Mythusmage Opines

Medi-Cal: Reinstatement of Optometry Services.

The above is of interest to me because I am disabled (depression plus Aspergers) and have extreme myopia plus astigmatism. In short, I need glasses and I can’t pay for them.

For someone like me being able to see an optometrist doesn’t mean a damn thing, because I can’t follow whatever advice he gives. He tells me I need new glasses, I’ll have to thank him for the advice, and tell him I won’t be following it. It comes down to this, why go to an optometrist if it does you no good. This so called reinstatement of optometry coverage does me no good. Or any other Medi-Caid recipient with eye trouble.

It is, to be cruel, a fucking joke. My visit to the optometrist gets covered, but not the glasses he would prescribe. Glasses I need to function and can’t afford.

If you’re wondering why I’m not out looking for a job, I’m disabled. I maintain a fiction of normality thanks to Fluoxetine and Zyprexa, but I couldn’t pass for normal if you paid me. So what the state of California has done here is a fraud. I can learn how bad my vision is, but there is damn all the optometrist can do about it. What it comes down to is this, I’m being punished for being disabled. I’m not worth being concerned about because I have no political power to wield.

So here’s a recommendation… Until full coverage for optometry for Medi-Cal recipients is reinstated boycott the state of California. No vacations, no business trips, no conferences, conventions, or symposiums. Buy nothing from California, sell nothing to California.

Yes, I know this aint gonna go far, but at least I let you know what I think of the situation. Will I boycott the state?  I live here and I can’t afford to move, so I’m stuck giving CA my business. At least I can urge those who have a choice to refuse to give CA the business. So refrain  from dealing with California or any business in the state and put pressure on the state to put things right.