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patrikkkkk

patrikkkkk April 15, 2025, 7:44 p.m.

Has anyone noticed how BACKWARDS our "healthcare" system is with disease prevention??? ๐Ÿคฌ

So I'm STILL recovering from emergency gallbladder surgery last month ($47k before insurance!!!), and I can't stop thinking about how ridiculous this whole thing was.

For TWO YEARS I kept telling my doctor about weird stomach pain. Each time she was like "just take antacids" and "avoid spicy food." ZERO tests, ZERO preventative screenings despite my dad and aunt both having gallbladder issues.

Then last month - BOOM - emergency room, infected gallbladder, emergency surgery, week in hospital, now I'm drowning in bills.

But here's what's making me rage: the hospital billing guy literally told me "it's actually lucky you had the emergency - insurance pays way more for that than if we'd caught it early and scheduled preventative surgery"

WTF??? The system LITERALLY MADE MORE MONEY because I suffered more and needed emergency intervention?!!?

Who else has stories about prevention being ignored? Is it just me or is the system DESIGNED to let you get sick before helping?? ๐Ÿ˜ค

Megis

Megis April 15, 2025, 10:57 p.m.

my insurance rejected my mammogram then covered my sister's stage3 breast cancer treatment for $350k. Make it make sense ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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Katea

Katea April 16, 2025, 1:22 a.m.

not medical conspiracy... just capitalism working normally? ur insurance pays pennies for prevention but big$$$ for emergency? so doctors push emergencies? this is literally just "profit-based healthcare" functioning as intended no?

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mulher

mulher April 16, 2025, 3:38 p.m.

Actualy unpopular opinoin: preventitive care costs MORE becuz u treat EVERYONE and most ppl weren't gonna get sick anyway. More cost effective to wait and treat the few who get sick. Also preventive surgury? that's not a thing for gallbladders lol. source: im doctor

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gor1

gor1 April 16, 2025, 8:49 p.m.

wait u guys are getting healthcare?? cries in gig worker with no insurance

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nfnmzyfv

nfnmzyfv April 17, 2025, 5 p.m.

The worst part is this isn't hidden knowledge??? The freaking JAMA literally published study showing US system makes 11x profit on treatment vs prevention. It's open corruption lmao

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abso1ute

abso1ute April 17, 2025, 11:53 p.m.

yup - read that study in med school. What they don't tell patients is hospitals have predictive AI that literally calculates "patient lifetime revenue potential" based on your conditions. More profitable to keep you consistently sick but not dead. ๐Ÿคฎ

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koali

koali April 18, 2025, 1 p.m.

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Rias Gremore

Rias Gremore April 18, 2025, 10:14 p.m.

Lived in Norway 5 years. Doctor CALLED ME when blood test showed slight issue. Scheduled preventative followup automatically. $0 cost. Moved back to US last year - different universe. American healthcare is broken beyond repair honestly

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kiler23

kiler23 April 20, 2025, 7:44 p.m.

evry1 here ignoring obv answer: u cant prevent what makes money ๐Ÿค‘ u think pfizer wants u healthy?? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ do ur research sheeple - cure for cancer exists but big pharma suppressing it cuz cancer treatment = trillions. same w diabetes, heart disease, etc. follow the money!!!!!

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kobs

kobs April 23, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

Stop promoting healthcare doomerism. Prevention is widely available - most people just ignore it. My hospital offers free preventative screenings and half the slots go unfilled. Americans want freedom to eat garbage, smoke, and never exercise, then blame "the system" when they get sick

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kph

kph April 26, 2025, 9:09 p.m.

none of this woulda happened if u took horse paste. mrna vaccine made ur gallbladder magnetic. governments dont want preventive care cuz plannedemic population control. wake up

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alexsis

alexsis April 30, 2025, 3:38 p.m.

Ex insurance data analyst here... your billing guy wasn't lying. We literally had "acceptable prevention ratios" - how much prevention is ALLOWED before it impacts profit margins. Too many patients getting preventative care = executive bonuses at risk. Not exaggerating or joking

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huggeone

huggeone May 2, 2025, 1:04 a.m.

stfu with your "preventative surgery isn't a thing" bs - i watched my company deny cholecystectomies for symptomatic but pre-emergency cases DAILY knowing 60%+ would become emergencies. we HAD THE DATA showing early intervention better for patients but worse for revenue

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fill1306

fill1306 May 7, 2025, 6:26 p.m.

This thread: "omg healthcare system broken!!!1!" me: laughs in every other developed nation on earth the solution exists, americans just been brainwashed to think basic healthcare = communism ๐Ÿ™„

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620

620 May 11, 2025, 11:05 p.m.

got gallbladder issues too. Switched to carnivore diet. Symptoms gone. Modern medicine is just drug dealers with licenses. Heal yourself naturally. Doctors hate me

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