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by mattchew 3094 days ago
Best article I've read this year. (Haha, but it's very good, if a little burdened with weird terminology.)

I have been through some similar experiences myself. Not as bad, but enough to find OP's story not-really-remarkable.

This is what we've got for healthcare in the USA. I wish it was fixable, but I do not believe it is. Powerful interests will resist or subvert any substantive change. (I do expect new "reforms" that will promise fixes and then pump even more money into the broken system, though.)

If you get sick, hope that it is something utterly routine that your applicable system will process without a hiccup. Failing that, expect this kind of craziness and prepare for it. Defensive record keeping and navigating bureaucracies will be necessary skills in 21st century USA.

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> weird terminology

That's due to several factors but one of them is that some of the terms are specific 'concepts' described elsewhere on the same site, which is itself a 'book'.