I work for a big healthcare provider and in spite this likely being true, I still hear all the time about trying to "reduce over utilization". It's disgusting.
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and probably qoutas for DENIALS, over approvals for certain situations. i know one drug, dupixent is often denied by insurance, because its super expensive.
Is "healthcare provider" an actual provider of healthcare (hospital, private practice, etc) or a middleman?
Hospitals clearly want to have as many procedures as they can. Insurers likewise want to pay for none. Hence "overutilization".
Any way it is, companies gonna chase profit with no eye for people. Remember, they don't exist for people. They do for money.
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Why do you think healthcare is tied to employment?
They only want to help if they can get a return on their investment. That's all we are to them.
That's all we've ever been.
The problem is that there's a hell of a lot more of us than there are of them.
If we could only use our collective power to change things to favour all workers instead of the owners and elites.... If only there was some way to regulate them into compliance to provide better, safer, and fairer, working conditions... To add some layer of oversight, where dozens of people that represent the majority of people across the nation to help bring forward what the people want, instead of the 1% just doing whatever the fuck they want....
That would be amazing. If only it existed...
Both parties are doing everything they can to make sure it doesn't.
Exactly my point.
I could 100% believe it. This not based on any study, but it would make aense more americans practice home remedies when ill rather than go to a doctor. Like feeling sick? If you dont need a doctors note just rest, stay hydrated. The rule of thumb is if it lasts more then 14 days see a doctor. Sprain a muscle, joint or break a bone, if its not a compound break (Bone out of skin) you can usually get away with just putting it in a splint yourself. We own multiple braces and crutches for that.
So yeah, alot of Americans I think they dont think of calling emergency services or seeing a doctor when they are ill or injured, only if its like workers comp, car accident or gets bad enough (aforementioned 14 days cough).
It pairs with the you dont stop going to work even if you feel sick,
if it lasts more then 14 days see a doctor
That... seems like a long time? Is that what your doctors are recommending for medical reasons or is it born out of necessity because of the general circumstances in the US? Because where I am, it's 3 days, a week at most.
For (possibly) broken bones, it's zero days here. Straight to the doctor you go. A three day cough will have to be pretty damned serious before you get to see a doctor though.
that is a rule for certain conditions, like mouth ulcers, if it last more than 2 weeks, probably should seek a doctor asap. i had one that lasted that long. because acute causes dont last that long, and thats usually only 1-2 things that can make it last longer than 2 weeks.
I've done a really poor job of stitching myself up with bleach soaked fishing line.
Couldn't afford a doctor when I had a severe concussion.
When I broke a toe I tapped the broken toe to the toe next to it and took the laces off of that shoe so my foot would fit.
When I had swine flu and my fever was dangerously high I slept outside because it was 40F outside.
Hell even when I was in the US Army I barely used the free healthcare. Both because of the anxiety of years of healthcare being unaffordable, and my leadership discouraging anyone to use it. You didn't want to get labeled a "broke dick" as you would get treated like shit.
I was denied medical care quite a bit as a child and I’m broke/uninsured now so I’ve learned how to take care of a few things. I figured how how to lance things with a lighter and a safety pin in middle school. I’ve found that local doctors don’t really know shit about how to deal with my trans body, and will blame testosterone for everything, so it’s mostly been a waste of time and money to see doctors.
I do have to get blood work twice a year for my testosterone, which is expensive and difficult to cope with but probably good for me in the long run.