The Random, Meaningless Announcements Thread 3!

[Revoltingest]

I think it's cruel that when The Simpsons visits the future,
Lisa is married to Milhouse....usually Milhouse the human,
but once it was Milhouse the zombie.

 

[sun rise]

I think it's cruel that when The Simpsons visits the future,
Lisa is married to Milhouse....usually Milhouse the human,
but once it was Milhouse the zombie.

Let me say it this way to be polite: look who our wives married.

 

[Wu Wei]

Cry havoc and let slip the Grizzly Bears.....

 

[sun rise]

Cry havoc and let slip the Grizzly Bears.....

Me thinks thou dost cry too much in too many cross-gartered threads.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I am out of those nasty work clothes and into real clothes for a few days of uninterrupted real clothes wearing.

 

[Revoltingest]

Let me say it this way to be polite: look who our wives married.

Groundskeeper Willie is a catch compared to Milhouse any day!

 

[sun rise]

Groundskeeper Willie is a catch compared to Milhouse any day!

I don't want to catch what you have.

 

[Revoltingest]

All the rafters on the addition are installed.
And I've decided to insulate it with 1" foam.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Looks like I'll probably be losing my HIP Insurance and have to switch to the high deductible insurance my employer offers. I'm probably going back to online ordering for my hormone treatment because it's about 1/3 of the price online compared to what I'd be charged at the pharmacy for it.

 

[illykitty]

Given that my wife went through a "medical" year problems, I know from clear, second hand experience that not knowing s***s.

Thanks, it does...

Well turns out I still don't know what's wrong so next step is to have a look at my stomach inside by camera... That won't be pleasant!

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I hate this, being medically needy and being faced with some hefty medical bills until my deductible is paid. And, to top it off, I'm supposed to be going in for an evaluation for psychotropic meds in February. At least my PCP would still be in network, because she's a really good doctor.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Thanks, it does...

Well turns out I still don't know what's wrong so next step is to have a look at my stomach inside by camera... That won't be pleasant!

For my wife, at least, that really wasn't a difficult procedure...as I recall, must less involved than the colonoscopy

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Losing my HIP insurance, it makes me want to out yell "F" louder than Homer during the who shot Burns episode.

 

[sun rise]

Losing my HIP insurance, it makes me want to out yell "F" louder than Homer during the who shot Burns episode.

Given what is going on with denying health care to people by the current regime, I've come to the conclusion that we need Medicare for All. And we need to jail health care and insurance executives unless they fix things. We could start with putting them in stocks and pelting them with rotten fruit and veges to get their attention. Then confiscate all their ill gotten gains and lock them up. It's time we joined the ranks of civilized, advanced nations when it comes to health care.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

And, it's pretty pathetic when insurance will only reimburse a simply alcohol and drug abuse screening that only takes a few minutes to complete once a year.
It's pathetic the level of influence money plays in the American health system. I knew it was bad before I started this job, but now I've gotten to see a bit on how a doctor/clinician/practitioner can't even suggest the patient take a breath of fresh air unless someone is going to pay for it. Unless you're tricksy and sneaky with the way your word your notes that get filled, if it's not on the treatment plan or an intervention stated on the referral don't even have the thought of doing it because insurance won't want to pay for the session, which causes you to lose billable hours, which lowers your productive goals.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Going into the vengeful traffic to the place of no belonging on this day of cheer.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

And we need to jail health care and insurance executives unless they fix things.

This exactly! People complain about the state coming between a patient and their doctor, but those bozos you mentioned have plopped themselves directly between a patient and doctor and they do dictate what care and procedures the patient can receive from the doctor. Even acting on behalf of the state, I can't do **** if insurance won't reimburse for it, no matter how severe the **** and the level of urgency to address it.

 

[sun rise]

And, it's pretty pathetic when insurance will only reimburse a simply alcohol and drug abuse screening that only takes a few minutes to complete once a year.
It's pathetic the level of influence money plays in the American health system. I knew it was bad before I started this job, but now I've gotten to see a bit on how a doctor/clinician/practitioner can't even suggest the patient take a breath of fresh air unless someone is going to pay for it. Unless you're tricksy and sneaky with the way your word your notes that get filled, if it's not on the treatment plan or an intervention stated on the referral don't even have the thought of doing it because insurance won't want to pay for the session, which causes you to lose billable hours, which lowers your productive goals.

Health care writers I know about have some very simple analogies. If I take my car to the shop, I get an estimate. If something unusal is found I get a call asking if I authorize extra money. I don't pay until the problem is (presumably) fixed.

In health care this is called "pay for performance" not "pay for procedure" Just think of an auto mechanic who charged for every thing she did to change a tire, for example. So much for putting the car on a lift, so much for raising the car, so much for removing the hubcap and so forth.

Another part is transparent prices. Weird situations are different but for the vast majority of common complaints, a posted fee schedule just like auto shops have for specified procedures would be a step forward.

There's actually steps like that going on not but just minimal steps. I can pay $25 to get diagnoses for cold, flu and the like from my local hospital mega-complex. But we need to go much much further.

And so forth.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

But, this one assessment certification test, apparently I scored way better than most people, almost into the "super user" category.

 

[savagewind]

Having fun all by myself on the forum is kind-of-like masturbating. Isn't it?