Posted by Gracie2 on July 11, 2002, at 11:48:19
In reply to Re: It's none of their business!!, posted by Bookgurl99 on July 11, 2002, at 8:26:27
I do live in the U.S. and have no health or disability insurance through the medical staffing agency that I work for. They pay us well but provide no benefits at all.There might be an easy way around this. I know one of the nurses at my doctor's office because we have worked together in the past. I told her about my situation and she said the doctor would probably be willing to omit the psychiatric medications on my form. Still, he is supposed to give his opinion of my mental health and he knows I was hospitalized in February after a suicide attempt. How can I ask him to lie about a thing like that? And wouldn't it be illegal if he did so? The only thing I can think of is to have my psychiatrist fill out this part of the form and ask him to confirm that I am stable at this time.
And doesn't that sound nice? "Stable at this time." That would go over like a lead balloon.The most attractive thing about my job is that you can work only when and where you want to. Also, because they don't provide medical insurance, I have been able to "hide" the three times I was hospitalized over the last couple of years (I have medical coverage through my husband's employer). Aside from being unavailable during those incidents, I have been a good employee for this agency during the last two years. However, if they become aware of my psychiatric history, I think they would regard me as a loose cannon. They would probably not fire me officially...they would just stop calling.
-Gracie
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