The problem is, the state won’t.
You’ve seen the issues I’ve had trying to get non NDIS supports. Others I know have been told even more ridiculous things by the same supposed support services.
The problem with the shuffling that’s not going on to save the federal government money is that there’s an assumption that the state healthcare systems are comprehensive.
They are not.
If you’ve ever looked at referral criteria for a specialist in your health district, you’ll have seen things like “{district} does not treat {condition}”. This is very, very common. It means that many people with mysterious* chronic conditions don’t get any medical treatment.
Did you know that your state health system can say “nah, I don’t like that condition, no treatment for you”?
Then your health gets abandoned unless you’re independently wealthy enough to see multiple private specialists. And even if you are independently wealthy, you. may still not receive care if you’re house or bed bound.
*mysterious does not mean that the conditions are not real, not treatable etc. It usually means they are medically maligned due to old fashioned opinions that have not kept pace with science.
Side note: this same issue exists when people want to fund only “evidence based” treatments – what about people with a condition where due to a few rich upper class fucks (pwME know who I’m referring to), research has stagnated for decades? This is what people mean when we say science is not neutral, science is political.
So… if the NDIS won’t take chronic illness because they think chronic illnesses aren’t disabling, and the state has never let you even see a specialist for your chronic illness… where the fuck will our supports come from?
If the answer is “no supports” then there are big problems coming.
The only safe and inclusive way forwards is if the pending funding agreements between federal and states for aged, disability, and health care includes that states have to treat every condition, that exclusions are no longer permissible.
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