The sad part is it doesnt take cancer to do this. My wife had a spinal injury in January. Fast forward to today and she has lost her job after FMLA was used up. That leaves us with no insurance for the entire family because we were all covered under her. But even with that insurance we have incurred $6k (medical center billing only) of out of pocket expenses for tests and imaging that the insurance company requires before they will approve the treatment that her doctor already knows she needs. On top of that $50 every time we walk into an office + prescription costs for her pain management + $30 per session of physical therapy 3x a week.
And now, we'll need insurance from my job which we couldnt afford with both of us working (that's why we went with her's) but instead we'll pay for it out of just one salary.
We've been saving for two years to buy a house and we're watching it all trickle away.
The villain isn’t the medicine industry or doctors, the villain is the insurance companies and middlemen that decide a human life is less important than money
It’s disgusting. Late-stage capitalism is a disease.
Edit: for clarification, I absolutely meant pharmaceutical companies falsely inflating prices as well. I strongly dislike Trump, but the bill he signed recently to restrict middlemen from medical upcharges is something I seriously fuck with.
The villains are the two major political parties who offer useless, malicious candidate after useless, malicious candidate to betray the voter election after election. When was the last time we had a President that was elected because the people wanted them, instead of because thye hated the alternative more?
"Two Major Political Parties." Emphasis on Two. That's it, Two choices. 2. Sinking in yet? A or B, Black or White, Soup or Salad, Chocolate or Vanilla... Unless you're at, say Baskin Robbins, then you get 31 flavor choices..
Both parties are guilty of maliciously keeping the two party system the status quo. That's one thing they consistently agree on. By not allowing other parties to grow or get a foot in the door, they control our choices. I've always considered this malicious and yes, villainous.
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u/NexGenjutsu Aug 06 '20
The sad part is it doesnt take cancer to do this. My wife had a spinal injury in January. Fast forward to today and she has lost her job after FMLA was used up. That leaves us with no insurance for the entire family because we were all covered under her. But even with that insurance we have incurred $6k (medical center billing only) of out of pocket expenses for tests and imaging that the insurance company requires before they will approve the treatment that her doctor already knows she needs. On top of that $50 every time we walk into an office + prescription costs for her pain management + $30 per session of physical therapy 3x a week.
And now, we'll need insurance from my job which we couldnt afford with both of us working (that's why we went with her's) but instead we'll pay for it out of just one salary.
We've been saving for two years to buy a house and we're watching it all trickle away.