The Side Effects of Endorphins

I had a physical yesterday,, and that’s a nice introduction to the US healthcare system. I’m not sure I am the stereotypical mouse running through that maze. I walked in with a couple pages of notes that I took a little bit a time to compile. My little sister helped me with it as well.

I think there’s a strong correlation between the result you receive and what is perceived of the healthcare system. My numbers were good yesterday and it kind of surprised me. I was satisfied with the time the doctor took, the timelines of the appointment as well as the follow up.

I’m always skeptical when they start out the appointment having you sign a missed appointment agreement. Like everything in the United States it’s a business.

You Must Be Your Advocate

This is where our priorities lie as a country

To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it “conducts critical science and provides health information” to protect the nation. But since President Trump’s administration assumed power in January, many of the platforms the CDC used to communicate with the public have gone silent, an NPR analysis found.

Not Everybody Can Be Their Own Advocate

I’m not saying people are lazy. People bring different skills and interest to the table. But as a mouse running through the maze of the healthcare system, it is complicated. I had to do a lot of work to have intelligent questions for my doctor.

And everybody doesn’t have access to healthcare. A very privileged senator said yesterday that if you’re too lazy to get a job, you don’t deserve healthcare. In a middle of this long post if you’re reading far enough, all I could say that is.

f*ck you.

Even if that were true, which it is not, a large percentage of jobs in the United States. Don’t even offer healthcare.

The Measure of Country

The measure of a country is how well we take care of those with less resources than our selves.

We are a Third World country, and sometimes I’m in awe of the man I talked to yesterday with Parkinson’s and the woman I helped push her wheelchair into the examination room.

Good people Bad Systems

Below is not an endorsement, rather a reflection.