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I hope that your cat is well. I’m certain that he will feel much better knowing his stool is being cared for by Big Blue

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Is there anything more American than sending your cat shit to a health insurance bureaucracy?

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I did not know about Nit Whit and her family history. Nice Intel. I also use BCBSM. My costs have gone up almost exactly 500% since ACA passed.

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Glad I’m not the only one who seethes with rage every time I receive some ridiculous snail mail notification about my “wellness” or how I could’ve saved $8 on antibiotics. (The irony is I’m on a biologic that is now 5-6x the cost in EU and Canada, where biosimilars compete—no one calls to offer to ship the drug from Toronto.) Almost like you would think the Federal government, with its multi-billion dollar payroll of auditors, analysts, LEOs could review and penalize the waste of these companies, which are so dependent on subsidized programs like Medicare and Medicaid

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