• Jo Miran
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    2951 month ago

    Just because it is legal, doesn’t mean it isn’t punishable.

    • frustrated_phagocytosis
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      671 month ago

      Things like pregnancy or being a domestic violence victim were considered valid preexisting conditions until they passed Obamacare

      • @Soup
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        141 month ago

        Republicans: “A woman’s job in life is to be pregnant.”

        Public: “Ok so you’ll offer support for them, yea?”

        Republicans: “Absolutely fucking not lol”

    • KSP Atlas
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      191 month ago

      How long until Americans make being alive a pre-existing condition

      • @[email protected]
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        111 month ago

        Technically it is.

        I’m not saying that should negate any coverage that you are otherwise entitled to… Just that living is the root cause of many issues.

  • @LovableSidekick
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    B-but if we had universal health care we would lose all our FrEeDoM!!1! /edit: left out “if”

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        391 month ago

        That’s technically better than what we have now. All we get is a single jackass deciding whether we die or not.

        • Queen HawlSera
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          101 month ago

          I mean, a Death Panel would have to actually stop and think about the life they’re going to snuff out instead of just going “Can you just die? Our share holders would really appreciate it? No? Eh, I wasn’t really asking anyway…”

        • @InputZero
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          At least medically assisted death panels have licensed Doctors on them, and they’re discussing at the patients request. They are not deciding who lives and who dies, just whether or not offering medically assisted death is appropriate for the patient requesting it. Instead of a broken AI just returning ‘coverage denied’ all day.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 month ago

            Meanwhile, Canada has the MAIDS program, with patients being often asked if they need help to kys over some minor, easily solved medical issue.

  • halyk.the.red
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    1181 month ago

    We should all be playing more Luigi’s Mansion. Where’s my gamecube?

  • Queen HawlSera
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    1121 month ago
    1. Rape kits aren’t free? I figured that because it was a response to a criminal action it counted as more legal than medical… guess you learn something new every day…

    2. BEING RAPED IS A FUCKING ELECTIVE PROCEDURE!?!?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW!?!?!

    • @HearTwoTalk
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      351 month ago

      When I applied for a driver’s license in Texas, they had a list of things that I could choose to pay extra for, one of which was donating money towards testing rape kits. It still infuriates that they tried to pass that off of random people.

      • Queen HawlSera
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        211 month ago

        One of the biggest scams the American Government ever pulled, was claiming that its responsibilities were actually that of the citizens, and that anyone who expects the Government to do anything but wield an iron fist is a “Whiny snowflake looking for a free lunch”

        • @ilinamorato
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          That’s just a symptom of the actual greatest scam: making people think the government should be a “them” instead of an “us.”

          Its responsibilities are those of the citizens. That’s why the government exists: to regulate, pay for, and administrate those responsibilities.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 month ago

            That’s why they exist in theory. In practice they serve a social class that’s very much not “us” except for lip service

        • @teamevil
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          Those whiny snow flakes would really fuckin appreciate it if you called them by their proper names, billionaires.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 month ago

      I’m not sure how old the image is, but I know many states (since this shit only happens in one place, it seems) have made laws requiring rape kits to be paid for by the police, even if you don’t want a report. I don’t exactly remember how it works, but you do have to report the crime to the police, so the hospital paperwork gets handled, but you don’t have to have suffer through the interview of a detective or the DA’s office.

  • @Olgratin_Magmatoe
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    791 month ago

    🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️ 🍽️

    • @BonesOfTheMoonOP
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      He was basically euthanized by comparison to what he and his company did to people.

      • Flax
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        111 month ago

        Euthanasia could possibly even be more painful than a well aimed gunshot to the head

        • @GreenKnight23
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          well whatever it is, it’s still not covered by UHC since it was an elective procedure.

          dude chose to do what eventually killed him. just like smoking, or drugs, or being raped evidently. all according to UHC anyway.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 month ago

            Obviously if she didn’t want to pay for a rape kit, she shouldn’t have gotten herself raped in the first place.

            Sheesh. Women today. What ever happened to them just being subservient to their man from first-blood on?

  • @kitnaht
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    611 month ago

    He was just the face of the operation - there’s a whole board of directors.

  • @[email protected]
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    611 month ago

    So because she likely hasn’t the energy to sue, they just lie? Being raped is not an “elective procedure”.

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        371 month ago

        A rape kit is to collect evidence. It has nothing to do with emergency contraception. The ER can prescribe something like Plan B for that purpose, but it is not something that a “rape kit” does.

        • @[email protected]
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          151 month ago

          Why is law enforcement not paying for it? You know, as part of investigating the crime that took place.

          • @AA5B
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            My first thought was whether this is the real problem. Giving everyone the benefit of the doubt, is this process when arranged by police covered, but if you pursue it yourself without charges not covered? I know nothing about this specific scenario but insurance companies love their paperwork and loopholes. If you don’t do their paperwork the way they want, they make sure to have a loophole

            • @[email protected]
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              11 month ago

              Why would you pursue it by yourself? I’m not trying to sound judgemental with that question but what purpose does it serve other than evidence gathering?

              • @AA5B
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                Of course it’s speculation but the article didn’t mention police. If the police weren’t involved maybe it’s as simple as not wanting to pay for a test which might not even serve as evidence.

                • @[email protected]
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                  What’s the point of getting the kit done at all if the police aren’t involved? Isn’t that what they’re for? To collect evidence of the crime.

                • @[email protected]
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                  21 month ago

                  Well if everything in our justice system worked as intended it should lead to a criminal prosecution. Which is why law enforcement should be paying for it. Expecting the victim to do so is asinine.

  • @WoodScientist
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    351 month ago

    If wishes alone could kill, there wouldn’t be a single health insurance executive alive within 24 hours.

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    I say just don’t pay it. Let them threaten you all they want, they can’t put you into collections for medical debt. Throw out their letters, block their collection numbers from calling you, don’t give those slime balls a fucking penny.

    • @DillyDaily
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      It’s not just about the money, seeing the UHC letter in your mailbox when you are not expecting it will bring back flashes of that night and that trauma.

      It’s like knocking on the door of a veteran at random intervals throughout the year too show them pictures of the war. It’s dehumanising.

      • @Veneroso
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        No, they absolutely put you in collections.

        The debt falls off the credit report in several years.

        It’s also cleared by bankruptcy, and they can’t go after your relatives for it, excluding your estate, and let’s say that if you have medical debt, your estate probably isn’t worth pursuing.

        So fuck em.

        Not legal advice.

        • @SpikedPunchVictim
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          51 month ago

          They can not put you in collections (thank you, Biden). You can lose coverage, and have an opportunity to enroll in the same coverage on the next election cycle.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        The system is deeply broken in the USA.

        Not all of the things that are broken about the system are making things worse for the civilians.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 month ago

      I never pay my medical debt lol. Under 200 won’t effect your credit btw so never pay bills under 200

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      First off, how old’s that tweet (or whatever platform that is) you’re attempting to provide with “expert” legal advice?

      Secondly: That’s about the worst legal advice I’ve ever seen. There are actual productive approaches, but crumbling up the bills and sticking them in your ears, while going lalalalalalala I can’t hear you? If you’re not even disputing the claim, then you’re about to pay the debt somehow, maybe even through seizure of your property.

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        Not with medical bills. Most of the time you can get away with ignoring them. They sell them to a collection agency for pennies on the dollar, you ignore the phone calls or demand proof that you owe the money.

        • @Mirshe
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          And more importantly, KEEP DOING THAT. Sometimes, these collection agencies are scummy as fuck. I had an agency try to collect four times for the exact same ambulance bill. Same account number and everything, and I had records from my insurance that they had paid for the agreed amount and closed the account.