I can’t help think that universal health care would make a difference.
Because if we had universal health care, then we would not have huge corporations who make more money the less medical care they provide. And so who are highly motivated to tie you up in paperwork and red tape and phone calls and emails and other inconveniences, in the hopes that they will make you go away and not make them spend money on providing you the care you (or your employer, or the government) is paying them for.
I've been pretty happy with Kaiser on this count. I haven't had to argue with anyone about why they should cover a medication or a test, thus far. As I've been on Kaiser for almost 2 years (will be 2 years Sept 1), I think that's doing pretty darn good. I know that some people have to fight with their insurance for weeks or months to get biologics for autoimmune disorders; I had mine in hand within a week of my doctor deciding I needed them, and would have had them sooner if I hadn't been having sleep schedule issues and missing phone calls. Yeah, obviously I still need to do all my exercises and take my pills to stay in decent condition, but the most I've had to do with Kaiser is tell my GP which medications I failed and why before getting my current set. I think I spent a week without my sleeping pills because of a miscommunication on that, but otherwise I can't remember any issues at all with getting things covered. It has just been SO different from any other insurance company I've dealt with. I really only have 2
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What an excellent (horrible, sisyphysian) illustration of the phenemonon! (How incredibly dispiriting that even a large amount of 'healthcare capital'* isn't much help.)
Thank-you so much for sharing this, and: I hear you.
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I can’t help think that universal health care would make a difference.
Because if we had universal health care, then we would not have huge corporations who make more money the less medical care they provide. And so who are highly motivated to tie you up in paperwork and red tape and phone calls and emails and other inconveniences, in the hopes that they will make you go away and not make them spend money on providing you the care you (or your employer, or the government) is paying them for.
Grrrrr.
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(How incredibly dispiriting that even a large amount of 'healthcare capital'* isn't much help.)
Thank-you so much for sharing this, and: I hear you.
*http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14461242.2016.1170624
(my fullstop key isn't working; it also has the close angle bracket symbol on it - no embedded links for me!)
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