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The best thing that happened to me today was the doctor's office made a mistake and gave me a 90 day refill instead of the 30 day.

Posted by Qale As Folk (aka Qale) Jun 2 '22, 19:30

Because they like money, they try to force me into the office 4 times a year for maintenance medications. Granted, labs are needed to check my kidneys/liver. And I'm mid-40s too.

But 4 times a year is $1200 in billing to the insurance. Now, I don't love my insurance company, but that doesn't mean I should be complicit in this exploitative transaction.

So, because they effed up, I got to cancel my appointment for June and make it for Sept instead.

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And people argue against a single payer system *smh* -- nm - zork Jun 2, 22:24
my GP wants to see me 2x a year. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 2, 21:24 1
- 2 is what I want. 3 would be a reasonable compromise. 4 is something I fight every chance I get. -- nm - Qale Jun 2, 21:53
Good for you. I had a 5-7 minute phone appt. with my gp's office when I got covid. I just saw the bill-$885! I hope my insurance is paying for it. -- nm - jnine Jun 2, 21:09 3
- It’s absurd. $600 bill on the follow-up from the hand surgeon. The one where he asked me how I felt and I said it’s great, the treatment worked. - Qale Jun 2, 21:54 1
  - At least they're a specialist. If I had gone into the office and infected everyone it would have been $125. -- nm - jnine Jun 3, 04:35
- ouch. -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 2, 21:23
Yay!, -- nm - Pippy Jun 2, 20:11

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The best thing that happened to me today was the doctor's office made a mistake and gave me a 90 day refill instead of the 30 day.

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