Shit like “hiccups” is why people who say “God makes no mistakes” are 100% incorrect. So many design flaws in the human body.

This ad is dumb but it’s no dumber than most ads. I don’t understand why this one stokes our ire when CVS got a pass for telling me I need a flu shot because my kids are letting the dog lick the cake batter.

Really pay attention to the part about “just a baseline.” I learned the hard way that “one size fits all” health guidelines sometimes don’t fit all. I genuinely believed “salt is the devil” until my very active, mostly homemade food-eating self suffered a minor sodium deficiency during a particularly hot summer. And…

I’m middle aged and genuinely fear growing old with this shitshow of a health care system.

It’s one of those phrases that was being misused before I even figured out the right way to use it. See also “on fleek.” I predict “cancel culture” will last about as long as on fleek did and I don’t have time to keep up with slang anymore. 

I’m embarrassed to admit it, but the Nancy Drew reboot is growing on me.

There’s a Kaiser Permanente in Spokane and if my workplace did health care through Kaiser, I’d do it. It’s 90 miles away and people are really good at smashing their cars on the stretch of highway between here and there, and I’d still do it. When I had Kaiser in California in the 80s I thought they sucked. I had no…

I was on Medicare for disability. This was over ten years ago and it can vary by state, but a Medicare supplement policy was inexpensive and really went far in making up the difference. Mine was from Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

I suffered a catastrophic illness in 1999. My credit still sucks. I earn a good income and paid off the debt, but can’t get a credit card and my house is in mother’s name even though I pay the mortgage, because she can get a decent mortgage rate.

I live in the in sticks and my mom buys me air ambulance insurance for Christmas because if you so much as break a finger around here, they life flight you to Spokane. Rural doctor shortage is a thing.

I once called my insurance about $1,000 bill.

I prefer when they cast adult dancers as Clara and The Prince. As good as the child dancers are, they’re still children; adult dancers are just more fun to watch on account of their increased strength and experience.

I need to see a gastro for a longstanding condition. (I haven’t been since I moved to a new area because it was under control, but now my symptoms are changing and I can’t find anything myself that helps.) My insurance does not require referrals, but the ONE specialist in the region requires them “to screen out the…

When I express surprise over wait times, the receptionist always acts like I’m the unreasonable one.

And people are so short-sighted that we don’t even worry about what pricing humans out of reproducing is going to do to our society within a few generations. (Maybe we know the plant will all be on fire/under water by then and it’s just as well?)

Oh, and when I can no longer walk without screaming and have to schedule the procedure, it will cost at least $1,000 out of pocket. That’s with insurance.

I love these campaign ads telling me not to vote for that guy because then I’ll have to wait a long time to see a doctor.

One of my best memories was the moment on a cozy winter evening when I, my dad, the dog, and our three cats all realized at once that a raccoon had wandered into the kitchen. 

One of my best memories was the moment on a cozy winter evening when I, my dad, the dog, and our three cats all…

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He’s her son. It’s not an excuse, but it’s an explanation.