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   Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 23:03:13 JST Sumana Harihareswara

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   Eventually I came to understand that it was not purely my fault, that the insurers profited from my confusion and deliberately created it, all while pretending they weren't doing so. And that they do this to all of us, unapologetically, draining us of money and time and life.

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     Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 23:03:14 JST Sumana Harihareswara

     Decades ago, beginning to manage my own health care as a young adult, it was hard for me and I felt so much shame. I felt like I constantly got charged fees that I hadn't expected and I assumed it was my fault. I felt helpless and it discouraged me from using my healthcare.

     bhaugen repeated this.