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phil
@phil
I am exhausted after an excruciatingly frustrating week dealing with the US medical system. Basic tasks and appointments become anxiety riddled algebra problems, where the patient is asked to weigh costs and quality of treatment with intentionally imperfect information. How did we get here?
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@sterling
Specialist care is brutal, but One Medical for primary care is worth the money IMO and reduces the anxiety
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@drews.eth
sitting at an appointment right now and thinking how insane the pain point is of sharing documentation between dr’s, like it’s my health data why do I have to fill out five forms to transfer this
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@klamt-eth
I’m sorry to hear that, I hope you get well soon!
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@mxvoid
Ugh, sorry you had to deal with that. There are so many reasons that the US medical system is borked... Part of the problem is sheer inertia. https://i.imgur.com/v0Pd8Bu.jpg
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@benersing
It's a huge problem. Sorry to had to experience that.
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@pdr
sorry to hear this and can empathize. dealing with insurance to schedule knee surgery in sf for my partner was similarly frustrating
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@futureartist
We made it a for-profit business. Different optimizations + decisions happen if something is a business vs a public service.
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@j4ck.eth
it is a hellscape, yes
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@aaina
tis a nightmare. sorry you’re going through it.
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@notdevin.eth
Nobody there is your advocate, you must treat them as the enemy or they will kill you in ways only different than what you showed up for. I’ve had 9 breaks and 6 surgeries myself. They can fix broken things but because of the systems design you shouldn’t trust any of them can heal or help you by default
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@nonlinear.eth
by removing market forces
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@dwr.eth
"Temporary government program" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/upshot/the-real-reason-the-us-has-employer-sponsored-health-insurance.html
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@tombeck.eth
It's a nightmare. As a healthy twenty-year-old I could comfortably live in denial because I didn't need healthcare. Insurance was just another tax. But now that I have a kid and am approaching middle age, I've caught glimpses of the Kafkaesque horrors that await.
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@northchop
We need to get the consumer between the insurance companies and the medical providers. Right now the insurance company is between the consumer and the provider. It would solve so many issues
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@peyton
40 years of health policy leadership fucking each other other. it’s more important that todd at the VA knows his place than we get healthcare.
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@stern
It's wild. I always also think about how doctors can be 30-60 mins late, but if you show up to an appointment 5-10 mins late you risk cancellation.
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