#and I'm glad people can go get tested for sti's without having to see a doctor first or whatever | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

marmolita · 2 years

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today I got an email from a medical lab advertising for cyber week deals and I feel like this is a very American email to receive 💀

1. You can order your own lab tests, which you might do because there's no way you're going to be able to see a primary care doctor in a reasonable time these days and urgent care is expensive and the direct purchase costs are sometimes easier to deal with than your insurance

2. The implication that any random person on the street is capable of ordering the right lab tests and understanding the results

3. It's gotta go on sale after Thanksgiving??? are people buying each other lab tests as holiday gifts? cyber week discount HEALTHCARE god this is so very United States of Fucked Up

#no dig at the lab i appreciate that they let you buy tests yourself #having been given the runaround for a couple years by doctors before i was able to get diagnosed with hypothyroidism #which i only was able to do because i went back to the doctor and insisted they run another thyroid test after they'd already ruled it out #and I'm glad people can go get tested for sti's without having to see a doctor first or whatever #but man cyber week deals on healthcare???#healthcare #us healthcare

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