Why do I get the luxury of having my insurance pay $2, but the pharmacy can charge 30x that amount. This disparity is sickening.

My employer is requiring all employees to go through Vida health next year for weight loss medication. I’m trying to get set up with them now so I don’t have to worry about getting all of the information to them later, forgetting something, and missing my medication. This stuff is game changing, it’s the only thing that keeps my sugar cravings at bay, and has helped give me the willpower to no longer be considered pre-diabetic. Moving on. Anyway, I uploaded my most recent bloodwork as directed. Was told there wasn’t enough information, a few hours later labs were ordered. I get home from work, upload my slightly older bloodwork with the rest of the information I’m now aware they need. I’m reminded that I need additional information from my doctor. I let her know that I was struggling to get that information due to being short staffed at work, in combination with working similar hours that my doctors office is working, but I am working on getting that information. She turned on caps and yelled at me, demanding to know information that was literally already covered. I was talked down to as well. I’m not sure why. She was real nice after I took some screenshots though, I don’t know if that was a coincidence or if she got notification I took screen shots. I would like to share these screenshots somewhere. Either with my insurance company, my company, or a board somewhere. A medical professional should not act like that. I have no idea where to start though. Or am I overreacting and should I just let it go?

Any advice would be appreciated.

I have an amazing doctor who has never once treated me like because I responded to a question with not the right answer, he’s always just clarified and we’ve gone from there. Maybe I’m just being a bit of a Karen because this has me shook that I have to deal with this treatment to receive medication.

So I had an appointment today for some bloodwork. This is my first time (I’m young) going to a doctor’s appointment and finding a PCP on my own. Literally everyone was super sweet and made me feel welcome. But when it was time for my labs, the lady who walked in honestly gave me not good vibes, I didn’t like her tone.

When she was asking what arm I would like my shot in, she asked what “deltoid” I would like it in. Yes, I’m a CNA who just got off of work and I was still in my scrubs. I’m guessing maybe she assumed I would know but I don’t use that type of terminology at work. I asked her to repeat herself and she snapped “WHAT arm do you want your shot in?” I told her my right would be okay.

Then when it was time for the bloodwork, she asked which arm would I like the blood drawn from. She was talking too fast so again, I asked her to repeat herself. Then she slowed her words down, “which arm. Do you want me to do?” As if I was dumb? Her coworker was there too. Again, I told her my right. I couldn’t tell if she was trying to be funny or what. She was even being nice to me and using my name while talking to me afterwards, it was weird.

Then when I was done, I sat down to wait for my ride. From where the staff sat, they couldn’t see me. I guess they thought I was gone. I heard the lady saying “was I talking too fast or something?” And her coworker was saying that she wasn’t. Then the coworker added “wow and she’s driving too.” Like what does that mean??

I’m just now processing everything because this was my first time and I was a little nervous about the needles. But it put a bad taste in my mouth. If that’s how she treated me, I would hate to see how she treats people with hearing loss or auditory processing disorders.

Hi all. I am 26 year old female. I do not qualify for health insurance at my job because I’m part time and will continue to be part time. If I go through market place, what can I expect it to be monthly? I tried doing it and it gives me a preview of the lowest at $280 per month. This is crazy. I just want to be able to get blood work done, annual check ups, see gynecologist, and dermatologist about my hair. Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!’ I make 80k now.

Hi, I’m not sure if this is the right reddit to post this on but a bit of background information I am torn between becoming an RN or rad tech. Currently I am doing prerequisites at a local college for their RN program and I only have 1 class left before I apply. However, I’ve been speaking to someone who is a rad tech and the job seems to be a lot more enjoyable than an RN. If I decide to go for the the rad tech, I will be delayed about 8 months until I am projected to graduate so I’m just unsure. I see people say nursing has better progression throughout the field, it’s hard to find good shifts as a rad tech, etc. At the same time they say rad tech is much lower stress. I am torn between the two.

On my last week of radiation therapy for skin cancer( 6 weeks.) Kind of strange going into the radiation machine with the tech dressed as a clown and the nurse dressed as a fortune teller. The office was decorated, there were about 5 other staff members costumed, and they gave out free popcorn. I was tired, wasn't bothered by it, but didn't have it in me to follow their festive mood and just wanted to get in and out. Maybe it was for office morale...comments, opinions, anything?

Hi,

I’m British (30, M) and have been dating my girlfriend for a year. We met while both in Australia, She is from California. I’m currently in San Fransisco visiting her for a month right now.

Have been starting to wonder about how things will go with healthcare if one day we should get married? She wants to stay in the US so it would mean me moving here.

If I became a permanent resident of the United States and had an address here; from my understanding I would lose my rights to free NHS healthcare that we have in the UK. I googled this and it would seem the only way I’d be entitled to NHS healthcare would be if I permanently moved back to England.

Understanding the US medical care system is all very new to me. Neither of us is high paid (in fact we are both currently unemployed and will be seeking work in our home countries after this month.) but have supportive families. Could someone give me a general idea of what I’d be in for in future with getting medical insurance as a foreign green card holder? If that was the route we decided to go down.

The other option of course would be for her to move to the UK with me if we married but would like to consider all possibilities as we do both like it here in California and she is close to her family.

Thanks

I had a seasonal job as a farmer and it ended. I don’t have other work lined up. But I’ve been doing side gigs for some elder ladies 2x a week this past year. They pay me in checks, which I’m not sure if that means I have to write off as income on my taxes; I’d rather not as I couldn’t get by living on my own; I live with my parents.

If I don’t have a job lined up, and applying for healthcare again (it’s that time of year I have to update my income) and they’re asking me what my income for this upcoming year will be. …. I have no idea?

How am I supposed to know? Do I just give a guess? What if the guess is too high or too low? Will they know?

All I know is as these I made 7% above poverty level (so no free health care) last year making $28k from another farm job (but I went down to 4 days a week so it wasn’t even 28k in the end). Now this past farm job I was making $3 less/hr so I wonder if I’ll get Obamacare or whatever the free health insurance is.

I just gotta say; this shit is so unnecessarily fucking confusing, for no reason really.

So speaker Johnson made a comment at a recent press conference saying that getting rid of the ACA/Obama care will be a top priority of Republicans if Trump gets back in the office. And once again, they have no plans in place for anything better that would replace it – they just want to get rid of it as is.

When pretty immediate pushback started hitting them, some tried to backtrack things and the Trump team is saying that that’s not how Trump feels. Even though Trump repeatedly tried to dismantle it when he was in office.

https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-2669506539/

I was thinking of starting a consultancy that would help bring people to healthcare centers to get treatment, specifically I would concentrate on bringing people with substance abuse disorders and mental health struggles to psychiatrists.

Does anyone have any input on how one would reach potential patients and bring in more traffic to the doctor's office? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Long story made short, I found out through my insurance that I had a pathology work up completed June 2020. As a result of the report, I was diagnosed with blood cancer. I had already left the hospital when the results came back and someway the hospital never got ahold of me. That’s in the past, but I need access to this pathology report. I have signed the appropriate ROI’s and the hospital acknowledges having them on file, it’s past the 15 days state allows them to release the report and they still have not. What is my next move here?

Hi,

I recently moved to US from Canada. I had an ongoing Invisalign treatment in Canada that I now want to continue with the same dentist. Is it possible to get dental insurance that can cover my treatment in Canada while I continue to work and stay in US. Needless to say, I will be travelling to Canada for the treatment when required.

TIA

Hi! Apologies if this isn't the right place, I'm just unsure where to post this. I'm working on a documentary and looking to consult someone with experience caring for those with schizophrenia. Fiver seems too unprofessional and dodgey, what would the best way to approach this? Willing to whatever ofc, ide appreciate any help, thank you :)

Not sure if this the right/appropriate question, but I wanted to ask about how mental health laws work in other countries in contrast to the United States.

In the United States, as far as most states that I’m aware of—a patient experiencing a mental health crisis that could pose harm to themselves and/or others can be involuntarily hospitalized, but the inpatient hospitalization is only to destabilize the patient and then works towards outpatient.

Readers, is that something similar in your country or do mental health laws favor longer-term inpatient treatment for individuals? Thanks.

Hi r/healthcare,

Getting medication in Canada was straightforward - quarterly bloodwork and medication delivered every 60 days. Then I moved to LA and got introduced to American specialty pharmacies.

After four years of dealing with this system, I built an AI that calls specialty pharmacies on patients' behalf, and I'm looking for feedback from others who deal with these pharmacies regularly.

The customer service ratings speak for themselves - here are their Yelp reviews:

• CVS Specialty: 1.3 stars (240 reviews)
• Accredo: 1.1 stars (918 reviews)
• Optum Rx: 1.2 stars (394 reviews)
• AllianceRx: 1.1 stars (168 reviews)

The AI assistant is straight forward:

1. You tell it what you need
2. It makes the calls and handles the back-and-forth
3. You get updates on what happened

I'm curious:

• How much time do you spend dealing with specialty pharmacies?
• Would you use an AI to handle these calls for you?
  • If not, why?

We're looking for beta testers (it's free during beta). If you're interested in trying it out or sharing your thoughts on the concept, check out Tagin or let me know in the comments.

If you want to get started right away click on the "Get started" link and use the invite code "Reddit"

So, first time needing to transfer a prescription. I'm curious about what the rules are about this. I was prescribed a medication and called the pharmacy to see if my order made it over. They said it had but stated my insurance wouldn't cover it and out of pocket it would be about $500. They asked if I was still interested in getting the prescription filled and I asked them to hold off on it so I could talk to my provider because I couldn't afford it right now. They said no problem.

I did some research online and found out I could get the same prescription for cheaper (for less than $100) either using GoodRx or having my order transferred to Amazon pharmacy. I decided to try Amazon pharmacy. I called my clinician's office to see if they could fax the order to the new pharmacy. They said no. I asked why not. They said "because we already sent the order out to the other pharmacy." I asked what I needed to do to get the order transferred and if I could just call the pharmacy to have them transfer it? They said "no, your only option is to pick up the medication from that pharmacy."

I found out afterward that you can just have the new pharmacy call the old pharmacy and have the order transferred that way, which I've done. But, now I'm just curious as to why my providers office was adamant about me picking it up from that pharmacy when there IS the option to transfer the order?

If it makes a difference, it's a brand new script, never picked up the order before, this is in California, insurance will not cover it. It's for a corticosteroid for a skin condition. I don't really want to make any assumptions about my provider's office if there's some rules or general practices I'm just not aware of.

I am in Canada the land of no healthcare & I am wondering if there's a place I can send my MRI information so they can send me the results of it. I've been failed nonstop by the "healthcare" here and have been forced to take my health into my own hands.

• I have the disc on hand
• I know I'll need to pay as I paid for the mri itself as well
• my Dr is also reading the mri results as they were sent to her as well
• I want 2 opinions, as I've already said I've been left on my own for many years without help.
• as well, should I end up with cancer or whatever I want my own information on hand for court as proof

( this has been a 9 year battle, and I am only now actually receiving " help " because I went out and helped myself )