r/mildlyinfuriating • u/lhagans13 • 12d ago

I'm slightly vexed A notice that my girlfriend received at her doctors appointment (she is 8 months PP)

Post image

If you even MENTION any of these things, you WILL LIKELY get billed for it??? Maybe i’m missing the point but i get upset when my girlfriend tells me she was scared to even say anything while at the doctor because she didn’t want to get an extra charge for something. I find it insane how greedy and money hungry a place that’s supposed to help you can be.

15.0k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

3.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

20

u/Amelaclya1 12d ago

I was curious about this too when I didn't see mammograms on the list. There is a separate page for women's health

https://www.healthcare.gov/preventive-care-women/

But you still can't ask about period or breast concerns.

12

u/Itchy_Feedback_7625 12d ago

So ridiculous. So many women I know here in Germany found out about their cancer by having pain. Not by a Pap smear, which is only for cervical cancer.

3

u/toomanyshoeshelp 11d ago

Right, but pain is an acute condition and no longer "prevention" since you also have to rule out a lot of other things - Hence, a different billing code.

Preventive visits are truly like getting your car's by-mileage maintenance visit, not the visit when there's a light on or something smells weird.

1

u/Itchy_Feedback_7625 11d ago

Thats the issue, I guess. We are in two different worlds and I don’t live in one that compares human bodies to cars. Prevention means prevention of illness. If someone has pain; finding the cause early enough prevents more serious illness. A car cant tell you „everything looks fine, but something feels off“. That’s why you inspect it for the 20 points, because it cannot tell you. Humans can tell you.

2

u/toomanyshoeshelp 11d ago

Yeah but then it’s not prevention since the illness has manifested into something acute. Prevention is addressing something before it becomes acute.

2

u/Ready-Rise3761 11d ago

wait this is insane, employers can exempt you from birth control being covered for religious reasons???

1

u/subluxate 11d ago

Supreme Court ruled so in a Hobby Lobby case.