At the risk of once again being told what an idiot I am, healthcare in America sucks. Thanks for the present though, mom. We need all the help we can get.

By the way, feel free to tell me how great my Photoshop skills are. Some people on Lemmy love to tell me how I’m not sick and just making it up for sympathy.

Sorry… is there a community for “I’ve been pissed off for months now?”

  • Zhayl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    5 months ago

    Having had cancer 20+ years ago as a teen I can vouch that the healthcare system here has ruined my life. Survived the stage 3 head cancer and the side effects? Wonderful! NOW PAY UP FOR THE REST OF YOUR PROGRESSIVELY WORSE LIFE! Ahh joys of unchecked capitalism.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      13·
      5 months ago

      Cancer sucks. Fuck cancer. I’m sorry you had to go through that as a teenager. That makes it even worse. I hope you found a way to manage the side effects without being in too much pain or discomfort.

      • Zhayl@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        I’m alive so winning. Didn’t mean to be a downer on your birthday. We’re in this shit together. Hope your situation with medical improves!

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          We definitely are, and thanks. No worries about the downer thing, I would be telling everyone about how I was screwed over by the system and my body when the subject came up too.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          9·
          5 months ago

          Yep. Especially since a huge storm came through yesterday and knocked down trees all over the neighborhood. We just got a quote to remove ours for $3500 and that doesn’t count whatever we will have to pay the neighbors for the damage to their garage. And then another tree destroyed our fence.

          I’m just glad our cards have been paid down after a tax windfall or we would be well and truly fucked.

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    5 months ago

    Happy birthday!

    You make Lemmy a more pleasant place to be, not just with your many contributions of great memes, but more importantly with your overall friendly manner. You make a real difference. Thank you.

  • Alk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    5 months ago

    On the bright side, at least you went to one of the most trustworthy medical institutions there is.

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    Happy Birthday!
    Sorry to hear about your birthday money, I hope you’ll still get to have nice day in spite of it!

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      21·
      5 months ago

      Take your pick:

      Long-term illness bringing us down to one income.

      High medical bills.

      Having to use birthday money to help pay down those bills.

      People on the internet telling me I’m lying about it all…

        • untorquer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          5 months ago

          Employer provided healthcare only covers about %54 of Americans. So in general it’s not a safe assumption.

        • Waffle@infosec.pubEnglish
          13·
          5 months ago

          The issue is that health insurance shouldn’t be tied to employment. This could very well be a payment plan for a much larger bill, so op is probably paying off $200 a month over a year or more.

          Not everyone is so blessed to have a low deductible plan. Most people have high deductible plans. Having a deductible of $6k or more is as good as being uninsured. Most people can not deal with paying $6k for an emergency - it can zero out folks bank accounts or be a hamper on their month to month budget.

  • philpo@feddit.deEnglish
    81·
    5 months ago

    At least Mayo has decent healthcare most of the time, that’s at least what I hear from my colleagues. The elephant in the room in the US is not only the affordability and access, sadly it’s also very often the quality.

    As someone who has changed roles from an actual healthcare provider to a healthcare economist/manager in international health(amongst others)I am often appalled by the qualify some US facilities provide - while others offer astonishing levels of care. And often the former are the more expensive ones.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      Mayo totally fucked me over to the point that I got a partial refund. I was there 10 days, spent maybe an hour seeing people.

      • philpo@feddit.deEnglish
        5·
        5 months ago

        damn, sorry to hear that. Most of our clients are pretty happy with them,but they usually are somewhat VIP so mileage may vary.

  • TotallyNotSpez@lemm.eeEnglish
    66·
    5 months ago

    Happy birthday and get well soon. Your Photoshop is spot on and the American healthcare system is a joke. All the best from evil socialist Europe. 🖖

  • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    5 months ago

    Crazy how you managed to photoshop the decimal point to the left by so many digits!

    (I know, it’s only a partial payment)