Dr. Christine Eady MannVerified account

Tl;dr: private insurance is not your friend & doesn’t care about you no matter how much you like them-a dispatch from family medicine. I had a patient come in today for something relatively mundane, a headache. No serious red flags. Straightforward from a medical standpoint 1/6

But her insurance. She had recently changed jobs and with it, her insurance changed. She thought it had already gone into effect with me as her provider. Turns out, I won’t be her covered provider until August 1st. She ended up paying out of pocket for the visit. 2/6

Luckily, this wasn’t something health or life threatening. Luckily she didn’t need a lot of tests. Luckily, she had something relatively easy to take care of. Others are not so lucky. 3/6

This scenario plays out dozens of times every year in my office. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it will likely happen to you someday. 28% of people in the US “lose” their current insurance and are forced to change plans *every year* at the whim of their employers. 4/6

This is another reason why I favor single payer healthcare. Imagine: Changing jobs & keeping your healthcare Losing your job & still being insured Every doctor in every state on the plan-no network Being covered from the moment of birth to the moment of death 5/6

Being covered by shitty hc from birth to death, how awesome.