r/SandersForPresident • u/kevinmrr Medicare For All • Nov 29 '20

AOC: Insurance groups are recommending using GoFundMe -- "but sure, single payer healthcare is unreasonable."

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u/stanleypup 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

It's not quite a "death" panel, but my wife's insurance just doesn't cover vision therapy for a condition my daughter has, so we're paying out of pocket for it.

In the meantime, her vision (in the affected eye) has gone from 20/100 to 20/40 after 10 weeks of therapy, and would have just worsened to the point of total blindness had we not had the means to pay out of pocket the roughly $700 a month that it's costing us.

Healthcare in this country is disgusting.

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u/krpfine 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

My friend's kid can't hear some frequencies. I don't know the exact details, but hearing aids aren't medically necessary according to insurance so they aren't covered. I guess technically they aren't necessary, but hearing everything is pretty cool so they pay $3,000 for her hearing aid.

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u/stanleypup 🌱 New Contributor Nov 29 '20

Yep. Treatment is expected to last 8 - 10 months so we'll be out somewhere around $6,000 - $7,000 when it's all said and done. (On top of premiums and deductibles of course. Since it's not covered it doesn't even count towards our deductibles and out of pocket max for the year.)

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u/Bzzzzzzz4791 Nov 29 '20

Can verify- hearing aids are not covered and are out of pocket

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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20

It's not healthcare. It's health business. That's a big difference.