u/Top_Plenty_1971

I used to go to the doc for annual exams but decided to stop at 40 after having so many negative experiences with PCPs. I've had a number of different providers over the years, from MDs to NPs as I've changed jobs and insurance. No matter how "good" my insurance was or highly rated my providers were my experiences were all the same. Any health concern I brought up they dismissed as anxiety (including severe pain during a pap smear, skin cancer, early menopause, endometriosis, digestive issues, etc). They do, however, seem to zero in on my weight an awful lot even though I am not overweight. Regardless, I just don't see the point in going unless I have appendicitis or something. Does anyone actually go every year -- and is it even productive, or do you just get gaslit?

https://www.beckerspayer.com/legal/judge-orders-unitedhealth-to-hand-over-broad-discovery-in-ai-coverage-denial-case/

Elderly family member recently fell, broke ribs and can't walk. After the hospital released her (the shit that is Marshfield Clinic), she was sent to a long-term care facility for rehab. Under Medicare she is entitled to 21 days. Thanks for Navi and UHC, she is being released despite not being able to walk, go to the bathroom, bathe, eat etc. Called both and you can't get in touch with an actual person because everything is AI now and the only person who would talk to us (a case manager, former nurse) was ridiculously cruel and didn't think a 97 yr old woman with all of these medical issues deserves care. She also denied any use of AI and said the 21-day-rule never existed. For a former nurse, she sure doesn't have any compassion or critical thinking skills.

If you work for either of these companies, I don't know how you live with yourself when your stakeholders have paid premiums for this insurance for years only to be denied in their greatest time of need. How Christianlike, huh?

Does anyone actually go to the doc for an annual exam anymore?

If you work for Navi or United Healthcare, I don't know how you sleep at night.