tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post5269433785277874980..comments2024-01-29T09:52:55.934-05:00Comments on The ADHD Blog: AD/HD and the Role of GovernmentThe ADHD Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283319351468904913noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-55137923868236303312009-11-09T23:29:28.511-05:002009-11-09T23:29:28.511-05:00I am against taking the direction of healthcare re...I am against taking the direction of healthcare reform & leaving it in the governments hands. Your objectives are worthy but they cannot be achieved thru this legislation without seriously affecting the way this country runs as a free nation. There would be way too many regulations, restricitions, and bureacracies involved or created within that are/would be detrimental to our free socitey as we know it. America is a unique country, we stand alone from those countries lack the best care in the world in which we provide and is why many come here to the US to seek medical needs. If we are to revamp our healthcare system, it should not be torn down, scrapped and start a new socialized sub-standard brand, the current system just needs to have what's broke fixed -- that's is where CHADD should be focusing its efforts and not cherry picking one thing in a bill that will drag our country under as far as healthcare goes. Speak to those who have come here from toher countries and see what they have to say about the superiority of our system vs. their former! I have and they warned we don't want to adopt any of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7789515854942440667.post-37139277727369073342009-09-16T09:23:15.463-05:002009-09-16T09:23:15.463-05:00I am 57 years old and have had ADD all my life. I...I am 57 years old and have had ADD all my life. I have health coverage through private insurance but, much to my and my husband's shock, this insurance health plan does NOT include "Mental/Nervous" coverage for my ADD outpatient office visits to my psychiatrist after the insurance agent told me and my husband it WOULD cover my ADD pre-existing condition. It was past the 30-days cancellation period when I was notified my mental health visits are denied. After speaking with the billing department at my mental health doctor's office I found out the "Parity Law of Ohio" allows coverage for AD/HD in children ONLY, ages 18 and under. That's NOT fair!! Children with ADHD/ADD grow up to be Adults with ADHD/ADD. I had mental health coverage for my ADD office visits with my former employer group plan, plus my ex-husband's group health insurance. Since then, I went through a divorce and was laid off from my job. The "Parity Law" discriminates against adults with ADHD/ADD and that should be CHANGED to cover ADULTS who have ADHD/ADD! <br />I support Prsident Obama's Health Care Reform policy to cover pre-existing health conditions but he never mentions MENTAL/HEALTH pre-exisiting conditions for Adults with ADHD/ADD for citizens like me?? What about "Mental Health Care Reform for Adults with ADHD/ADD"? I am scared and worried about my husband's and my future financially. My husband is on disability and I am unemployed looking for a job with good benefits. Since the health plan I bought won't cover my mental health outpatient visits I have to pay $100.00 out-of-pocket every 6weeks for my doctor to refill my medications. I'm on generic brand medications but they cost me $200.00 every two months. I'm trying so hard to find a job that's a direct hire to get the benefits. Temporary jobs pay benefits only after several months of working assignments however, not all assignments end up long term. <br />The Parity Law discriminates against Adults who were not diagnosed with ADHD/ADD earlier in their lives. ADHD/ADD "IS" "biologically based", it IS hereditary, those with ADHD/ADD are BORN with it. We, as children, grew up with ADHD/ADD., so WHY ... WHY is ADHD/ADD on the list of "biologically based" illnesses "ONLY" for children ages 18 and younger???! I had ADD when I was a child but back in the <br />1960's and <br />1970's very little was known about ADHD/ADD so no one talked about it. <br />I don't know how to get this message through to President Obama but someone's got to let him know that adults with ADHD/ADD need mental health coverage too, regardless what the 'Parity Law in Ohio' says. And if President Obama's Health Care Reform policy does allow coverage for pre-existing mental health-ADHD/ADD in Adults- I am fearful that Ohio's Parity Law will override what the President says. I'm very concerned!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10388015958986793667noreply@blogger.com