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Health insurance is a scam, and discount clinics are a joke (vent).

I’m having an absolute shitshow of a week. I haven’t had health insurance in a year, I’m epileptic and been having seizures off and on due to not being able to afford a 300$+ neurologist on 13$ an hour. I have been surviving off of “cheap” clinics the entire time for at least my antidepressants/sleep aid. One has shut down, several others say they can’t prescribe antidepressants for whatever reason, and my health insurance through work doesn’t start until next year. And then yesterday, I tripped and (probably) broke my ankle. I’ve contacted something like four clinics now and they all either 1. can’t prescribe antidepressants (they can, a GP can prescribe antidepressants just fine), 2. don’t having a fucking x-ray machine in until Monday. I’m not even thinking about the cost, and my credit card is already maxed out due to how much of a shitshow it’s been (I…


I’m having an absolute shitshow of a week. I haven’t had health insurance in a year, I’m epileptic and been having seizures off and on due to not being able to afford a 300$+ neurologist on 13$ an hour. I have been surviving off of “cheap” clinics the entire time for at least my antidepressants/sleep aid. One has shut down, several others say they can’t prescribe antidepressants for whatever reason, and my health insurance through work doesn’t start until next year. And then yesterday, I tripped and (probably) broke my ankle. I’ve contacted something like four clinics now and they all either 1. can’t prescribe antidepressants (they can, a GP can prescribe antidepressants just fine), 2. don’t having a fucking x-ray machine in until Monday. I’m not even thinking about the cost, and my credit card is already maxed out due to how much of a shitshow it’s been (I had bronchitis the entirety of October). It should not be this difficult to get an x-ray, or antidepressants. It should not be this expensive.

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