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Illustration of a blue and yellow balancing scale. On the left side is a red heart with white text that reads "health" on it and, on the right side, is a black bag with a gold U.S. dollar sign on it. The illustration has a light blue background.

Debtors’ Prison Waiting Room: Insurance Preauthorization in the Era of Step-Therapy

I get that millions of people in the United States have grown a dislike for health insurance companies. After all, as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government agency “dedicated to making sure you are treated fairly …
Indoors. A group of people of different ages and races in a waiting room. Some are patients, seated, while the rest are healthcare workers standing around and a receptionist behind a desk.

No, I Can’t Always Give You 24 Hours’ Notice

“I’m sorry, but I’m not going to be able to make it to my appointment today. I’m in too much pain. I can’t sit long, let alone drive.”   “Since you’re calling with less than 24 hours’ notice, there will …
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Chronically Ignored: How Western Medical Practices Harm Chronically Ill People

At 7:47 pm, I had so many wires attached to me.   Though I craved my typical end of the day shower, I had to find another way to self-soothe. I did some yoga, avoiding the Superman and cobra poses; they …
A comfortable-looking black office chair pulled up to a white desk with a black phone, black desktop keyboard, and a pair of glasses on it. A note attached to the chair has black text on white background that reads "out of office."

Navigating The Workforce as a Chronically Ill Person

CONTENT NOTE: brief mention of medicalized diet culture, brief mention of menstruation, ableist workplace discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   I was diagnosed with hypertensive heart disease the year …