Trans who was just browsing offered a personal case worker from the insurance company to make sure everything goes smoothly navigating their medical system. Anyone here ever gotten that for their normal or even very-serious medical procedure?

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[–]BettysBitterButter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That seems like a bizarre conclusion. Do you live in a country with universal healthcare?

Socialized medicine would make everything a ton more transparent in the US and we could collectively apply pressure for what we want out of it. The way things are it's an impenetrable maze of pay to play and no way to compare plans among states or between insurance carriers, or by price point or anything. Prices aren't even available before procedures. It's always a game of "let's see how they bill me!"

[–]Yayme 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I knew it wouldn't be a popular comment here, and in retrospect maybe I shouldn't have made it. I know that radical feminism has it's roots in Marxism, and I do think it's disrespectful to go against what I know are the basic beliefs of radical feminism in what is literally a radical feminism sub. I'm not here to troll, and posting what I know is against the basic beliefs does seem like trolling.

So I'm going to go ahead and delete the comment.

[–]BettysBitterButter[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think your comment should be deleted. Especially on this platform and the pyramid of discussion or whatever it's called. If your experience actually living with socialized medicine has been frustrating then that's your lived experience. My experience has been in decidedly UNsocilialized medical settings so that's what I refer. Plus in the US "socialized health care" is a huge dog whistle.

[–]Yayme 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not living in a country with socialized healthcare. But I was using the ACA for two years, and it was a disaster. I didn't qualify for subsidies because we made too much. It started out $600 a month for myself and my daughter. The next year it was $760 per month, and the final year it would have been $860 per month.

We use almost no medical care. Like I said, I had to pay $5K out of pocket to get suspicious moles removed. I feel like the few are using the vast majority of the resources. And FFS is a prime example of that.

I have compassion for those that have real medical issues, and I would love to find a way to help support them. Especially children. My husbands sister died from leukemia when she was around 11, and it was a huge financial burden on the family, as well as being emotionally devastating. And I do donate to the Ronald McDonald house to try to help those with children in need.

What is it a dog whistle for?