#american healthcare is just

[subterra-rose]

Honestly pokemon is the ideal universe not just because there’s cute animals that are your life companions, but because they have walkable cities and adequate biking infrastructure

#texting my patience #pokemon #edit: I’m not American sorry guys #<just bc people have mentioned the healthcare 😔 (not meant in a condescending way) #I have all of these in my area I just like thinking if everywhere was like this

[visenyaism]

on the flip side of this whole text post. talking with europeans on the internet can be really fun sometimes because you’ll be like yeah i was in a school shooting last year and it was one of the most terrible things i’ve lived through and i’m pretty sure it will happen to me again at some point and sometimes they’ll reply well it’s just that you’re all too stupid to figure out how to solve those so it’s maybe actually kind of your fault? you deserve it until you make it stop. why can’t you see that it’s so easy

like FUCK why didn’t i think of that??? hold on while i dissolve the senate pack the courts scour the gun lobby off the face of the earth and eliminate 350 years of settler colonialist gun culture. easy.

#the american government is not stupid. it is evil #same with healthcare. not stupid. evil and deeply reactionary #i’ll delete this later i’ve just heard so many insufferably smug takes like this in my life and have not been able to take it since last ur

[80ramiens]

i keep forgetting to post this which is wild bc this is my fav piece ever.

#also. cmere #fun little tidbit for u guys who read tags #i lost my drawing tablet #yep #that's the reason i haven't been posting any art at all #straight up forgot where i put that bitch #so now i kinda just hang around in my side blogs w my doodles that r in no way affiliated w this acc #bc this fandom is stressful ngl #anyways tags start here #tbp #the black phone #vance hopper #brance #(it's hinted. who cares) #transgender #lyrics from penelope scott's american healthcare (glitzy)

[uncanny-tranny]

Even if you don't agree with incarcerated people having access to education, monetary compensation for work, or whatever, I really hope you acknowledge that so long as you provide the state incentive to imprison people (free labour or whatever it may be), the state will continuously imprison people - especially for non-violent crime.

#politics #ask to tag (genuine) #same with the death penalty #like you can think certain people deserve to die for the henious crimes they've committed but that power should *not* belong to the state #see also: expanding the definition of crime that USian politicians are wont to do #like you see people desperate to expand what is a crime - such as providing trans healthcare #like yes this is a complex issue but also... i just can't get behind the state having that ability #i do not trust that there will not be overreach because see: the united states' LONG history of overreach to an *excessive* extent #this is very much in the context of being an american but also i believe this regardless of that context #(it's just that american politics quickly changed my tune) #(like i used to be pretty pro-death penalty until i actually started thinking about it and started actually being realistic about it) #(because yes maybe some people deserve that outcome for their actions. but the US has proven it CANNOT handle that power) #(you don't have to look that far into the history of the death penalty to realize how egregious it gets)

[habeascorpseus]

im going to commit a felony

#habeas speaks #goodtimeswithscar #discourse #american healthcare #like im incensed right now because every time scar talks about his health on stream he always mentions shit like this #but this literally could Kill Him. #this is an insurance company realizing they apparently dont make a profit off of a person paying them to live anymore #and going 'okay time to go over to their house and kill them.' #like! #the profit motive for american healthcare is fucked up enough to hear about on the news #but this just puts into perspective #how a man can be happy and living his best life as his own insurance company decides his life is not worth not being paid #and are essentially going to murder him in a way thats legally sanctioned #like. someone needs to be fucking Hurt #because people need to start being scared of the desperate again

[yardsards]

living in america is literally just like. yeah i could probably benefit from inpatient mental health services but honestly the resulting medical bills would just make me want to kill myself even more

#eliot posts #i'm not in active danger of hurting myself don't worry #just experiencing some Ideations #but i have a long mental list of reasons not to act on those ideations so i'm safe don't worry #ironically one of those reasons is ''i couldn't afford the medical bills for a failed attempt'' #suicide mention #suicide tw #tw suicide #american healthcare my beloathed #dogshit private insurance my beloathed #also ironically one of the (multiple) contributing factors towards this fresh wave of ideations is a medical bill i got yesterday #it's nothing too ruinous but it is A LOT like would utterly wipe out my savings level #my parents said they can help me with it (as much as i hate accepting things from them) #and as soon as i mentioned it my very sweet cousin just. sent me the money it would take to cover it #with a ''yeah i trust you'll pay me back once you get a good job like looking at your major you'll be making a lot eventually'' #and i've already requested an itemized bill as well as the paperwork for the hospital's financial assistance program #(tho idk how much assistance i'll actually be eligible for bc i'm still legally a dependent) #so hopefully i'll be able to get that bill cut way down #it's just eugh it's so stressful and i had a full on panic attack on the phone with my insurance company yesterday #and my brain's fav response to crushing stress is just ''well we wouldn't have to handle any of this if we Just Fucking Died! :)''

[batwynn]

I’ve literally done everything I can to find a different dermatologist who isn’t my current malpractice and fraud asshole dr, and nothing has worked. No one outside of my insurance coverage is taking new patients, and I can’t afford them anyway. (Also not actually allowed to do that and keep my shitty state insurance) Or you have to be a part of some medical system I’ve never even heard of. Or they’re dead. And no, you can’t switch to a different dermatologist in the same office and, no, we won’t tell you why not. Oh, and literally no one outside of dermatology ‘feels comfortable’ continuing/picking up the script for that med because UwU.

So that’s it. My cut off date for the immunosuppressant that keeps my autoimmune disease barely manageable is July. Because I refuse to drive five fucking hours to be treated like shit by the person who is the sole reason I got denied disability for an incurable disease that literally eats gigantic fucking holes out of my body. Who lied. Who laughed at me when I said I can’t fucking shower without breaking out in wounds.

So, that’s it. July. And I start rotting away again. That seems fair and normal.

#just another person being killed by the #American healthcare system #I love living like this #anyway #bucket list time I guess #while I still can

[ackee]

someone just donated to me on kofi

#im not mad obviously but i dont have my kofi linked on this acc.. howd you find me... the power of black history month i surpose... ☝🏽 #just in time bc i may make a gfm.... i hope not but also you know how the american healthcare system is 💗 #txt

[communistkenobi]

looking up emergency supplies for Canadian wildfires in case we need to leave really quickly and I’m getting flashbacks to the start of the pandemic where the government was like yeah lol there’s a global pandemic damn that sucks. btw you have to buy your own masks. also pwease don’t leave your homes pwetty pweeeeaaaase. I’m looking at info on the canadian gov website for wildfire plans and it all boils down to “you can buy all these things to survive off of amazon. also make sure you have a car or you WILL die” bitch loser ass country. like I know western civilisation is all a lie it’s all bad none of this is new. imperial wealth hoarding is not rational at all. it’s just funny that conservatives think this actually rules, that we’re these big strong countries, and our government doesn’t even have the infrastructure nor the desire to distribute basic supplies to people during a climate emergency. like that’s just a fundamental failure of a state. what a weak pathetic bitch of a system. especially in a country that’s like we’re a cultural mosaic :) we love everyone we aren’t like our southern neighbours we take care of our citizens :) like there’s literally nothing to be proud of here

#also ontario healthcare is in the process of being privatised so we don’t even have that to hold over American’s heads #like canada is not better than the US anyway it’s just funny that the basic differences between us are evaporating

[variousqueerthings]

me and my mum were listening to danish news about how rigshospitalet (basically the largest hospital in denmark) was cutting back on costs by no longer covering the costs of tattooing nipples on breast-cancer cis women patients who have had breast re-construction, which is paid by tax payer money/free on the hospital

and that's all a discussion about gender reaffirming care!

whether or not the nipple counts as "distressing enough" is a thing I won't get into (I am personally getting mine removed -- opposite gender affirming care!!! same-but-different) -- what is interesting here to me, is firstly that what is being argued -- the big fascinating hypocrisy at the centre -- is notably not whether or not cis women need to prove a significant amount of psychological distress by speaking to psychiatrists and jumping through segregated healthcare hoops

and yet in denmark trans people do have to do this in order to access care -- not to the same amount as in some countries (notably it is done at the hospitals, but as far as I'm aware it's only the two main hospitals in Denmark that offer it, and it's not legal to go private within the country), but that is still the process and was until not-so-many-years also including forced sterilisation

the idea that a cisgender woman might feel significant gender-based distress at not having breasts was not in question in the discussion my mum and I were listening to

the other thing that is interesting is that the person at the rigshospitalet who was arguing that the nipples was too much cost was a cis dude. and of course cis dudes can have breast-cancer, but I have a feeling this guy was not speaking from that kind of thinking + of course the weight of "being a woman who has breasts that look like people think breasts should look" is an issue that he would never have to deal with, and so there was indeed an example there of a doctor who was not taking cis women's dysphoria seriously and arguing a (partial) rolling back of care on this basis

to what extent do cis women have to contend with looking "enough" like a woman because of misogyny? to what extent can one argue the dysphoria they feel is an innate idea of the self that doesn't match with what they see? to what extent is it a reaction to a different traumatic event (the scars a reminder of having been sick)? to what extent is there a cultural disgust against scarring that ought to be unlearned?

I'd argue that for the particular question of whether they deserve the care right now, those questions aren't going to help. offer the care and we can dismantle harmful notions about "correct" womanhood next to it (putting the ball in the court of a far bigger sandpit of societal work we need to do), and at the same time be cognizant of how that hits trans women 100 times over just for existing and having to perform hyper-femininity or else it doesn't count but is also demonised for being a performance, and in a different-but-similar way hits anyone who is assigned female at birth who is trying to build a space of non-conformity and/or masculinity and being scrutinised for "always" being a female while also being masculine traitors (just look at responses to elliot page) (just look at butches regardless of AGAB full stop)

I am supportive of cis women (and cis men) receiving gender affirming care. now they need to be supportive of me and mine receiving the same

#sorry to all americans reading this post i know that healthcare just sucks full stop regardless of gender over there #so the idea of whether to get a breast reconstruction or not is a wild hypothetical in some places #but it DOES highlight the disparity that much more in a country where healthcare is tax paid and (supposedly) about patient needs #and there is an implicit understanding there of certain kinds of gender-based affirmations that doesn't extend across #but also this was a FASCINATING example of gender affirming care that i just had never thought about before #like never mind the nipple tattoos you're getting breasts for free??? #that one meme #queer stuff #trans stuff #gender affirming healthcare #trans rights #womens rights #trans healthcare

[coolestfinch]

if you are someone who believes in or supports BSL (breed specific legislation) not only do i want you to block me but also kys

#they’re banning XL bullies in the UK. which is fucking ridiculous #bc american bullies aren’t even a real breed #they’re just large pitbull mixes #so they’re going based on size & appearance #which is INSANE right?? #i fucking hate the UK idc about y’all’s healthcare benefits #the transphobia & bully breed bans are insane #my post

[carry-on-my-wayward-gays]

I personally think it would be very beneficial for the environment for all PG mcyts to have a stream/video once a month where they get to swear as much as they like. They need their enrichment as well

#shadow says a thing #joel smallishbeans i am looking at you in particular #gtwscar should also be able to go on rants ab the american healthcare system and swear as much as he wants #i also think grian should be able to return to swearing occasionally #as well as all the redstoners in the community i just know mumbo k jumbo wants to cuss up a storm #and xisuma craves the ability to say the fuck word #look at him. so sassy and stressed #anyway #mcyt #minecraft youtube

[leaves-fall-down]

"There's other arab countries for Palestinians to go to!!!" This is gonna blow your stupid little mind but much like how Canada isn't just America: Second Edition™️ and how not all Latinos are Mexican, Arab countries aren't the same! They just aren't! Some arab nations speak dialects of Arabic that are literally unintelligible to each other when compared! MSA exists because of this! North Africa has many differences by itself! So does the levant! So does the gulf! If you think Morocco is the same as Lebanon or Iraq you are literally just super fucking racist quite frankly! If you're response to Palestinian's suffering is "oh well there's enough similarites between them and these other people just chuck 'em over there!" you're not only bizzarely culturally insensitive but are also racist to an extent that is probably borderline sociopathic and don't even realize it!

#what can I expect from my fellow americans though honestly #people who understand they themsleves in america have unique cultures in each state but that all the “icky scary brown people” are one #while also thanking Canada's just us but with healthcare and no guns #as for the rest of you if you say this fuck you to I hate you too lol #palestine #talking to the void

[dangans-ur-ronpas]

terrible time to be a stem student i think

#*in usamerica at least #engineers either have no jobs or have to work for military defense corps #med students have to deal with the covid fallout + american healthcare #comp sci majors can just die i think* (*is a comp sci major) #sorry doing job apps rn and blowing everything up in my mind #90% of suggested jobs are for fucking. missile companies. hell hell hell hell hell #sorry for vengint on the dgr blog. i just drank some soju before opening up linkedin so u can imagine how i am doing rn #even furry art comms are a shaky industry bc of ai art #this is not a case of me complaining about having to work to live (tho that in itself is kinda fucked where productivity = basic living) #this is me complaining about not being able to find work that provides an adequate amoutn to live. christ #if im unemployed longer than three years my mom's gonna make me get married i need to find a beard stat (joke)

[same-name-supremacy]

I’ve seen so many people think the td cast are American (minus the American characters and the characters from other countries) when it’s been stated many times they are in fact Canadian

And as a Canadian I will make sure you know they are in fact from Canada

#same name shenanigans #states?? states of Canada!? #you mean PROVINCE #He’s an all American boy! #bitch no he’s an all Canadian boy #hahaha 21 is the legal drinking age so they have to show their id cuz he has a baby faceee #girl he can start getting drunk at 18 or 19 in Canada #their parents hated him because he got injured so much he cost so much money for the hospital bill #I don’t know what hospital they go to because healthcare is free in the land of the snow #middle school? #i mean technically there is middle school it’s just combined with elementary school #I understand that one #there are also more provinces besides Ontario and BC