I have many stories, but one in particular seems to exemplify the strangeness of our system: One of my patients, working full time, had multiple sclerosis, somewhat under control with her medications. Her employer changed insurance carriers, and the new health insurance company would not cover anything that pertained to her MS, including the expensive injections that she could not afford on her own (pre-existing condition). She gradually became enough disabled to qualify for disability, and now we all (taxpayers) pay for her medications, but at the loss of multiple productive years of this woman's life (both to her and to society--taxes, again)
This is a good example of how disability and healthcare need to be separated. I can't tell you how many patients I have with chronic conditions, who are receiving disability and functional, but should they go off disability and lose their medical card, would qualify for disability again rather quickly.
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