The Medical Thread: We're experts on everything else; why not?

[St. Clown]

Wait, MS can cause memory issues? I had no idea. I'm sorry man... That absolutely sucks...

Or could you not remember? :-O

[dxmnkd316]

Or could you not remember? :-O

I dunno. My aunt has MS, though there’s no record of anyone else in my family having it.

[unofan]

Fark cancer. That is all.

Just to reiterate, fark cancer. My father in law went from almost singlehandedly deforesting an entire acerage in August after the derecho swept through to passing away last night less than 5 months later. The last month in particular sucked monkey balls after the first few months gave us hope.

[burd]

Just to reiterate, fark cancer. My father in law went from almost singlehandedly deforesting an entire acerage in August after the derecho swept through to passing away last night less than 5 months later. The last month in particular sucked monkey balls after the first few months gave us hope.

Sorry to hear that, uno.

[Swansong]

Just to reiterate, fark cancer. My father in law went from almost singlehandedly deforesting an entire acerage in August after the derecho swept through to passing away last night less than 5 months later. The last month in particular sucked monkey balls after the first few months gave us hope.

Jesus man. I'm so sorry.

Cancer sucks.

[dxmnkd316]

I’m sorry uno. My condolences to you and your family.

[Slap Shot]

Just to reiterate, fark cancer. My father in law went from almost singlehandedly deforesting an entire acerage in August after the derecho swept through to passing away last night less than 5 months later. The last month in particular sucked monkey balls after the first few months gave us hope.

Sorry to hear this uno. The best to you and the family.

[SJHovey]

Not sure where to put this, so I'm going to put this here.

There was a real interesting story in the Grand Forks Herald about medical insurance, and a rule of which I was completely unaware. The story is behind a paywall, so I will just sort of summarize it.

Apparently if a married couple each have their own health insurance through their place of work, and they then have a child, coverage for the child is governed by something called the "birthday rule." Basically, the parent whose birthday falls first during the calendar year provides the primary insurance for the child.

This rule created an issue which lead to the Herald story because the father, whose coverage ended up as primary coverage, had terrible insurance and as a result, when the child was born with some really bad medical problems the family got stuck with some very large bills.

The problem apparently could have been avoided had the father simply dropped his insurance and signed up under his wife's coverage, which probably explains why I was unaware of the rule, since my family was always covered under my insurance.

[Kepler]

Not sure where to put this, so I'm going to put this here.

There was a real interesting story in the Grand Forks Herald about medical insurance, and a rule of which I was completely unaware. The story is behind a paywall, so I will just sort of summarize it.

Apparently if a married couple each have their own health insurance through their place of work, and they then have a child, coverage for the child is governed by something called the "birthday rule." Basically, the parent whose birthday falls first during the calendar year provides the primary insurance for the child.

This rule created an issue which lead to the Herald story because the father, whose coverage ended up as primary coverage, had terrible insurance and as a result, when the child was born with some really bad medical problems the family got stuck with some very large bills.

The problem apparently could have been avoided had the father simply dropped his insurance and signed up under his wife's coverage, which probably explains why I was unaware of the rule, since my family was always covered under my insurance.

The parents can't just choose?

Who the hell wrote that rule? (I know, the insurance industry did and I suspect your party helped since hey it monetizes pain).

[SJHovey]

The parents can't just choose?

Who the hell wrote that rule? (I know, the insurance industry did and I suspect your party helped since hey it monetizes pain).

I don't even think it's a law. I think it's just part of the concept of "coordination of benefits" which insurers work out among themselves. I suppose it works out equally for the insurers, and I suspect for a lot of people it probably doesn't matter a whole lot since the coverage might be similar for each parent. Anyway, I thought people would be interested in it. Our kids are off my tab, so I guess it won't matter to me unless a surprise pops up.

[BassAle]

The parents can't just choose?

Who the hell wrote that rule? (I know, the insurance industry did and I suspect your party helped since hey it monetizes pain).

A baby is initially covered under the policy of one of their parents basically as an extension of the individual. When our some was born the hospital gave us a choice (mother or fathers insurance) for initial coverage for the baby, but said most people choose the mother (we were both on the same plan, so it didn’t matter that much). After that, I don’t see why either parent couldn’t add them to their employer based policy as having a baby allows you to make changes outside the open enrollment period.

[leswp1]

Sorry uno. Fvck Cancer.

WHat BassAle said- we had a choice of which person to put the kiddo on. In all the yrs I was in Practice I never heard of the rule of which parent. Parents always chose. I wonder if it is a particular State thing. Or maybe HR?

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Two friends under the age of 42 have died in last two weeks, both of “heart issues” one with pre existing condition of hypertension.

Both had been exposed to covid, so this will be yet another few cases where it’s hard to say if covid caused it- but there’s certainly evidence of covid being nasty if you have these conditions.

[Kepler]

After that, I don’t see why either parent couldn’t add them to their employer based policy as having a baby allows you to make changes outside the open enrollment period.

So it's just an arbitrary rule in the absence of the parents fixing it themselves, because some parents are idiots?

OK, I can see that.

[MissThundercat]

I realized I have ADHD. But I understand why my parents didn't send me for a diagnosis when I was a child. All that would have happened in the late 1980s is I would have been removed from regular education, put in with the "special" kids, and given a Ritalin prescription. And Ritalin was the answer to everything then.