Insurance organizations should not be allowed to deny a medication prescribed by an established physician. The US healthcare system needs significant reform.
@teknonomicon Absolutely.
It's unbelievable that the USA is the only developed country where health is a profit center, and there's no public health insurance.
Might be easier to change your country of residence though, as the interest entrenched are huge and the political system largely corrupted by lobbying and corporate "citizenship", unfettered political donations, etc.
And that's only the publicly acknowledged facts. Shame. 😔
@teknonomicon I am worried about the coming year. With all the polarization, agit propaganda by Fox on the public airwaves and so many people armed, it's worrisome there could be something bad happening.
The Atlantic has a whole recent issue on this - they considered the current situation very similar to the political climate just before the American Civil War exploded.
Haven't read the issue yet, they are one of my favourite sources but I have been absorbed in the fediverse and all the new things to discover and learn.
@design_RG you've nailed it. Lobbying has turned the political system into a farce. A majority of politicians routinely sell their votes to the highest bidder and then try to convince their constituents that they voted for them.
2020 might be the beginning, but it will most certainly not be the end.