Ricci looks like ass in that picture.
ita does that make it out of pocket?
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Dec 22, 2005 8:27:09 am PST #4506 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 8:27:17 am PST #4507 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How's your mental health insurance?
I don't know that I have any.
where is your company's insurance policy written?
California? Don't know, and our benefits intranet site is being a punk-assed bitch this morning.
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 8:28:22 am PST #4508 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
does that make it out of pocket?
Yes, and I'm not doing that. Why can't someone just heal me?
Steph L. - Dec 22, 2005 8:28:47 am PST #4509 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm not sure, Steph L. I apologized if I got peanut butter in the chocolate.
Mmmm....peanut butter. Mmmm....chocolate.
It's all yummy.
flea - Dec 22, 2005 8:30:47 am PST #4510 of 10002
information libertarian
A lot of places outsource or subcontract their mental health coverage, but they do have it. No mental health coverage at all would strike me as weird, given that you seem to have good overall coverage.
JZ - Dec 22, 2005 8:31:01 am PST #4511 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Sadly, I do not know of state laws regarding insurance, except to note from painful personal experience that nobody wants to cover anything having anything to do with mental health unless it's in pill form. Any other form of therapy or treatment for mental health is a stone bitch to get covered; even if you're, say, a state employee at a state university getting therapy from someone who is a faculty member at that same university, your insurers will still do their level best to dick both you and your therapist over.
I wish I knew something about CA state law, health insurance, and mental health issues that wasn't sour and bitter, but IME sour and bitter is the only flavor that particular something comes in.
amych - Dec 22, 2005 8:32:34 am PST #4512 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
No meantal health coverage at all would strike me as weird, given that you seem to have good overall coverage.
On the other hand, given that CA mandates parity for mental health insurance, maybe it's just part of the general policy and not listed as a separate package on your benefits site?
eta: otoh, real reality is usually a lot more like JZ describes.
flea - Dec 22, 2005 8:33:46 am PST #4513 of 10002
information libertarian
I thought California invented therapy!!!
amych - Dec 22, 2005 8:34:29 am PST #4514 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Nah, Vienna invented therapy. Then they sold the film rights to California.
Spidra Webster - Dec 22, 2005 8:35:45 am PST #4515 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
ita, you should do it if a practitioner you trust is saying it's going to help you with the pain. UHC is my (evil) health insurance co. They outsource their mental health to UBH, which they own (I don't understand it). I pay an awful lot of my medical costs out of pocket because insurance companies tend to write off the treatments that work best for TOS as too alternative. But I do it because if I don't, I'll get so bad that I'll be unable to hold a job at all. And at least it can be deducted from taxes (if you have a flex spending plan or if your medical expenses are 7% or more of your income - which mine are).
Constant or chronic pain ruins your quality of life. If you believe that biofeedback will eventually lead to being in a lot less pain, then it's worth it. It's better than any little black dress, any strappy sandals, any pretty knives. It'll help you enjoy your life so much more to not be in pain.