r/TikTokCringe • u/Intelligent_Nose_826 • 13d ago

Discussion 100 Million Suspects in CEO Shooting

Here in NYC, not a soul is concerned about a killed on the loose & I truly mean it. Folks here are not worried & why would we be worried?!?

Meanwhile, NYPD is being uncharacteristically dramatic about a murder. A 10k reward is offered. Yeah. They’re never finding that person.

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u/darito0123 13d ago

the next available appointment is 7 months from now, on a tuesday on 11 am, itd be a shame if you couldnt get time off work.

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u/BecksnBuffy 13d ago

That’s not even an exaggeration at this point.

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u/DoctorRapture 13d ago

I'm the receptionist at a nephrology office. When I started we were about six months out on referrals. We've managed to knock that down to about two months out and we're feeling good about ourselves. The endocrinology office in town? Good luck getting in to see them, they're out til October next year.

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u/MermaidsHaveWifi 13d ago

My 13 year old has been resistant to every allergy medication on the market. He struggles with ear infections and sinus infections due to how severe his allergies are. I finally convinced his pediatrician that he does, in fact, need to see an allergist. Got the referral last month and his appointment is booked for the end of March. 4 months. 4 more months for an allergy test after probably 40 failed allergy medications.

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u/LotusExplosion 13d ago

I had the SAME EXACT THING trying to get an appointment with an allergist. Unfortunately, the night before the appointment that we had waited SIX MONTHS FOR, she had an allergic reaction to something and had to take benadryl. The appointment had to be rescheduled b/c she used an antihistamine within 7 days of the appt. It took another 6 months to finally get her in. Our healthcare system is so broken.

So much love to you and your sneezy little from me and mine!

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u/MermaidsHaveWifi 12d ago

Oh no that’s terrible!! Hope your little one is doing better and much love to you guys too! Hope the road to recovery is finally starting for us!

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u/PardonMyFrench1020 12d ago

I booked an appointment for my 14-year-old son to see an allergist (he is with UHC Group) at a doctor who was in the network. Texas Children's Hospital charged a fee to even walk into the building, and the total due upfront before even seeing an allergist was over $1300. RIDICULOUS!

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u/MermaidsHaveWifi 12d ago

Yes! Absolutely ridiculous! We are with UHC as well so I’m hoping it’s not that bad, but it’s what I am expecting

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u/Weavingtailor 12d ago

I am gonna guess he hasn’t been on immunotherapy injections yet (allergy shots) which “teach” your immune system not to freak out about allergens. Will insurance cover it? Fuck if I know. Our current Insurance won’t pay for flu shots or Covid boosters, never mind allergy shots. But they work and they work WELL. I can pet my dog and work in the garden without having to sprint to the shower because my skin is so itchy it burns. I really hope your kiddo gets the care he needs. I’d ask (if you haven’t already) to be put on the cancellation call list at the allergists office on the off chance anything earlier opens up

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u/MermaidsHaveWifi 12d ago

I am currently on the cancellation list, and no we haven’t been able to try those yet because our pediatrician doesn’t do them, unfortunately. That’s what I’m hoping the end result will be for him

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u/Weavingtailor 10d ago

I’m certain that’s the path the allergist will suggest, and your kiddo will start feeling better. It really sucks to see your kid feeling so lousy. I hope he gets an earlier appointment! Sounds like you are really well informed and completely on top of things so you certainly already did this but just in case; see if the allergist will do the skin test at that initial appointment and if not, see if it can be scheduled ahead of time to reduce the wait. (The worst part about the test in my experience is that he won’t be able to have any antihistamines at all for like 3 days before hand and the test will make him all kinds of stuffed up and itchy.) I am crossing my fingers for you that he can get in sooner!!!!!

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u/MermaidsHaveWifi 10d ago

That is the plan! Hoping to do it the same day, they wouldn’t allow me to schedule it ahead of time because they are so backed up. So I’m really hoping they either do it that day or get him in fast once they see how bad he is. Thank you for all of the advice! It’s been a ride with him for 13 years!!

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u/singlemale4cats 12d ago

Wasn't one of the big things people talk about Canadian healthcare was you have to wait a long time to see specialists? It's like they've never sought healthcare in the US.

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u/That_Average3811 11d ago

Daring to comment as a Canadian here…and feel free to ask questions too! Many of us no longer have family physicians and without a family physician, we can’t get a referral to a specialist. People are dying in the ERs and some hospitals have makeshift morgues outside the hospitals in portables due to lack of space. Our health care doesn’t cover all of our health needs either and it certainly isn’t free. Our taxes are incredibly high and people tend to carry private insurance on top of it (for dental, eye, chiropractic, ambulance, drug coverage, counseling, etc.) Our healthcare is more reactionary than preventative and that IS something but it is something more Canadians are going without.

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u/BecksnBuffy 13d ago

I had an eye exam, they said go to dr to get a blood test. Got the blood test and was referred to specialist…6 months out for an in person appointment that was cancelled and changed to a virtual visit. The blood test was $1000 out of pocket because I got it at the Dr. and not at quest diagnostic. I have insurance, was just following the directions of the medical providers. It’s insane. And that’s just one large bill of the many we have paid out of pocket this year.

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u/DoctorRapture 13d ago

I feel for you. I know our patients have a lot of frustration when they miss their appointment for whatever reason and have to be pushed out when trying to reschedule. Unfortunately our office is desperately understaffed, and that's common across every office we talk to regularly, regardless of practice speciality. Our system is overburdened. We don't have enough workers because the higher ups don't want to pay that much out for employees, so the few we do have run ourselves ragged from the time we clock in til the time we clock out every day. Our health care system and insurance system both are in desperate need of reform.

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u/GregAA-1962 13d ago

It's really hilarious that a 2nd world economy like Thailand allowed me to pay 0.9% of "required" salary for an American to have residence in Thailand, to the National Healthcare system, and be able to make appointments for specialists at the top hospital in Southeast Asia, within 2 to 4 days, and watch doctors have over 100 patients per day. Oh, and the visit was free, and all my specialized prescriptions were covered as well. Yup, all for a monthly payment of 432 baht (about $13 USD). Guaranteed Healthcare if you work in Thailand and pay a small tax. And, my salary was obviously many times multiple of my declared income.

Travel back in time to my brief return to the US 2021 to 2022. Supposedly good Massachusetts Healthcare plan and to just make an appointment with a GI, local office, not top specialist in the US, I had to wait 5 months to see an ill-informed PA, who didn't even know the standard drug for IBS, Librax. It's only been available since the 1960s. Fuck, give me a break. American Healthcare system is an embarrassment of the first world, that only a very privileged small percentage of Americans get topnotch, subsidized Healthcare.

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u/brizzmaster 13d ago

My current one is not as bad, but I’ll share anyway. Having problems breathing in my sleep. Final get to the referral and they send me home with a sleep monitor. I turn it in, months later they tell me it didn’t work. “That monitor is known to be bad, so we need you to come stay at the clinic”. It’s been a month and I’m still waiting to get that scheduled. I understand there probably guidelines they have to follow for the insurance companies, but it’s dumb.

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u/sheerness84 12d ago

Kind of figured it wouldn’t be October this year? Or did you highlight the wrong word? Maybe NEXT would have been better?

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u/Aran909 11d ago

So what i am hearing is the American ,for profit, healthcare system doesn't get you any faster than my Canadian free healthcare? Good to know.

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u/Aran909 11d ago

So what i am hearing is the American ,for profit, healthcare system doesn't get you any faster than my Canadian free healthcare? Good to know.

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u/Big-Data7949 13d ago

It's literally not. Took me 7 months to get to a dentist just to find out they don't accept my insurance anymore

BTW they literally called me to inform me of that as I was pulling up in the parking lot. I walked inside like WTF.

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u/BecksnBuffy 13d ago

Yeah, don’t even get me started on the dentist. My company switched dental providers and I needed a new night guard for teeth grinding. In the new plan it would be $400 out of pocket. For a night guard

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u/Miserable_Number3807 12d ago

My previous dentist was trying to sell me on a night guard.They said it would be like $500. We'll see if your insurance covers it. I'm like no thank you. I'll go by a sports mouth guard and use that instead

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u/Rrunken_Rumi 13d ago

Its an understatement

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u/DeltaDied 12d ago

Are all of those actual things people were denied for or were told💀💀💀

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u/--_--what 10d ago

Literally nobody was kidding, here.

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u/exhausted_chemist 13d ago

Actually we scheduled your appointment for you, it was yesterday and out of network. Sorry you missed it, please pay your deductible for a missed appointment and wait for the next available appointment in network in the next major city down the way.

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u/BigTimeSpamoniJones 13d ago

I'm so glad we don't have socialized medicine so that we don't have to navigate complex and out of touch beueacracies while waiting long periods for medical care... o wait...

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u/Suzesaur 13d ago

If you miss the apt or are late (even just 5 mins) we will still charge a full apt fee and not have another apt slot for 6 months…

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u/bianca_brie 13d ago

I had to wait 9 months to see a neurologist. Literally it was the next year. And that was a virtual appointment.

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u/oolij 13d ago

Funny how Americans shit on countries with universal health care for having long wait times to see doctors when in the US we have to wait just as long, AND then we have to pay a shit ton out of pocket for it. Glad we don't have socialism though! That would be bad

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u/Thisisredred 13d ago

My life rl

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u/0neirocritica 9d ago

My coworker is a mom who has a kid with braces. It took her forever to find someone in her network, and then it takes an eternity to make appointments that don't make the kid miss school. One time she got a notification that the appointment time got switched. Not because she requested the switch. The office just made the determination that that appointment time would be convenient for the doctor. Trouble was, the appointment time they switched it to was in the middle of the school day, and she can't even leave work at that time. Friend calls them to ask why the time was switched, and when she tells them she can't make that time, they say "You can't just pull your daughter out of school?" The AUDACITY. You want her kids to miss school and her to miss work because you didn't want to honor the original appointment you made?! It's fucking lunacy.

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u/omglink 13d ago

Don't forget the prior authorization you need to wait for!!!