#hmo — Public Fediverse posts
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Enfield Council says the public must pay £182 to view its full HMO register.
Yet the Housing Act requires the register to be available for public inspection, while Enfield’s own budget labels the charge “Copy of HMO Register”.
I’ve sent an open letter asking the council to identify the legal basis for charging to inspect it.
Full article: https://thomaster.substack.com/p/enfield-council-wants-182-to-view
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45,000 people die annually in America because they lack healthcare coverage. Another 400,000 are estimated to die from medical malpractice. Getting insurance companies to pay for basic services requires co-payments, deductibles, limits, in system constraints, and dealing with crooked CEOs like the fraudster Mangionne whacked.
In the richest country in the world who's the real villain here?
#healthcare #legal #USA #politics #revolution #justice #HMO #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/nyregion/luigi-mangione-culture-shooting.html -
Subject: Medical. Bonus: Everett-Wheeler multiverse.
Well, today was interesting. See the attached chart. Guess where I am on the chart. Hint: The answer and the story suggest that Everett-Wheeler worlds might be real.
I spent Tuesday afternoon, March 31, 2026, traveling to get the results from a recent overnight sleep test. There was one surprise.
I have sleep apnea. A lot of people do. Perhaps you or a family member are one of them.
The condition ranges from minor to fatal. This is what Princess Leia died of, though it's not as direct as that. The condition places stress on the cardiovascular system. That can be enough to finish you by itself. Or other conditions can step in. If that happens, that's all she wrote.
I have an "interruptions per hour" number that is classified as "severe". This means that I'll need to get a #CPAP machine again. The number isn't a surprise. I've had a sleep study and a CPAP before [in the 2010s].
But my night-time oxygen saturation level is so low that I've probably already died. Here's the thing: I've most likely been at the level discussed further down for 5 years. I'm not sure that that is possible.
So, I might be living in an Everett branch. People who have read about the Copenhagen Interpretation, Schrödinger's Cat, and Everett-Wheeler are familiar with the concept.
My number "indicates severe hypoxemia". This leads to "rapid and catastrophic declines in tissue oxygenation. One result is organ damage. The heart tries to compensate for hypoxemia by increasing cardiac output, leading to tachycardia, arrhythmias, and, in chronic cases, pulmonary hypertension and right-sided heart failure."
My case is chronic. This suggests that I'm already pushing up daisies. So, that's great.
I'm supposed to get oxygen "immediately". It's classified as an emergency. But I don't think that I'm supposed to go to the E.R. This leaves the question of where I should go to get the oxygen. I see that Walmart sells portable oxygen concentrators, but I'm not sure that that's the same thing.
My specialist's office said that they didn't "vend" and that they didn't know where to go to get the oxygen.
Note: To be clear, the key people at the office were patient and as helpful as possible. I have no complaint about that.
My #HMO, presently one of the Blue Shield plans, should know. But I've been trying to reach my "clinical care coordinator" at the HMO for a full month as of this week.
Note: The care coordinator is the person that you're supposed to speak with for issues that will require more than one phone call.
I know that my care coordinator, Edgar, is receiving my voicemails. However, he's only tried to call me back once.
A few hours ago, I spoke with a nice HMO Member Services person, Claudia. She said that she'd try to get a "care navigator", the level below care coordinator, to phone me tomorrow [April 01, 2026].
The care navigator might try to help. It'll be April Fools Day. I'm not sure if that's a positive sign or not.
After the HMO call, I fell asleep for two hours. Two-hour naps are common for me. Now, here I am, ready to fedi. I'll fedi on my dedi until sleep again is ready.
I have a few people in IRC tonight as well as the fedi dedi. A jug of water. Hydration is good. There's an apple a few yards away. I'm set for a couple of hours. I appreciate the basics these days.
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I personally* have been very happy and impressed with Kaiser Permanente so far (honestly, they're an order of magnitude better than any HMO in Massachusetts)
but...
...major fail in scheduling w/ gastro. Can only do via phone, not online, hold times are utterly ridiculous and when I left a message to get a call back, never did.
(* yes I'm sure many people have issues with KP. Don't @ me)
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Aviation weather for General Ignacio Pesqueira García airport in Hermosillo area (Mexico) is “MMHO 281740Z 00000KT 10SM FEW030 31/21 A2996 RMK SLP119 52003 916 8/100 HZY” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/mmho/en #hermosillo #mexico #generalignaciopesqueiragarciaairport #mmho #hmo #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vii3
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Aviation weather for General Ignacio Pesqueira García airport in Hermosillo area (Mexico) is “MMHO 281740Z 00000KT 10SM FEW030 31/21 A2996 RMK SLP119 52003 916 8/100 HZY” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/mmho/en #hermosillo #mexico #generalignaciopesqueiragarciaairport #mmho #hmo #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl
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This entire thread is pretty f**ked up showing how insane and damaging US medical care is.
#PrivateHealthCare #HMO #ushealthcare #dysfunctional #harmful
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Aviation weather for General Ignacio Pesqueira García airport in Hermosillo area (Mexico) is “MMHO 031740Z 15004KT 10SM SKC 37/22 A2998 RMK SLP120 57008 967 ISOL CI HZY” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/mmho/en #hermosillo #mexico #generalignaciopesqueiragarciaairport #mmho #hmo #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek #airport vl
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Film Review: Sicko
Link: https://film-book.com/review-sicko/?fsp_sid=31410
#911 #americanhealthcare #BowlingforColumbine #Britain’sNationalHealthService #canada #cuba #europe #Fahrenheit911 #filmreview #FilmReviewSicko #healthcare #HealthMaintenanceOrganizations #HenryJ.Kaiser #HMO #JohnEhrlichman #KaiserPermanente #MichaelMoore #MovieReview #NHS #PresidentRichardNixon #Sicko #Sickofilmreview #Sickomoviereview #Sickoreview #universalhealthcare
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UGH!
I have a pinched nerve in my neck causing me intense pain.
I miraculously was able (I thought) to make an appointment last week for tomorrow thru my #MedicareAdvantage #HMO with a new doctor.
They just called me.
Since I'd be a "New" patient I was told, "a 15 minute visit would not be long enough", forcing me to reschedule with a different doctor who can't see me until Jan 16th. 😞
More than two weeks. I'm in intense pain and must wait more than two weeks to see someone. 🤬
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This One Company Controls America’s Entire Health Care System - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frr4wuvAB6U"Why are so many doctors being forced to take out payday loans to make ends meet? Trying to answer this question led us to a giant monopoly that's been slowly plundering every part of our health care system."
What a horrifically corrupt system!
#Capitalism #PredatoryCapitalism #Healthcare #Insurance #HMO #Neoliberalism
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CW: Adult Late ND / AuDHD Diagnosis
1/8 Today was my first meeting with a new psych from #HMO, whom I was referred to after my plea to mental healthcare mgmt. My hope was that this was going to be a discussion leading to formal #assessment, but this doesn’t seem to be the case so far.
Within the first 20 minutes, I was told it’s common for parents to erroneously self-diagnose. He felt the same way after caring for his AuDHD child, he said.
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I have skin cancer, at least a doctor who looked at a picture was convinced enough to think I needed a referral.
Not being able to get an appointment with my PCP until 7/11 (California says 10 business days), I attempted to use my insurance plan's self referral option. The dermatologist refused and point the finger at Blue Shield.
Blue Shield was very helpful confirming that the dermatologist was in error but unable to convince them. They are now working to get me a PCP appointment.
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1/2 Progress! Took me a while to build up the #spoons to chase down the #HMO for myself, rather than for my son. But I have an appt for 23rd and begin my journey! I guess doing fully #unfiltered and #unmasked with their manager and openly laying out all the crap that’s built up and ongoing left them without any retort as to why they thought, “they’ve survived this long, what good would this do?”
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Well yay me. I’ve finally built up the #spoons to seek help for myself with our #HMO, and placed a call to get back in touch after my last contact with them. It’s been months, since I had to focus my attention to getting my son’s stuff worked out. Waiting for callback.
Interestingly, it unlocked my #blocks on making headway on some other things at home too. I’m trying not to go crazy and going into #overload.
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Son’s been getting easily #escalated at #school and problem #behaviors returning rapidly. Expecting another #rejection in form of #placement #referral. Got #meds appt with #hmo and hope to #moderate the escalations (#anxiety, #stress). I pray it’s enough, because even the happy and supposedly helpful #NPS has gone straight to #pathologizing behavior and not talking about causes. #actuallyautistic @actuallyautistic
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At the clinic.
Waiting.
They're gonna be drawing blood.
💉😷
#HMO #WellnessProgram
#SomeThingsInLifeAreFree 👍And gonna consult the doctor about last week's #xray results, too.
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Looks like I might end up with the same doctor. Came early to the hospital because, according to the #HMO #app, they have specialists as early as 8AM.
Not.
The earliest ones are 10AM. Must wait. They really should update their directories of accredited hospitals and doctors. 🙄
So... I got time for a pesto tomato mozzarella #panini and potato chips at #SeattlesBest. With #javakula, of course. 😋