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The American Healthcare System Is The Biggest Pile Of shite Ever Invented
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:38 am
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:38 am
Between my employer and I we pay $1,500.00 a month for employee +1 kid.
Kid goes to dermatologist, co pay $65.00.
Dermatologist writes prescription "that the kid needs to start immediately", last Wednesday.
Pharmacy - The Rx is $245.00 but if we get prior authorization it's $35.00, OK get prior authorization.
Seven days later and 14 phone calls "still pending approval" .
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Kid goes to dermatologist, co pay $65.00.
Dermatologist writes prescription "that the kid needs to start immediately", last Wednesday.
Pharmacy - The Rx is $245.00 but if we get prior authorization it's $35.00, OK get prior authorization.
Seven days later and 14 phone calls "still pending approval" .
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:39 am to The Torch
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The Torch
You know what to do
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:40 am to The Torch
The payment side yeah, the medical side no....
You can thank Jug Ears for this... frick him and the ACA...
You can thank Jug Ears for this... frick him and the ACA...
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:40 am to The Torch
Nothing you described other than the doctor visit is the health care system.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:44 am to CastleBravo
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Nothing you described other than the doctor visit is the health care system.
Pharmacy isn't part of healthcare ?
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:44 am to The Torch
And people will fricking defend it to the death (literally) before they'll ever consider a universal healthcare plan because "that's socialism" 
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:44 am to CastleBravo
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Nothing you described other than the doctor visit is the health care system.
All of it is part of the healthcare system
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:45 am to Powerman
quote:The fix for everything!
a universal healthcare plan
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:56 am to Hangover Haven
Insurance companies made out like bandits with ACA.
They are the biggest fans.
They are the biggest fans.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:58 am to The Torch
If you have a big medical bill, just pay them like $25 a month. They will threaten and pitch a fit but if you are making some kind of payment they never do shite
I have a friend that had a surgery almost a decade ago and after insurance “pitching in” he owed $40,000.
He has paid $50 a month for almost a decade and even though they call and threaten him every other month, nothing has ever happened
I have a friend that had a surgery almost a decade ago and after insurance “pitching in” he owed $40,000.
He has paid $50 a month for almost a decade and even though they call and threaten him every other month, nothing has ever happened
This post was edited on 11/25/25 at 10:00 am
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:00 am to The Torch
Drug plans are a major scam with all companies posting identical +$100 increases for 2026. They are also decreasing the number of drugs covered in their plans.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:01 am to KiwiHead
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Insurance companies made out like bandits with ACA.
They are the biggest fans.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:01 am to KiwiHead
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Insurance companies made out like bandits with ACA.
Exactly....
That's why I laugh at the leftist lunatics who praised that dude who killed the United Health Care Insurance CEO. None of them realize how United Health Care made so much money.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:02 am to CastleBravo
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Nothing you described other than the doctor visit is the health care system.
Other than getting a prescription. Other than talking to health insurance.
Other than getting your claims paid aka paying the Healthcare providers for providing Healthcare services
It's all the Healthcare system mate
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:05 am to Bigdawgb
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Other than getting a prescription.
I will give you the pharma distribution as a part of the health care system.
Insurance, Payment and the "Affordable Care Act" are not the health care system.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:07 am to The Torch
It's a game and the big companies laugh their way to the bank. Why are health insurance companies often limited geographically? Why are drug manufacturers allowed to openly market their shite directly to consumers? Why do pharmaceuticals charge so much in the U.S. while charging so little in Europe and other areas? Why do people with private health insurance get charged so much for the same items and procedures that are billed much cheaper if you have Obamacare? Why did the pharmaceutical companies back Obamacare? Because they agreed to support it in return for no pressure or negotiations to reduce costs for people on Medicare.
It's a scam and a joke.
It's a scam and a joke.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:09 am to Powerman
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they'll ever consider a universal healthcare plan because "that's socialism"
It’s worse than that. It’s slavery.
They purposely fricked up the system so bad that people think they need more gov’t to fix the problem. The reality is that we need to get gov’t out of the healthcare business.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:10 am to Powerman
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universal healthcare plan
Will make it even worse. VA on steroids and that is a boondoggle nightmare. Ask me how I know.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:10 am to CastleBravo
A big part of it is simple:
Price capping by socialized medicine programs around the world places the burden of paying for medical technology on the American public.
We are living through a golden age of medical discovery but the vast majority of the costs for that advancement is paid for by Americans. Our at least somewhat market-based system is subsidizing the rest of the world.
The answer is for the rest of the world to pay up.
Price capping by socialized medicine programs around the world places the burden of paying for medical technology on the American public.
We are living through a golden age of medical discovery but the vast majority of the costs for that advancement is paid for by Americans. Our at least somewhat market-based system is subsidizing the rest of the world.
The answer is for the rest of the world to pay up.
This post was edited on 11/25/25 at 10:12 am
Posted on 11/25/25 at 10:11 am to Aubie Spr96
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They purposely fricked up the system so bad that people think they need more gov’t to fix the problem. The reality is that we need to get gov’t out of the healthcare business.
Exactly
That is what the ACA was designed to do
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