She literally called me at the time of the appointment to tell me she can’t see me. She was so apologetic, but was like “I absolutely can treat you, but I’m not allowed by your insurance”. Fuck this country.

Update: I went to urgent care. Before leaving home, I called to be sure they would accept my insurance (Aetna). They said yes… After arriving for my appointment, they told me they do not accept my insurance. I will simply leave without paying.

Final Update: I can understand that that differences in physical biology demand different attention. That’s not what I’m complaining about. It’s the way it’s set up. I was told that at my appointment. Why not just refer me to a specialist? The website could’ve even just referred me to urgent care (yes, my insurance requires a primary care physician’s referral for urgent care, according to the urgent care facility). But, no, their goal is to obfuscate and irritate until the patient gives you and pays out-of-pocket.

I was able to receive care at a cost I could not afford. I won’t discuss what I had to do to “find” the money to pay for care and prescriptions. That being said, the condition I was diagnosed with was more serious than a simple infection, and I’m glad that I saw a doctor. I need further treatment and just hope I can get insurance to cover any of it.

If you’re an American reading this, please consider ways to get involved in organizing in support of Medicare For All in your community. Here is one resource I have found. We don’t need to live like this. We deserve better. Stay safe and healthy, friends.

  • @[email protected]
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    461 year ago

    Sounds like discrimination based on sex. A clear violation of the Civil Rights act of 1964.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      Car insurance companies are literally allowed to discriminate by sex and will openly tell you that they do so, why would health insurance be different?

      • @[email protected]
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        61 year ago

        Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits different treatment of insured persons on the basis of their sex in connection with pension funds. This was a supreme court ruling, so kind of linked but not quite.

        https://www.jstor.org/stable/253100

        Interestingly, in UK and EU it became illegal to discriminate by sex for car insurance from about 2012, without very careful use of data - which doesn’t happen. It is allowed to be linked on things like jobs though.

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      It might be, but some health related coverage is legitimately divided along sex lines. I don’t know what the answer is, but it might not be so simple.

      Stupid either way though.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 year ago

        Different genitals. But all genders have bladders so why the hell wouldn’t the insurance just cover it for everyone

        • salt
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          21 year ago

          a few people have mentioned it’s because of anatomy and how it makes male UTIs more complicated + require more complex care. it’s not a case of insurance not covering it, op just needs to go somewhere else

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      41 year ago

      If you think that’s discrimination, don’t look at the marketing industry.

      Discrimination based on biological factors is literally what insurance companies do.