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user-inactivated  ·  3019 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: August 17, 2016

There are two shows coming up but due to the US not having a health care system (we have a pyramid scam designed to feed cash to insurance agencies) I may not have the disposable income to go to both. Oh and I still feel like shit and am now on drugs to try to fix things that may or may not be fucked up inside my walking corpse. Postmodern Jukebox tickets for the part of the theater worth sitting in are $90... 90 fucking dollars. Slayer is in town at the end of the year and those tickets are $100. If I go to Slayer I need to hit the gym hard so that I can hang in the pit with the kiddies and enjoy the show, and I have zero energy to do anything but work and sleep right now.

I have nothing but sympathy for doctors. The health insurance nonsense makes me upset that Sanders did not get more traction and have a ground game that could have won. Older doctors are starting to see the writing on the wall and leaving, the young doctors are looking at the old work loads and demanding work-life balance to be a thing and GP's are still being shit on by both the hospitals and the insurance companies. Hospitals discourage general practice because it bills for less than specialty care; insurance pays less due to it being mostly maintenance care (your physical every year is 100% covered under the ACA, paid by your insurance). If they knew exactly what the fuck was wrong with me and shipped me off to a specialist and that fixed me, I'd still be out the stacks of cash but at least I'd be better.

You jerks in Colorado? Vote for single payer. It may not help, it may hurt, but at least it is not this shit we are dealing with now.