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BardWatch She/Her Anti-Hate-Brigade 17d ago (text post) 55 thread views #334292 earned 36 coins from votes

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BardWatch She/Her Anti-Hate-Brigade 17d ago #7644462

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

For an acquaintance of mine who was born with ovaries and a uterus, it arose such that there was a medical necessity for the ovaries to be removed. The attending physician recommended a full hysterectomy. Because studies showed the slight increased likelihood of cancer after ovarectomy —

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Acquaintance was lifelong cancer-free, and moreover valued her sexual response, and nixed the hysterectomy.

There ensued a seven-month long battle with the attending and insurance companies, during which the condition with the ovaries necessitated two in-patient interventions.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

Eventually she located another physician who, able to see reason and compassion (instead of treating "studies show" as absolute dogma), got the signoff on a mere ovarectomy, and has not had issues since.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

I'm also going to observe here at this juncture that physicians would often brandish a study / set of studies that showed a slight increased likelihood of deep vein thrombosis under the administration of feminising HRT, to refuse to prescribe such to AMAB trans people.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

There have been doctors who refused to diagnose clinical significance to gender dysphoria under a previous revision of the DSM because patient experienced no significant external factors / axes of dysphoria. Some refused because of too many external factors.

Ms. Penny Oaken, SkyWitch (@skywitches.net):

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Poonie they/them BardWatch 17d ago #7645108 spent 315 currency on pings

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>A discipline which is happy to accept that the unlicensed government and unlicensed insurance industry can dictate practice in contravention of patient fiduciary duty & standards of care & medical science, and where patients must strenuously self-advocate

Here we see Bardo again speaking on a subject he knows little about. I don't purport to be a subject matter expert myself but I did work for over 10 years at one of the largest mutual life insurance companies in the US.

When he says "unlicensed" insurance industry thats simply wrong, full stop. I dont like the industry at all when it comes to medical/dental/vision. I feel they are a needless middleman between patient and provider. That said, these insurance companies are indeed licensed. These companies employ MDs of all stripes, dentists/oral surgeons/optometrists/opthalmologists and so on. Its called "Professional Review". Most of the day to day claims filed get paid out or partially paid. There does come a point though where you need an actual licensed doctor to sit down and review if the service was indeed necessary.

There is an appeals process, there is subrogation, there are ways to escalate it to the state's insurance commissioner (gubmint employee) to seek relief if you feel something should have been paid that wasn't. Its not a fun process and it can be a pain in the butt but these avenues exist. So when he is sperging about the govt and insurance like its the wild west and ur just fricked I'd say thats an uninformed take.

Bardy is also missing the elephant in the room here. If there is bank to made off of HRT and SRS you better believe insurance and providers are gonna be all over that shit because they are trying to make money. Not take some moral stance.