General Discussion

When an MD prescribes something and the insurance company—which involves NO ONE with a medical degree—refuses to pay for it.

I’ve had a shit ton of stress from a job I hated, no raise in three years, and an ever-increasing list of crap things we had to do because Walgreens was bought out by a hedge fund, is closing stores, and trying to “eliminate waste,” doing shit like forcing us to call at least 10 patient a day—from any other store—and try to convince them to come in for a vaccine or let us fill their scripts for them. I was in their latest round of layoffs April 16, and it’s obviously not going to get better there. Sycamore (the hedge fund) is going to strip Wags down to the bone and bail when they’ve sucked it dry. I was in the latest round of layoffs on 4/16 and freaking.

Between the stress and poverty, I managed to lose a lot of weight—like 80 lb in three months, and still losing. I went to my PCP and thought at least I’d be able to proudly say I was ready for skin surgery, and my doc immediately laughed at me. “Good luck getting your insurance to okay that. I mean, I could put it through but they’ll never approve it. Ha!”

Goodbye and FU, Dr. Shah. Makes me wonder how there are so many people on so many sketchy drugs for weight loss (how is it Ozempic, Mounjaro, etc. have so many dangerous side effects like thyroid cancer, yet are approved immediately?) and how do THEY manage to qualify to fix the aftermath? Is everyone truly paying cash or going into debt to fix what should be considered not only a physical but more importantly, a mental health repair as well?

Whilst everything else around me goes to shit, I thought I’d at least get a long-overdue do-over after 23 years of PSTD from a shitty marriage I should’ve bailed on the second year… (my ex is the reason I recognized the orange bawbag as a malignant narcissist before almost anyone else figured him out). Instead, the insurance I’ve been paying my whole working life is as worthless as everything else in this world.

Nothing about healthcare in this country even makes sense anymore.