Originally Posted by onlythetruth

9. We have the right to respectful, nondiscriminatory care from doctors and other healthcare providers and to receive services on the same basis as people do for any other chronic illness, with the same provisions, co-payments, lifetime benefits and catastrophic coverage and insurance, self funded/self-insured health plans, Medicare and HMO plans. The criteria of “proper” care should be exclusively between our healthcare providers and ourselves; it should reflect the severity complexity and duration of our illness and provide a reasonable opportunity for recovery maintenance.