How dare you cite your actual personal experience to me. Repent and accept Obamacare into your heart, or face a barrage of lecturing/accusations of being a Russian bot.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    It's fucking true though

    Putting shit in the hands of private insurance is fucking awful

    I have what's supposed to be bulletproof insurance, best you can get, nearly everything is covered 100%

    I'm still waiting for my insurance to approve a CT scan for an issue with my kidneys

    My doctor submitted it herself over two months ago after my post-surgical ultrasound (had my gallbladder removed and they were making sure everything was fine) showed what could be scarring or a cyst in my right kidney

    I tried calling and they told me that their investigators still had to review the case

    WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE-CHECK AGAINST MY DOCTOR‽ SHE SAID I NEEDED IT, FUCKING LET ME GET IN THE SCARY DONUT ALREADY

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      I could benefit from getting a pain killer cocktail injected into my spine once a month, but insurance won't cover it because it's not FDA approved. Well it is, just not for my condition....but for my condition, so long as it was caused by diabetes and not physical trauma. They're $2,000 a dose, which I can't afford, so I just don't get them. Also I need dental work done, but I'm maxed out this year so I'll have to fork up $400.

      At least if the ACA wasn't in place, I'd have to pay money....or something idk I'm not a lib so I don't know what the excuse is.

      • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Like, the fact that dental insurance is separate and somehow more fucked up than regular medical insurance is enough evidence for me to want to go nuclear

        • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]
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          2 months ago

          Dentist: "Hey, you grind your teeth in your sleep. If you keep doing that, we'll have to root canal half your mouth."

          Me: "Well, that sounds shit. What can I do about it?"

          Dentist: "We can 3D-print you a mouthguard to wear at night. All it takes is scanning your top row of teeth and then producing it, which we can do in-house."

          Me: "Sweet. How much?"

          Dentist: "Well, you're insured, so that comes out to... $1,000."

          Me, fucking around and about to find out: "But I have insurance? This is preventative and the alternative is literally tens of thousands of dollars in expensive, painful surgery. Surely they must cover it."

          Dentist, laughing hard enough to have an aneurysm that their insurance won't cover: "lol. lmao, even"

          fedposting is the only summary of what I'd do to insurance executives if ever given even a modicum of political power.