The US healthcare system is complete shit. Universal healthcare now!!!
Wife cut her hand and had to get stitches. We just got the bill and insurance covered 400… our portion was 1000 for nothing more than 5 stitches. No meds didn’t even see a doctor just a nurse practitioner.
What the hell does insurance even cover? We were talking about having a kid and I’m thinking it’s gona cost like 9k just for the hospital stay.
What the hell is the point?
Oh and as were talking about this at the bar I saw two boomers give us a fucking eye roll. Just what the fuck man.
Declaration says a right to life - how is healthcare not viewed as a rich.
I think he doesn't get any commission off these meds because these are not the generic companies he works for and he's being passive aggressive because he's not going to make any money off these insanely cheap generics.
Everything seemed fine, I sent over the form that was filled out correctly to his office and I talked through it with the receptionist. Even during our last session I told him all about it and it didn't seem like he had any problems at all either. 4 days go by nothing. I call and ask what's going on to the office. She replies that he hasn't been getting back to her which is bs because they're probably in the same room or office.
Ever since COVID he would give me the death glare and disgust every time our video session started. Yes, I am of Asian ethnicity. While I understand his animosity towards us because we technically ruined his planned vacation a week before the lock down and then I'm sure he was working over time a lot due to the pandemic. But this is not professional in anyway. I am dying here.
I got to try seroquel for a month and it is a life changing medication and I told him that. He heard how happy I was and then add to the cheapest generics I've ever seen. This is perfect chance to be a fucking dick and make me suffer. My sleep has been completely messed up since I ran out and my mind is going nuts. I'm doing my best to not slip back hard by venting and reading/working on DBT+Bipolar workbooks.
tl;dr
Doctor is punishing me because I'm a broke patient and I found Mark Cubans amazing cheap pharmacy where he probably wouldn't get any type of commission. This may be his way of telling me to find a new doctor. Either way this is unacceptable as a professional and especially being a mental doctor.
I’m sorry if ranting isn’t allowed. I’ll take this post down.
My clinic and the entire hospital just decided to end Covid pay. As in, if you catch Covid, you’re expected use PTO. We don’t even have sick pay or any of that. Their reasoning was due to CDC guidelines and that because we are all masked we can’t get it at the hospital/ clinic. AND ITLL SAVE MONEY.
If you caught Covid you were given 5 days and whatever time you missed would be covered. Payed. Not using PTO.
THIS COMES AFTER THEM CLAIMING THEYVE DONE SO WELL FINANCIALLY. WTF.
I’m a family physician that’s been trying to hold this system together and fill in the holes where it fails. I fight for patients, do my prior auths, fill out the FMLA and disability forms, write the doctor’s notes, work well with staff, and listen to patients.
I’ve been doing this for 10 years.
Today my daughter woke up before I left for work. I usually leave for work before anyone else in my house wakes up. She asked me if we could go to the pool today since summer is almost over. I reflexively told her I probably couldn’t because I know I won’t be home in time. I haven’t even been into my facilities yet and I know I have more then 10 hours of work to do. She just nodded her head like that is what she expected me to say.
I’m done with this bullshit.
Today I’m going in, checking the boxes, telling patients that the insurance company denied my treatment plans.
I’m going to be fast and efficient, patient’s may not feel listened too or understand treatment plans. I’m going to close my notes.
I’m going to close my notes and check all the boxes so all the people make all the money. This system is held together by people like me sacrificing everything to hold it together. I’m done.
Vote for healthcare reform, massive sweeping reform. Take this industry out of the hands of the insurers. Hold healthcare facilities accountable for their financials. Do not applaud record profits from health care service providers. I am tired of trying to make it work. My patients are going to see “system running as designed”
I just want to go to the pool with my daughter. I can’t sacrifice that, my health, and my future for strangers anymore.
This is my goal. I want to know what I need to know amd how I can help those I will work with.
What makes a competent leader in this field?
What should a leader strive for everyday?
How can a leader help those he is in charge of do their job well?
The is answer is an obvious yes. I'm 14, I turn 15 In 20 days. Now my dad offers me beer. 4% alcohol. And like 20ml. He gives me a choice and does not force it down my throat. Will that stunt my growth?
2 vitamin pills - Fern C (vitamin C) - cherifer (Vitamins for growth)
Drinkable vitamin - Nutriplex (Vitamin for Iron, vitamin b, and vitamin a)
I’m currently considering a certain kind of treatment where the provider is not in-network but on their website they say that if I send my insurance the receipts I could get a reimbursement.
Obviously understand what reimbursement means, but could someone explain how that process would work and how likely that could happen?
Good day all,
I have to write a thesis in 3 months about a healthcare policy analysis. I am thinking of writing about the nursing shortage OR healthcare transparency. Anybody have other ideas?
I feel like this is an obvious thing that I should know, but I've never had health insurance before through work, and my new job offers it. So what are the the next steps to start using it?
Thanks I'm very clueless and google isn't helping much :)
So I just graduated college meaning I will lose my college’s health insurance next month. I should qualify for covered california based off of loss of coverage so should I apply now or do I have to wait until I actually lose my coverage? will they reject me when they see i still have health insurance until mid september? i want to minimize the amount of time in between without insurance
I've been taking plenty of rest after my lower left back started hurting (probably from overworking in the gym, but not too sure). I got 2-3 full weeks of rest, doing absolutely nothing, and my back still hurts. I tried playing soccer today, but my lower left back started to hurt when I used it for specific actions when training. What should I do?
Is it possible to have a significant impact in healthcare or healthcare-adjacent fields without being or having been a clinician? I'm defining "significant" by having a pretty important position in a famous company I suppose, so as to potentially have an impact on a larger-scale. In my experience if you look at roles like Chair of the WHO or CDC, CEO of a Hospital System, CEO of a Biotech or Pharma or Health Insurance Company, people like Dr. Fauci or Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN, almost all of them have an MD, DO, or some sort of medical degree from another country.
I understand the prestige and amount of respect that having a medical degree garners, but as someone who was thinking they wanted to pursue medicine, and has since decided they're more interested in public health, healthcare policy, and digital health (aka fields adjacent to clinical medicine), is there a place for me in these industries? Specifically, if I have career ambitions to make it to the top of whatever area I work in?
While there are public health experts high-up in their field, they normally have a PhD. So is that what it takes then to reach these elite circles? I like public health for instance, but I don't want to be stuck doing clinical research with a Bachelor's or field work with an MPH forever.
I went to the emergency room one morning with the worst stomach pains I'd ever felt. I'm mostly making this post just to vent. Still upset and shocked. But realize there's nothing I can do about it.
Anyways. I thought my appendix had burst. It turned out to be a nasty virus. But the pain was so bad I couldn't rest or sleep. I didn't want to be a cautionary tale and end up dead if it was something terrible. So I went to the emergency room. I'm 27. Never before in my life done something like that. Insured through United Healthcare.
They sat me in a room. Doctor told me I should get an X-ray and CT Scan. I was weary. I knew it was gonna cost me. But he assured me it would only be in the 100's, nothing more than a thousand dollars. So I went ahead with it because of the pain.
What a fucking liar. I understand his job. But I sat in that room for nearly an hour in pain before he even got to me. My bill ended up being close to $3,000.
I'm not broke. I won't go into debt. But that's 20% of my savings. United Healthcare won't even cover it because my deductible is, you guessed it, $3,000.
All things considered this lesson learned wasn't as bad as it could have been. But fucking hell. $3,000 for 2 hours in a hospital. 1 hours spent waiting about 20 minutes of scans and anoulther 40 minutes of waiting. I need to sleep this off. Pay it off. And put it behind me. I'm just so upset. At the doctor for being a scumbag. At the hospital for that charge. At healthcate in the U.S. for being so predatory.
Any advice of how I might lower this charge a bit? I've pretty much accepted my fuck up. And I realize I got off lucky compared to most. It's just a really shitty situation.
I heard that the EU has free healthcare. I also plan on studying abroad there as part of my college experience, most likely in Spain. Can I, an American with American private insurance, use the free healthcare while in Europe to get gynecomastia surgery to save money on the procedure?
Hello all,
I'm currently a paramedic who is looking to grow more in the medicine world. I thoroughly enjoy prehospital care, but I want more. I enjoy the relationship I have with my overseeing physician medical director so I've thought about nursing then CRNA or just straight to PA school. The problem is I had cancer earlier this year and it left me with some residual complications that make me question my ability to perform procedures or see multiple patients in a shift. I'm considering getting an MPH in healthcare admin, but it just seems like literally EVERYONE hates healthcare administrators.... surely there are good ones out there that genuinely try to do right by the providers and support them so they can support patients. I've also thought about informatics. I'm pretty disheartened but don't want to leave medicine.
Thanks!
Hi, Long story short my podiatrist approved me for a procedure. I need insurance approval, which is totally normal. The office scheduler said they would call me once they heard from my insurance. It has been over a month, and I have not heard anything so I attempted to call to check the status. I was connected to a message taking call center (to be clear this is not an after hours call). I asked for the scheduler to call me. The front desk returns my call. I ask to be connected to the scheduler. I left her a voicemail. Another week goes by. Still no call back from the scheduler. I call again. Repeat the same song and dance described above. So I took a round about way of finding out information. I called my insurance provider, and they informed me that they have not even received an approval request for my procedure. The request was never submitted by the scheduler. I checked they patient portal, and they have the ability to send messages turned off. At this point I’ve already made an appointment with another doctor, but they cannot get me in for awhile. Are there any other steps I can take to get ahold of this office so they can submit my approval? I’d hate to make an appointment with the doctor again, as this is not her screw up (and it seems wrong for me to pay for an appointment just to address this).
So my wife wants to go back to school to get her masters. Does anyone recommend or have any knowledge about which way to go as per title or experience with either? She is not sure what both entail of school and what she can do with each degree when she finishes.
Can anyone please shed light on this? Or maybe another sub is better for this question?
And in the case where the deceased has no living relatives, what happens then?
Alcohol and drug addiction has made me worried I need a facelift at 29
Anyone else have this anxiety and guilt about lifestyle choices that may have caused irreparable damages to skin?
On Friday I applied for an entry level health care position on sutter’s website, I know it generally takes hospitals a little while to get back to applicants but is there anything I could do to increase the likelihood of getting an interview? (Such as calling a hiring manager, sending a cover letter to someone etc.) sorry if the answer is obvious, I’ve just been applying for entry level positions for a while and haven’t gotten any calls back.
Thanks for reading!
A federal judge just ruled that trans people are considered protected under the ADA. This confuses me, cause from what I understand "gender dysphoria" was no longer considered a disorder, or at least advocates are pushing for it to be depathologized. If that happens, would it affect how gender dysphoria is classified under the ADA?
I'm FtM trans if you're wondering why I'm asking. Frankly, I don't agree with transsexualism being depathologized in the first place, but it sounds like the APA is about to get stuck between a rock and a hard place here soon if they can't reach a firm decision about how they want to proceed.
My name is Maya and I’m an engagement reporter with ProPublica, the nonprofit investigative news organization. We're working on a new project examining why and how health insurance companies deny tens of millions of medical claims every year. We could use your help.
If you have any experiences with health insurance companies denying medical care, or appealing those denials, please fill out the form at the bottom of this post: https://propub.li/denials
My colleagues and I really appreciate any insight you can lend into these processes and their impacts. If you have any questions, you can also drop them into the form. Thanks! Maya (Questions? Email [maya.miller@propublica.org](mailto:maya.miller@propublica.org))
I’m 19 and on my parents’ insurance as a dependent. If I pick up a prescription that I don’t want my parents to know about and pay with cash out of pocket (and hopefully a goodrx coupon) at a pharmacy that I haven’t used before, will they be able to charge or contact my insurance without me giving them permission?
My father had a referral from his optometrist to go see an ophthalmologist to get cataract surgery and when I called to make an appointment, the next appointment available wouldn't be until late October. I then called another ophthalmologist and they can make an appointment as soon as the first week of September but they would need a referral as my father's insurance requires it.
I was wondering if this is a unusual thing to ask or if it would seem rude to the original doctor since they gave the referral on a notepad with the original referred doctor's information- so I assume they have an established relationship and they won't refer to a different specialist.
TL;DR I was wondering what the protocol/etiquette was for asking a referral to a different specialist than the one the doctor recommended.
Long story short, I was offered tax credit towards a marketplace plan for $300 a month. I was going to school and didn't have an income. My Premium was $330 a month with decent coverage.
Now I am done with school, I got a job, but they dont start health coverage for 4 months.
I am supposed to update my income with the marketplace, but I noticed when I do that, I lose the tax credit (obviously) and I get to keep my same marketplace plan ($330 a month) , but I lose all the good coverage. $500 deductible is now $8000, etc.
Why the heck would I do that? Wouldn't it just make sense to continue to get the tax credit and pay the great coverage premium, and pay what I "owe" in taxes at the end of the year for using the tax credit? Or I am setting myself up to be very screwed on taxes?
Thanks