[deleted] t1_j1wyb7a wrote on December 28, 2022 at 12:35 AM

Reply to comment by Just-10247-LOC in Is the fear of being involuntarily committed making people not seek mental health? by northhiker1

That’s not true about the police at all. You get arrested on a Friday night and you don’t see the judge until Monday morning. Close enough to 72 hours…

There’s a dire shortage of mental health beds. There’s zero incentive to keep you there without cause.

That being said, at least the jail doesn’t charge you tens of thousands of dollars for holding you against your will. If you didn’t want to kill yourself before, you probably will when you see what the American “healthcare” mafia is extorting you for. You’ll long for the good old days when the mafia just broke your kneecaps instead when they wanted to rob you. Corporations are so much worse than Whitey Bulger or Al Capone ever was.

Just-10247-LOC t1_j1yq16e wrote on December 28, 2022 at 11:27 AM

It is a for-profit institution that works to keep all of its beds full with whomever they manage to catch. $1,000 a day, maximize the days., minimize the services, no treatment, just bad food and a jail cell with upholstery. Literally.

[deleted] t1_j1zr0na wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:47 PM

They have absolutely no need to falsely imprison people to fill those beds… people who need inpatient care who go voluntarily are regularly being turned away due to the shortage.

Also, I think you forgot a zero… $1000 a day? Lmao this is America. I was in an ER for 2 hours after a car crash and the healthcare mafia demanded $5k.

Just-10247-LOC t1_j1zt7ga wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Maybe... if they weren't imprisoning people who didn't belong there, then there would be beds for those who really need them.

There was NO treatment being given. None. Nada. No counseling, no medication. Not just me but everyone. The "doctor" didn't even know why I was there and he made it clear that he didn't want to know. I got three to five minutes a day with him (when he was in, no weekends or holidays) and it was basically to prove to him that I was cooperating with the program. It was clear to all of us that to talk back to him in any manner would simply prolong our time there.

Did I mention the abusive staff? Nurses who made fun of us? Who would wake us up in the middle of the night constantly?

Insurance was billed $10,000 for nine days. I am still paying (as slowly as I can) the $2,000 deductible. That does not include the $4,000 to be made to sleep on a stretcher in the ER. And the $800 portion of the $4,000 ambulance ride.