US healthcare is so fucked! I just got a bill for $20 for a copay, so I checked the bill, and holy shit...

I have had three doctor visits this year:
- one to meet my new doctor (and get my jabs)
- one to sign paperwork for my chronic condition medication
- and one for lab work for my chronic condition medication

Amount I've paid (this year):
- ~$50 for copays
- ~$600 for visits
- ~$300 for medications

Amount paid by insurance: ~$1070

(which is notably less than the cost of 4 months of insurance premiums)

Amount insurance is still deciding on: ~$3700

Not only have I paid for the insurance, but I've also paid out at almost 50% of the cost of care so far, *and* I could be on the hook for nearly 4x that amount if insurance doesn't feel like paying.

Just saying, I wouldn't have ratted on Luigi.

#US #Healthcare

@alice You know what the worst part is? The political party currently leading in the polls here - where we have universal free healthcare! - wants to dismantle the NHS and transition to a USA-style insurance system.

And millions of fellow Brits who don't appreciate just how fucking lucky we are, don't mind if this happens because Reform UK are also promising mass deportation of "illegals".

@ApostateEnglishman @alice I so want to agree with you, but as a trans person in the UK I can tell you we don't have anything like universal free healthcare.

@aura @alice Noted - and thank you for pointing that out. I did a brief stint taking 111 calls for the NHS, and raised in a management meeting that the NHS Pathways system (the branching, flowchart-style series of questions they ask you when you phone), completely ignores trans people.

It assumes a gender binary, whichever outcome you reach.

And yes, I can confirm that no-one could address my concern.