Voc Rehab help!
HELLO
IS THERE ANYONE GOING THROUGH VOC REHAB NOW, FOR THEM TO HELP YOU WITH THE SURGRY? I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THEM HELPING ME WITH THE SURGERY. I WENT TO 3 LOCAL FLORIDA OFFICES IN HILLSBROUGH COUNTY AND THEY ALL TELL ME THE SAME THING, THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER PAYING FOR THIS SURGERY, BECAUSE CLIENTS GET IT DONE AND THEY NEVER FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PROGRAM BY GETTING EMPLOYED AFTER THEIR SURGERY. I DON'T QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE OUT A LOAN AND MY HUSBAND INSURANCE HAS AN EXCLUSION... I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT BE DEPRESS AND MISERABLE... I NO LONGER LEAVE THE HOUSE UNLESS I HAVE A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT, BECAUSE I CAN'T DEAL WITH THE STARES, LAUGHING AND POINTING, WHAT PEOPLE DO.
Amber it is shame people have abused the system this way. Voc Rehab is not a health care provider -- it is there to help people get back into the workplace and providing this surgery was a wonderful way of helping some people enter/reenter the workforce. Perhaps your husbands insurance will change. I hope something works out for you.