#heath insurance

[mushi-shield]

i got my tooth pulled today and they add bone stuff too it, I still need too get more work done on two other teeth right beside it which they then will make a bridge. but the total cost will be over $5000

i'm not asking for money just bitching how bad insurance is my insurance only cover a tiny amount and today it cost $600

i will have to wait around almost year to get enough to get the next part done because Mom and I still paying off her bills for her cancel treatment/surgery and her stay at the hospital and my own medical bills

again I'm not asking for money just bitching and if anyone else want to bitch about there own problems about the health insurance go right ahead

[circleturk]

Me when my boss informed me that I qualify for insurance benefits

[camilaella]

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[defensefilms]

Tua Tagovailoa Injury Is An Indictement Of League Safety Protocols

The fallout from the Tua Tagovailoa situation is real and is being met with intense scrutiny as to how or why Tua was allowed to play on Thursday Night Football?

In the video above, is Dr Ben Omalu, also known as the “Concussion Doctor”, most famously depicted in film “Concussion” starring Will Smith. Long story short, Dr. Ben Omalu has been a thorn in the NFL’s side for the better part of the last 20 years. 

Basically, he’s the reason a lot of the physicality has been officiated out of the NFL.

What I believe Omalu represents more than anything else, is the justifiable scrutiny on the health of players within the NFL and players who are retired.

This is a worker-employee issue at it’s core and it’s stories like this are the reason sports cannot be separated from politics.

The NFL up to this point has gotten away with something very few employers in America or the world, have gotten away with, because they do not pay for the health needs of their workers. There is no kind of health-based safety net for players, who essentially ruin their bodies playing this sport.

In last night’s game between the Colts and the Broncos, there was an added bit of scrutiny on every bit of physical play.

The NFL will be on red alert towards anything that is a player health issue or a violation of it’s League Safety Protocols, but that in itself is still an indictement, because if the protocols are effective then how’d they miss on Tua?

Here’s the problem, after the 1st hit which Tua took. Whixh was a late hit which was ruled as roughing the passer by Bills linebacker Matt Milano,Tua was visibly wobbled.

You can tell tell he tries to tough it out and walk it off but he falls to the ground again. Tua would still complete the game, but should he have been allowed to even do that based on Omalu’s findings regarding concussions?

No. Tua should not have even had the option to play through any kind of head injury. Furthermore, it’s been proven that the culture within the sport of football ecourages players to play through injuries, so players should not be entrusted to make this decision on their own at all, and shouldn’t be able to override health and safety protocols in any way or form.

What I have truly been unimpressed by, is Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel’s response to  Tua’s injury and the kind of lack of concern he showed, which in many ways mirrors Kyle Shanahan’s distant and unconcerned response to Trey Lance’s injury in week 2.

When even the mainstream media can’t find a way to defend a coach or an organization, you know there’s a problem.

The idea that McDaniel sees this as just “part of the game”, and worse yet, for him to say that all of the safety protocols were followed, acutally raises an issue for the NFL, becuase now people will want to know what those protocols are, and how strictly were they followed if this situation was allowed to occurr?

And right on cue, the NFL and the Player’s Association have issued a joint statement regarding the safety protocols.

They are claiming to not have come to any conclusions,  but have already pre-emptively vowed to improve the protocols. That is damning.

I have a lot of respect for Dr Omalu.

The guts that this man has to face down a corporation like the NFL with all it’s resources legal, financial and political, was the kind of stand you can only wish more people bothered to take towards injustices perpetrated by people in positions of power.

He also defended Gisele Bundchen when she revealed to the world that Tom Brady had sustained concussions while playing the most protected position on the field.

The NFL not having any kind of health insurance/ coverage for former players, along with any workplace that employs people full time, should be far more accountable, responsible and far more forthcoming regarding player health and the health of employees.

The league has not learned their lesson.

No one wants to ban the sport of football, but if young men are going to put thier bodies on the line like that, then there should be some kind of built in health insurance to help them once they are retired and unable to work. 

Before the Doplhins took the field against the Cincinatti Bengals on Monday Night Football, Ben Omalu had already been on TMZ and publicly stated that there is no doubt that Tua was concussed in the Bills game, and as a neurologist he would have never allowed Tua to play last Thursday.

Omalu explains that, a concussion is like a fracture to the brain, and if you were to fracture your leg, there is no way you would dar to get up and play, so why would players be ecnouraged to play through head injuries?

Trust the doctors people, this sport doesn’t have to be worse just because it took a more serious approach to helping players protect their health.

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[dabblingreturns]

Doctors office: "you know that your insurance is out of state?"

Me: "yes. I was aware. This hasn't been a problem for the last nine months"

Doctors office: "I still need to get aproval..."

Me: " -no you don't! I will pay for the appointment out of pocket if insurance can't covet it. Psychiatric medication isn't something I can afford to wait on"

Doctors office: "I guess not.

[questionphings]

Does anyone’s else have an active internal monologue

But who’s also highly reactive and impulsive??

[the-commonplace-book]

folks my credit card is almost paid off 💕😭💕

[warmhappycat]

every single I have to interact with unitedhealthcare i end up googling stuff like "how to file a human rights complaint" or "how to report crimes against humanity"

[sochilll]

It’s really cool how they made finding a therapist sooooo easy and convenient (lying)

[latinowolverine]

getting frustrated looking at health insurance plans 🤩

[eighthdoctor]

How does getting name change work? I'm gearing up for the 2024 round of grad school applications (yes it's early). I don't want my academic career on my dead name/my family's last name and I'd like to have this straightened out by the February grad app deadline and I suspect it will take the rest of the year

The bad news is it is VERY location specific. The good news is once you get the court order it's just a matter of tracking down every other piece of documentation you have ever had, sending them the court order and a specific form and probably some other proof of identity, and yelling at them until they sort their shit out.

The other good news is you don't need to disclose as trans, most people changing their names are doing so because they got married, and in circumstances where it's clear that you did not get married the assumption is that it's a nickname/misspelling/family drama that they don't want to know about. My mom just legally changed her name to a different spelling. Nobody needs an explanation.

(Unless you want to of course. I disclosed to my vet office and was rewarded by being the first person the vet tech introduced themself to in person. Which was ADORABLE.)

Anyway. Start here. I also highly recommend googling "[your county] name change court order". There might be places where you DONT need a court order to get started but I highly doubt it and most of the federal documents need a court order so you'll want one eventually.

The other thing you should start ASAP is making a list of literally everything that has your name on it. Insurance. Bank accounts. Pet licenses. Amazon. Email accounts. Some of these you don't need any proof to change, some of them will require obscene amounts of proof.

This is not, at least in Washington, a super expensive process--the court order/documentation came to $300, which is An Amount Of Money but since then the only thing that's cost anything is my driver's license and even then only because I chose to upgrade to an enhanced license. It would've been $5 iirc if I hadn't. Everything else (banks, social security, insurance, etc) has been free.

It's just time consuming as fuck. And boring. And so much stupid bureaucracy.

[kruki]

time for blindness eye drops

[lochrannn]

When do you think strike will end?

I couldn't begin to guess at an actual time, but it'll most likely be when the AMPTP start negotiating again and at least drop the most egregious contract demands and SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP will agree on something that most people not involved will find less than satisfactory. And nevertheless, even if I think the god damn venture capitalists will get most of what they want, because even if people think they're not about ideology and all about the bottom line, I fear they would happily take some losses if they can break up more or all labour protections and fair compensation further down the line, that is precisely why this fight needs to be fought.

[zippers]

really really really proud of myself yesterday was the smoothest pottery has ever gone, but this mysterious sudden decrease in lung capacity a few weeks ago is still draining all my energy