American health care is the best. Not only did it create Spiderman, but also Breaking Bad.
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I’ve got insurance and still sleep it off because I don’t want a huge bill.
I got insurance and need not fear a huge bill and still sleep it off because I don’t want to talk to people.
Same. You know what's a hassle? Seeing a doctor. You know what's not? Sleeping.
Hi there!
It's crazy how much we pay just to be denied coverage as a cost savings measure.
It’s not the denied treatment that’s the problem. It’s the treatment they approve and then I still get a huge bill for a copay or deductible or some shit.
its also things they can unilaterally deny. anthem blue cross is probably the second worst after UHC. Kaiser skews thier results by pricing people out of the network/HMO.
His aunt and uncle didn't appear to be employed and likely on fixed income. Chances are good he wasn't insured.
Hes a New Yorker and clearly not rolling in money, I can relate.
I was trimming a tree on my property and a big branch kicked back and broke my arm. I said, "It'll be fine."
It's fine.
Yeah sure, until you're older and the lack of proper healing comes to collect its due
I seriously doubt it was broken if you thought it was "fine". I've broken an unknown number fingers, toes, ribs, right arm (x2), and my femur. In every case, it was crippling, as in, that body part no go no more.
Had at least one concussion, little harder to judge those.
Guy was chewing me out on the phone, wanted my manager's name.
"Uh..." (His office door with his name plate was directly behind my desk.) "Uh..."
"You mean to tell me you don't know your own manager's name?!"
"Give me a break! I got in a motorcycle wreck yesterday and got a concussion, feeling a little dumb right now."
"Oh shit man! I'm so sorry. Didn't meant to go off like that."
I don't think Parker ever hits upper middle class. Living off MJ's good graces lmao
I mean, he owns his own company now, so there's that.
with the help of strange and iron man, which living off someone rich.
🎶🎶 ain't that America, home of the fee, baby 🎶🎶
I wonder if men in other countries are like American men. To me it's not a tough guy or cost thing, it's just that I've been to the doctor for so much bullshit that turned out to be nothing. I'm lazy as well. 🤷🏻
Per my doc, I have "emphysema light". Been short of breath lately. Doctor visit? Yeah, about every time, "It's allergies, I have it right now too." And it is. Also, I know how to fix it. Get off my ass and get some serious exercise and the problem resolves in a week or two.
Well not aussie it seems, if you're bitten by anything that's not your ex, you should visit the doc immediately.
just a teenager
One of my first jobs was working for a shitty movie theater where they had a scorpion infestation. I got stung on my finger taking out the trash and they just sent me home. Fell asleep/passed out with my finger in a cup of ice.
luckily small tails means less venomous, and large tailed stingers are venomous, you can also tell if they have large or small pincers, larger pincers are less venomous. different species have variations of this.
Yeah, luckily we don't get large scorpions here. It was just a little guy, still hurt a bunch and made my finger swell to an alarming size.
I've never been diagnosed with a fractured bone. I'm in my mid 40s and have likely had a few
I dunno, I've fractured several bones. I'd say you will know. Like dad said about karate movies, one hit, that's a broken bone, he'd be down.
When you break shit, it no longer functions. Doesn't need to be a compound fracture, even a green-stick fracture will stop you cold.
I'm not talking a clean break. I've definitely never had that (and I've been through the ringer, believe me - concussion with amnesia and a torn mcl).
I'm talking about hairline fractures that didn't debilitate me, but were likely due to the sheer amount of pain, bruising, and swelling.
Doesn't even have to be a clean break to immobilize you. My first break was my right arm at 9-yo, on my birthday. Every thought I was being a wuss, because I was. Next day the doctor popped the X-ray on the wall light, "I TOLD YOU!".
Anyway, it was just a crack, not sure how to define it medically. I believe he called it a greenstick fracture, but after looking at pics, it wasn't that bad.
Cannot happen in the EU. Such shame.