Meanwhile, my trigger thumb is swollen today and extremely painful. I'll finally see a doctor about it in just less than two weeks. I will definitely cause a scene if they try to put off treatment for another visit, which is this healthcare center's MO. Maximize the number of visits to maximize billing. ๐Ÿ™„ #CallMeKaren #USHealthcareSucks

So now Walgreen's just keeps cancelling the Rx that OptumRx won't cover. Motherfuckers, I am trying to get you to try to put through whatever this scammy co-pay card is. ALSO, you text me/email me/call me about every goddamned thing, but twice now, you have just silently canceled this order.

#USHealthcare #USHealthCareSucks #Walgreens

Trying to navigate health in the context of medications over the next decade has yielded nothing but talking myself into side effects and really wanting to Grandpa Simpson rant about the fact that, yes, stupidity has never been in short supply on the interwebs, but JFC, it used to be possible to find pockets of smart, informed people. Now it's the fucking wild west of Woo and conspiracy theories. #Health #USHealthcareCosts #ushealthcaresucks #UShealthcare #Enshittification

Optum Rx specialty pharmacy is incredibly efficient. One month into this medication that I am supposed to take daily for two years and I fucking give up trying to get it.

#US #ushealthcare #ushealthcaresucks #USHealthcareCosts

Also, shame on my healthcare provider for sending important information to me via their "MyChart" online service. I checked in today for the first time since November to discover that my blood work way back then was showing liver issues. Two months later, I have to worry about liver issues until I get home late next month and can get some fresh blood work done.๐Ÿ™„ #USHealthcareSucks
I feel really beaten up by life. I'm feeling pretty hopeless. I just found out yesterday that my COBRA was cancelled bc my bank messed up and didn't send them a payment a few months ago. Nobody told me that the payment wasn't sent/received.
And if I hear one more evil ๐Ÿคฌ tell me "I'm just following orders" I am going to scream.
I'm depressed and can't even talk to my therapist about it. I'm not eligible for Obamacare bc I don't have "income." (I was paying for COBRA from savings.) #USHealthcareSucks #UniversalHealthcareNow
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-sigh- you give medical providers' offices every benefit of the doubt, but then...

Primary care office: "Call this number to get those records"

Person at number: "What? No, we don't process those records, primary care office does, call them back"

Primary care office: "What? No, we don't process them... wait... here... try this OTHER number..."

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Anyone want to wager money on whether I get an answer on this today?

#UsHealthcareSucks #MedicalIndustrialComplex

Iโ€™m not surprised to learn that Benn Jordan also has #ADHD (many of us artists and musicians do). Bless him for shining a light on whatโ€™s been causing the treatment shortage for it, and fuck the DEA.

https://youtu.be/eRPeU1DYOWA?si=fH2govo7nus-guyo

#ADHDTreatment #Neurodivergent #BennJordan #ADHDMusicians #DEA #Adderall #AdderallShortage #USHealthcareSucks

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Ok, going in for a cardiac MRI with multiple possible complicating factors (insulin pump, sensitive kidneys, implanted defibrillator)

This info has been discussed in multiple prep calls, and also exists in my medical records, which the imaging department has access to.

Who wants to bet whether the technicians will still be totally shocked and confused by these factors because no information ever got passed on to them?

#healthcare #USHealthcareSucks #medicalDevice #chronicIllness