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[–] [email protected] 242 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would seem a solution to healthcare has been found.

[–] [email protected] 253 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It doesn’t get more American than solving healthcare with gun violence.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago

i'm saving this GIF

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, it is historically how we solved all our other problems. Its not even particularly American, as much as I wish we could claim it. Lots of movements have been aided by gun violence.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

as much as I wish we could claim it.

You really wish you could claim that shit? 🤨

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Look, okay, we need some sort of identity. This is how people become American gun nuts in the first place, is searching for an identity. If modern American identity is going to become "yeah we were getting fucked over by corporate leeches so I shot one of em in the face" - I mean, it's not my first choice, but I can think of worse things.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And arresting the suspect in a McDonald's.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah man I hadn't heard that

He was on a Greyhound bus traveling through Altoona on Monday morning, sources said, when he got off and walked into a McDonald's where a witness recognized him from the images of the suspect circulated by police.

Mangione was sitting and eating when a McDonald’s employee reported him...

I guess the McDonald's employees didn't get the memo going around that if you see something, no you didn't.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Fucking groooooooooossssss.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This was the first thing that came to mind when I heard he was caught in Altoona and I felt so futile but I couldn't help it 💀

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Probably a scumbag supervisor or manager. Doubtful it was an actual worker.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For my transguy homies, you absolutely should never reduce your T dosage in the week leading up to your blood tests with your doctor. Because if you do, your doctor may prescribe more T than you actually need, and then you may have too much on hand that stays fresh when stored properly. This would probably be illegal because T is a controlled substance, and may become banned under the Trump administration.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Yes definitely don't do that

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The transfems out there definitely shouldn't do this with their estrogen either. Definitely not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is estrogen also a controlled substance like testosterone is? I've always wondered

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nope

Source: Am Transfem

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I don't think so, but I really only know about bird law.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 week ago

Funny how hard CEOs will work to please their customers, IF they fear them.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I actually figured that the coverage for gender affirming care is one of the least awful things about UHC. That said I guess I'm not surprised about it initially not being covered.

Edit: actually hold on, my benefits guide definitely used to say something about them paying for travel to a safe state for care and even some hotel nights being covered, but I don't see that anymore...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Testosterone is also prescribed for actual medical conditions - such as someone losing a testicle from cancer and thus requiring a testosterone boost to maintain regular hormone levels.

Edit: leaving the original text but clarifying: I should have used the words physiological conditions instead of medical conditions. There are physiological reasons why someone would need testosterone, as I mentioned in a reply: testicular cancer resulting in the loss of a testicle, hormonal imbalances resulting in reduced production in testosterone, and more.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"actual medical conditions" I see you

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean as far as the body not working correctly - not to downplay elective gender treatments.

Low testosterone in anybody is not a fun time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I won't offer my personal opinion as I'm not trans and it isn't really my place to weigh in but there is an ongoing discussion in the trans community for/against the medicalization of trans identities. Philosophy Tube made a great video that touches on it a while ago

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

Not to detract from your point, but gender dysphoria is a medical condition. The brain undergoes sex differentiation in utero, and the rest of the body usually but doesn't always match this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Yeah, good point.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

I actually figured that the coverage for gender affirming care is one of the least awful things about UHC.

Only if they actually cover it. If they send you through a pinball machine of denials and rejections, its just a new way of tormenting trans people.

Edit: actually hold on, my benefits guide definitely used to say something about them paying for travel to a safe state for care and even some hotel nights being covered, but I don’t see that anymore…

Red States have been tightening the noose on pregnant women, both explicitly and implicitly. So its likely the UHC folks chickened out and pulled the language for fear of provoking a state AG in Texas, Missouri, or Florida.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

If I recall correctly, some companies can also add additional benefits that are paid for by the employer but administered through the insurance company. I don't know if that might be what happened here.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago

S'why they call him 'the adjustor'

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

FYI: Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is free on Epic this week till Thursday

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

$800 out of pocket for a three month supply

My brother in Christ, where the FUCK are you buying your testosterone that it's $270/mo. without insurance? When I look on GoodRX right now, the average price for a 10ml vial of 200mg/ml testosterone cypionate is about $50. Assuming that you need about 200mg EW, that's a 2.5 month supply right there. Even if you follow the recommended guidelines and discard the unused contents of the vial at the end of every month and buy a new vial, that's $150 for a full three months.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, I wouldn't use them to buy medication. I'm just using them to check the retail prices.

I know that their Costco prices aren't correct though; if you're a member and paying out of pocket, Costco will enroll you in a prescription savings plan.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I never knew Costco had a pharmacy lol. Ive never been

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

They do, and you don't need to be a member to use their pharmacy. You also don't need to be a member to see the optician that they usually have there, and in at least some states, if they sell liquor, you don't need to be a member to buy liquor.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd always wondered how that shit worked.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If a non government funded organization gives you something without asking for money they are 100% of the time selling you as the product to someone else. Hell even if you give them money they'll still make you the product (See the recent ford patent for the always listening car that plays tailored ads.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not news to me. The blatently breaking the law is what I'm surprised about, what would get them to believe there were no consequences?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The same thing that would get cellular providers to sell location data to all cell phones unconsentually. Money https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-access-to-real-time-location-data/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sigh. What is this life.

Just things for the revolutionary amongst us to consider in their op-sec.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

More like BadRx amirite

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

So does your CC company.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago

Its a christmas miracle.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I can get 5ml vials at 250mg/ml for $60. How do I help these people?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The Trevor Project is a good place to start. I don't know of any nonprofits that directly provide resources like hormones, but I'm sure they exist.

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