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shutterbug · 10-06-2008, 06:05 PM

DayDream....man am i sorry to hear about the situation with the pdoc! That sucks! Is that the only way you can see a pdoc? I ask b/c in my state, when i lost my job and was on unemployment...i qualified for a state-wide program (that may also be national) where it didn't cost anything to see the pdoc and only $5 for every prescription (that was before the $4 meds thru Wal-mart and others).

If you want to PM me then i will tell you the name of the program, but since it may just be a state thing...i don't want to name it here. I also must say that the pdoc available wasn't very good, but being able to go to one at all is definetly better than not being able to go to anyone!

Nandm, thanks for posting this! It's very interesting to know about and also to know a bit about some of the legislators who are truely out there working to help those of us with mental illnesses!

It's definetly a step in the right direction! It'll just be interesting to see how it works in action....and hopefully it won't mean that benefits for other illnesses will be lowered so that employers and insurance peeps won't have to raise the MH benefits very much!

Jenna

10-06-2008, 06:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,957	DayDream....man am i sorry to hear about the situation with the pdoc! That sucks! Is that the only way you can see a pdoc? I ask b/c in my state, when i lost my job and was on unemployment...i qualified for a state-wide program (that may also be national) where it didn't cost anything to see the pdoc and only $5 for every prescription (that was before the $4 meds thru Wal-mart and others). If you want to PM me then i will tell you the name of the program, but since it may just be a state thing...i don't want to name it here. I also must say that the pdoc available wasn't very good, but being able to go to one at all is definetly better than not being able to go to anyone! Nandm, thanks for posting this! It's very interesting to know about and also to know a bit about some of the legislators who are truely out there working to help those of us with mental illnesses! It's definetly a step in the right direction! It'll just be interesting to see how it works in action....and hopefully it won't mean that benefits for other illnesses will be lowered so that employers and insurance peeps won't have to raise the MH benefits very much! Jenna __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).