Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both associated with heart health
If a looming root canal treatment is putting a dampener on the week, take heart: having the procedure can drive health benefits that are felt throughout the body, according to research.
Patients who were successfully treated for root canal infections saw their blood sugar levels fall significantly over two years, suggesting that ridding the body of the problematic bacteria could help protect against type 2 diabetes.
Dentists also saw improvements in patients’ blood cholesterol and fatty acid levels, both of which are associated with heart health. Yet more benefits were seen around inflammation, a driver for cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions.
I know many/most of you are aware of how bad this is, but I’m still gonna bitch here.
I lost my job as a result of the Trump administration’s policies. While I had other options for health insurance (ex: COBRA), getting an ACA plan made the most sense to me at the time. It was shittier in comparison to what I had at my job (and what I would have retained access to via COBRA), but mostly comparable in the easy to measure ways (i.e. out of pocket costs and coverage of necessary meds) and cost much less than COBRA even without considering those tax credits / subsidies.
Honestly, it was so much work just to figure out which plan made the most sense, I had no idea I needed to check to see if there was a ticking time bomb ready to go off. The new 2026 rates are so much higher with poorer coverage and higher out of pocket expense – worse in pretty much every way you could think. While I may still opt for one of the low tier plans that’s basically catastrophic only + the minimum required coverage, at that price point and for what it provides, I’m sure a lot of people will go without even if they technically could afford the premiums. I know I’m still weighing my options, but it does feel like they took my job then took my access to health care, what next?
COBRA is not a reasonable option for anyone who has just lost their job. It’s fucking insulting.
No shit got that offer after being laid off. Fucking 700 a month, was only getting 1000 in unemployment a month. How the fuck could pay 700 for Cobra.
Bro emmigration is the only escape from that hellhole. It’s simply not worth it for the middle class, they’re getting sucked high and dry, and the Dems only response will be corporate subsidiaries vs billionaires, and “we’re not trump” while nothing meaningful actually gets done and costs rise across the board, and quality of life goes to shit for the average folks. The headlines say it all, either continual infighting leading to nothing, the fall of democracy, or an actual civil war that will be bloody.
Get the fuck out while you still can. A few years into living in another country, you will despise your new home. Then you might visit your family in the USA, and realize holy hell, things actually got worse and your new home is exponentially better, even with all its failings.
Agreed. Wife and I have been in Germany for a year and a half and we love it. When we were unemployed and taking language courses, health insurance was 100€ per month for both of us. And our coverage was way better than our mid tier insurance in the US at $600 a month.
I’m curious, what have you noticed as large improvements? Less time going between providers, insurance hospitals and doctors? Less paperwork 😂(Germany 😋). Or what about excluded services, or included with the insurances?
I’m no stranger to the bureaucratic paperwork nightmares of Germany but this hasn’t really applied to us with healthcare related stuff. Wait times at walk-in clinics has been relatively short and the care has been thorough and good. We have more coverage, prescriptions and overall out of pocket expenses are way cheaper. We are getting older and my wife was having some anxiety about her health so I told her get all the testing you want, we’ll submit it all for reimbursement and just pay out of pocket for what they wont cover. She got a full physical, blood/stool/urine work, and a full body ultrasound. All of it was reimbursed(we are on private insurance, but we go to facilities that also provide care for public insurance). That’s just a bit about my limited experience in Frankfurt but overall we have been much happier with it.
It’s a reimbursement model?
Which countries are we able to gain Citizenship? I know some people gained Canadian citizenship through their job. We can’t all move to Canada.
I’m waiting for the next 90 day fiance where some white dude from Florida is trying to marry a south American girl for a green card.