself.
    PS I do have one thing to say. Short of the three Ghosts of Common Humanity visiting Brian Thompson and teaching him the errors of his ways, what else could have happened to change his mind?

    • @goodluck5642
      @goodluck5642 День тому +1

      Nothing. Sad as it is social violence is often only defeated by the kind of violence we are taught is wrong.

  • @aylerayler
    @aylerayler 5 годин тому +1

    This is so relatable re: navigating medical system and insurance with executive functioning problems. Its hell

  • @torietorreano6613
    @torietorreano6613 День тому +7

    You just got to subscriber. I felt so very seen when you described the way that you feel when having to deal with those kinds of insurance paperwork issues. How they specifically are almost painful to do for the neurodivergent. You very eloquently explained that one can be quite intelligent yet have extreme difficulty with those kinds of situations. Even if they're a matter of course in ones profession, it's mentally exhausting. Thank you.

  • @anniestumpy9918
    @anniestumpy9918 Годину тому

    Thanks for speaking up, doctor! It's appreciated a lot!

  • @lsusan
    @lsusan День тому +3

    You would make a good witness before Congress.

  • @lauraon
    @lauraon День тому +3

    wow, i'm so sorry you had to go through this

  • @mariacirillo3486
    @mariacirillo3486 День тому +2

    Funny how the patients often blame the doctors and say that they milk the insurance companies when it's definitely not the doctors but the insurance companies

  • @personneici2595
    @personneici2595 День тому +5

    Glad I had the option to leave the USA permanently but I'm rooting for all my neurodivergent and queer siblings 💜

  • @sharonaumani8827
    @sharonaumani8827 День тому +2

    "It's punishing. I would rather take an ice bath, no offense Wim Hof." Love that one, ha!

  • @PhilGregory101
    @PhilGregory101 День тому +4

    Until healthcare is nationalised and free for all, then these equity fund investors and insurance grifters will continue to suck the lifeblood out of the system and bleed it dry. I don't know if it was due to my ADHD,ASD or PTSD but I found this video quite triggering!

  • @akjeepnjon6470
    @akjeepnjon6470 День тому +6

    I was a medical biller for over a decade at a dedicated billing company and worked a short time at a neurosurgeon office. It's very time consuming to deal with all the red tape insurance companies put in place. Its even more frustrating when they change their policies with very little notice. I eventually became burned out and quit. I don't think I could go back to being a biller.

  • @DirkaDirka-n9j
    @DirkaDirka-n9j 30 хвилин тому

    New sub. ND myself. Thank you for taking the extra time to share you wisdom more broadly.

  • @Cantfindahable
    @Cantfindahable День тому +3

    It made me think there’s a small sign of consequences, what they do is “ legal” and they are untouchable till now

  • @nutmegandcynicism
    @nutmegandcynicism День тому +1

    My mother is a home health RN, and it takes her months to get paid. She has to spend hours on the phone, calling multiple times. They make every excuse. They sent her the wrong check, and she sent it back certified mail (by their request) so that she can get her correct check.. The post office tells her they delivered the check she sent back through certified mail, but the United healthcare denies that they received it so that they can postpone paying her. I don’t understand why that’s not illegal.

  • @mnemosynevermont5524
    @mnemosynevermont5524 День тому +5

    My Rep knows...if only more people would back him... BERNIE

  • @CaliNic30
    @CaliNic30 День тому +6

    I thought easy to understand language is at a 5th grade level. It was the last time I checked.

    • @NeurodivergentDoctor
      @NeurodivergentDoctor  День тому +1

      Oh, it might be. I probably misspoke on that. Thanks for the clarification.

  • @KierenSummers
    @KierenSummers День тому +2

    As an Australian, Ive always been blown away why the hell Amercians accept their healthcare... And that's not all. So many things about America blow my mind with how bad it is.. yet Amercians seem to not notice.. frog in water issue.

    • @mistressofstones
      @mistressofstones 11 годин тому

      I'm Australian too. My empathy really hurts me when I consider how awfully people in the US are treated and how some of them are even propagandised to support it because anything else would be "communism". Sad state of affairs.

  • @Weird_guy79
    @Weird_guy79 День тому +3

    The American health care system is beyond a joke.

    • @Weird_guy79
      @Weird_guy79 День тому

      Damn I know it's rough from the patients side but had no idea what goes on on the other side of the fence.

  • @huudang3419
    @huudang3419 13 годин тому +1

    Not only Healthcare Companies, the Politicians must also be responsible for the problem of Healthcare in America!

  • @aka_zenko
    @aka_zenko День тому +3

    I would MUCH prefer to directly pay a private practice reasonable prices than have to pay insurance AND inflated prices (also because of insurance).
    I would like to take the autism test but it's preventatively expensive, also I find translating legalese into layman very fun, there are lawyers on youtube who are good about explaining and translating it.