Traildoggie
Cathlete
We did a local park walk this morning for 1 hr 20 min. its hilly and quite uneven with gravel, rocks, roots and lots of fallen leaves. my back gets sore and now so does my hip. i see orthopedics next week, a week from today. feels like i will never get there. i always walk with poles. its a little extra calorie burn and definitely keeps my arms moving. ive used poles for 20+ years. they give extra stability, burns a few calories and keep my hands from getting puffy. ive always had that problem and used to keep my hands higher when i hiked but using poles serves multiple purposes.
so United health care owns the medical group where my primary care people work. that alone is a crazy conflict of interest. this year the group stopped taking orders from "outside" their network docs, even if you got most of your care thru them. if they got orders for an xray or CT scan from "outside", they just tossed them. didn't even tell the docs who ordered the tests. it was up to patients who tried to make appts for the ordered tests to get orders re sent elsewhere, after you figured out who could do the ordered test under your insurance plan. . so instead of using a handy facility 5 minutes away that's part of my primary care network, i need to go to the hospital a good distance away and my only option unless i switch to a different physician in their network which is not convenient. health care needs a major redo!!
i used to make bread all the time but we ate more sandwiches then. i made dough in the bread machine and finished it manually. i like bread especially home made but switched to famous Daves bread and am happy. we dont eat enough to make it anymore. i weigh 20-25 lbs less than i did then too. not all due to bread but i eat less than i used to and so it was an all over reduction in intake.
so United health care owns the medical group where my primary care people work. that alone is a crazy conflict of interest. this year the group stopped taking orders from "outside" their network docs, even if you got most of your care thru them. if they got orders for an xray or CT scan from "outside", they just tossed them. didn't even tell the docs who ordered the tests. it was up to patients who tried to make appts for the ordered tests to get orders re sent elsewhere, after you figured out who could do the ordered test under your insurance plan. . so instead of using a handy facility 5 minutes away that's part of my primary care network, i need to go to the hospital a good distance away and my only option unless i switch to a different physician in their network which is not convenient. health care needs a major redo!!
i used to make bread all the time but we ate more sandwiches then. i made dough in the bread machine and finished it manually. i like bread especially home made but switched to famous Daves bread and am happy. we dont eat enough to make it anymore. i weigh 20-25 lbs less than i did then too. not all due to bread but i eat less than i used to and so it was an all over reduction in intake.
The health system is SO messed up. With the new rates even more people are dropping insurance. My sister has been messing with their budget to make sure they stay under the cap and keep their subsidy. As it is the deductible will be so high that they are really just paying for catastrophic care. We are lucky that we both worked for the state and has access to that insurance still.