#american healthcare is a scam

[the-daughter-of-lilith]

I've given up on the American Mental Health System. The therapist I saw advised I reconnect with people that traumatized me. Listened to her input and was immediately re-traumatized again. Psychiatrist gives me Lexapro and then I lose my career and health insurance. New psych told me after maybe speaking to me for a total of 30 min I have BPD based on situational questions, despite not resonating with any of the obstacles people with BPD face. It felt like an inherent gender bias given the exact same QB test results for ADHD as my male counterpart.

Almost every experience I've had with the mental health system has set me back in life, not forward. It's become the biggest waste of my time and money. I escaped my groomer on my own after extensive introspection and self care, and then I even managed to get out of a psychosis on my own too. I can continue to improve & heal myself again, just like before.

[hitmehardnsweet]

me wondering why i pay for any kind of insurance when they don’t do jack shit for me when i actually need it

[3ammonologue]

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just a reminder to a) actually file the prostho claim and b) a reminder of all that I've been through since the accident.

[usernamesarehard1]

[coppertophomegurl]

Which one of these do you think cost more money?

(ps, I am american)

[justsomekpopstuff]

Me complaining about life but I need to get it out so you can just scroll

The fuck you mean I have now had to fight for half a week to get a medication that I NEED for my chronic illness so I am not completely sick to my stomach all the time, and they tell me its now going to cost me almost $500??

Like FUCK??? If I can't get my insurance switched for more coverage, I don't know what I'm going to do...I can hope that I can get on a different cheaper medication that works, or...I go back to being very...VERY sick again...

This is America...FUCK.

[risingmoon336]

Just a friendly reminder that health insurance is a scam and they can suck a dick.

This is how long I was on hold before someone picked up. . . Then proceeded to put me on hold again because of a "technical issue" Sincerely- Fuck you Kaiser. I will continue to update this fucking stress test.

[queerlycarter]

now that i have my own health insurance that actually matches how poor i am, i'm realizing how much of a scam my dad's insurance through his job is

first of all, having to pay less than $20 for a medication was a fucking rarity. second of all. $40 copays for regular docs and $60 for specialists?? and $50 for urgent care and fucking. $200 for the ER?????? what the fuck dude. and the fact that the only time we ever hit the deductible and stopped having to pay out of pocket was the year my mom had a stroke & was in inpatient PT for a month. and then they STILL had to draw funds from her 401k a few years later to pay her medical debt.

almost all my meds cost me exactly zero dollars now. $5 urgent care copay. $5/25% ER copay (haven't been so i don't know what the dollar amount would actually be). $10 specialist, $0 primary care.

like yes i make less than $2k a month and therefore qualify for $0/month health insurance and yea it does suck that almost all my doctors are out of network (which is a whole different type of healthcare scam tbh but whatever) but still. those copays are insane. especially the ER one.

like. sorry youre having a medical emergency, you also have to shell out two hundred bucks to be seen for it. and that doesn't even touch what we're gonna bill you for later after you've received treatment

[disasterbiwriter]

it's SUPER COOL that my kids' pediatrician (associated with a major local hospital) doesn't know if/when they'll receive and administer covid boosters. and that 100% of pharmacies will not vaccinate my youngest because of age.

cool. cool. coolcoolcoolcoolcool.

[therandomvampire]

Damn no wonder Luigi went ape shit.

[pamperthemplump2reborn]

You know your American

when you decide to get a procedure done without anesthesia because they raised your deductible and who knows what that costs now.

[florida3exclamationpoints]

😀 the lense just popped out of my glasses bc I put on a hoodie with them on 😀 they are a scam btw 😀 I used to have a $25 pair from zenni that I was way harder on and they never once broke 😀 this $700 pair from the doctor tho 😀 have broken 3 times in like 2 months 😀

[kidcataldo]

All the money you’re forced to pay in American healthcare, you would think they’d have more comfortable furniture

[lenbryant]

Medicare for all, please. Like, yesterday.

[softlyapollo]

good evening to everyone except health insurance companies and billing departments at hospitals

[togetherweliveforever]

Fuck America and fuck healthcare and fuck insurance. It's all a fucking scam and I can't do it anymore I'm so fucking tired and I'm crying in public and people are gonna think I'm sad about my diagnosis I don't give a shit about that I just want to be able to see my goddamn doctor without the fucking hoops and fees and lies and misdirection.