I mean, really, how could anyone think that the abilities to eat and to see are in any way related to human health?
I can see their point if instead of being fleshy humans, we are androids without mouths and cameras instead of eyes.
Then they can collect all the premiums and not have to pay out! Brilliant business strategy. Time to start converting people into robots.
I hope I’m part of a pneumatic delivery system! Like human centipede, but bidirectional.
A switch shitter?
Sure but what do you do when your oens gets scratched?
And ears. Not covered (in the USA, at least) because “just about everyone suffers hearing loss at some point in their life” (aka not a profit maker) so might as well not cover it at all for anyone, including those with profound loss from birth…
That explains why teeth and eyes aren’t covered either. They are bound to degrade with age.
That’s true for literally everything in your body.
It’s the reason why health care can’t be capitalist.
Your ears, too.
Are ENT doctors not covered in your plan?
I believe they mean hearing aids. At least many of them are OTC now.
United States is fucked
Canada too. At least I can get a cheap pair of glasses online, but my god is the dentist ever expensive.
You can get teeth online, too. Even if they’re not the highest quality, they usually still have a reasonable amount of flavor left on them.
You can get fake teeth online too!
Why buy cheap but new when you can get a great deal on used? Plus, that new teeth smell is overrated.
The visible state of a person’s teeth is far too useful a proxy for their position in the socioeconomic hierarchy to ever be sacrificed by making dental care affordable.
Public health care in Denmark has dental until you’re 18, maybe 21,IDK I haven’t been 18 in a while.
Eyes are a mixed bag, if you need an ophthalmologist it’s covered, but glasses falls into the luxury department.
So sorta the same idea about face stuff.
Isn’t it because they are different providers? I don’t go to a hospital to get oral surgery or an eye exam…
You are pretty close. The American Medical Association, (AMA), and the American Dental Association, (ADA), are the 2 different medical organizations that represent each group. Originally, they tried to set up one association but the dentists decided to form their own group. This has lead to group bargaining with insurance companies. Which leads to separate policies being needed.
You missed the part where Dentists are even greedier than your average Medical Professional.
They remain separate because Dentist groups spend Million
Bribing PoliticiansLobbying every year to keep it that way.
I don’t go to a podiatrist for hospital reasons.
Wait what? Coincidentally, I actually have gone to a hospital to see a podiatrist…
You need surgery for a really bad ingrown toenail. I’m guessing some sort of person with podietry experience would be involved.
I used to get really bad ingrown toenails, I had a podiatrist cut about 1/4 of that toenail out so it can’t grow back in that spot. I don’t remember it being very expensive at all. But this was 10 years ago
