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  1. Background:

    My wife had an accident this past Thanksgiving day (about three months ago) and hurt her shoulder. She can't raise her arm very high, experiences sharp pain, and that arm is noticeably colder. She wanted to tough it out, thinking everything will fix itself, but she finally went to an orthopedic doctor last week. That doctor can do x-rays and MRIs in-house. They performed an x-ray and determine that the bones were fine and the problem was likely related to the ligaments, but they wanted an MRI to be sure.

    The provider had to get preauthorization from . Today, after radio silence from everyone, we called to find out what the holdup was. The doctor was waiting to hear back from Aetna. We called Aetna, and they claimed to have no record of the request. It turns out that they have outsourced this to a company called Healthcare. We called them. They claim that the authorization can take up to 15 days. For an MRI.

    They all suck.

  2. CW: outrage about a newspaper story about healthcare when you have a rare disease

    If you or I get a rare disease under #privatized #HealthCare, you or I will probably die.

    Most of us simply don't have this lady's ability to work a bureaucracy.

    I wish you could read this paywalled #WaPo piece about the evil, soulless fuckers at #Aetna.

    Nationalize the shit out of these guys.

    I try not to let this sort of thing get under my radar, but OOH!

    washingtonpost.com/wellness/20

  3. CW: outrage about a newspaper story about healthcare when you have a rare disease

    If you or I get a rare disease under #privatized #HealthCare, you or I will probably die.

    Most of us simply don't have this lady's ability to work a bureaucracy.

    I wish you could read this paywalled #WaPo piece about the evil, soulless fuckers at #Aetna.

    Nationalize the shit out of these guys.

    I try not to let this sort of thing get under my radar, but OOH!

    washingtonpost.com/wellness/20

  4. Deutsche Forscher haben zur Vorbereitung auf Weltraum-Missionen Robotersysteme eingesetzt, um auf dem sizilianischen Vulkan Gesteinsproben zu nehmen.
    Lava-Landschaften: Roboter-Team trainiert für Monderkundung auf dem Ätna