Disabled lose permission to pick doctors
One of the biggest changes for the newly disabled includes others making decisions for them. While this is a good idea in situations where the person is in the hospital and unconscious, most other times it is a loss of rights. Spinal cord injuries do not always effect the brain, and as such, those without brain injuries should be able to decide what doctors and clinics they wish to go to. But that is not the case in Malta. While agencies help pay for medical procedures, they strictly control just where you can go and who you can use as a physician. Why were we allowed to pick doctors before our injury, but can no longer do it after? It can be surely said that the injured can pick a better doctor than any bureaucrat. It is sad that the disabled in Malta have but a few doctors that they are allowed to go to. If the doctor they can go to cannot figure out pain issues or other problems, what does the disabled person do? With the few euros they have go to another doctor and beg and plead that they take you for free? (Source: Times of Malta)
Most medical insurance plans in the US allow you to go to any doctor you want to without having to plead your case. Note that if the physician is out of network you may have to pay more to see them, but you can see them. If the busted and broken US medical system can do this simple procedure then why is it impossible on Malta. The squeaky wheel gets the oil in the US,and lawsuits usually get company and government’s attention. While it is good to see that at least one disabled person is going to go after the establishment, it would be more helpful if all complained together. But we have the same issue here where nobody wants to get involved. Evidently the disabled are not pissed off enough to start to take action on their own. Until that day happens, they can expect to be taken advantage of and to have little control over what happens in their lives. I’ve certainly had enough, how about you?
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