huhuhu wala ba vacation soon, esp with the upcoming holidays?

care04: nope unfortunately, welcome to 'murica/Amerikkka kung saan sweatshop ang asta ng mga corpos lalo na govt contractors like my call centre!!! I need to file for leave kasi 4th of July, Memorial Day (last Mon of May), Labour Day (1st Mon of Sep), Thanksgiving Day and Xmas Day lang ang holidays namin.

ligayaharuka: huy 🫂🫂🫂

pero alam mo yan talaga yung isa sa shook realizations ko sa US working culture, na ang konti lang ng holidays. Usually, ilang weeks ba ang leave nyo jan?

di pwede magpahinga?

luna_y_gatos care04: I'm only allotted 2 weeks vacation time, pwede akong bumili nang 2 weeks Vacation Buy. Sick time is earned -- 1 hour kada 40-hour work week.

and they are forcing us to do OT due to Open Enrollment Period for health insurance/Federal Marketplace (https://healthcare.gov) extending to Dec 19th (dapat hanggang 15th lang).

It is how 'murica works. sadly. >_<

that seems to be an effed up situation. the irony is you're supposedly in the healthcare industry.

luna_y_gatos: People in HCW sa US are burnt out din. Severely understaffed and overworked mga workers doon. Source: most of my fam are in nursing in the US rn.

luna_y_gatos: ....they hardly get any breaks and very little to no maternity, paternity leaves na paid for soon to be parents there. Very, very grim US workplace look since then and until now.

....but it's kinda relatable since same same lang naman here in the PH (didn't mean to sound conyo, I just really am awkward pag mag taglish since I'm originally bislish and dislike/feel the most uncomfy using tagalog/fil)

Kaya may binaril na plan provider CEO kasi bihira silang mag-approve ng actual care and mas madalas pa nga andaming kailangang hoops to jump through.

ligayaharuka: and people are celebrating this there din. some, di naman lahat.

ligayaharuka: what I'd heard, read is they added in an AI that increased amount of claims denied kaya it got worse pero weirdly, yung accused rn is also in the HC industry. His family owns assisted living establishments/homes.

....that's my last update on this one anyways.

crysta17: oh it's also def true. And yeah, kasi all the same billionnaires pretty much own and run the different healthcare insurance companies, facilities, clinics, pharmacies, etc, they're all working together.

crysta17 luna_y_gatos care04: ang trabaho ko is Medicare claims, mostly non-practicing healthcare professionals (yung mga dapat unlicensed due to some case or other, or yung dapat retired na, and all of them mostly generalists) ang nagde-deny ng specialized, mostly life-saving, care sa patients.

although, there are also loads of professionals committing fraud trying to bill Medicare for medical equipment/prescriptions na hindi naman kailangan ng pasyente (it was Covid tests during the pandemic, tapos ngayon balik sa diabetes supplies and urology supplies).

ang problem kasi in exchange for PPP, retired govt officials and workers alike get free healthcare for life. Pero taongbayan ang magsho-shoulder ng cost lol. And sadly, ito yung namana nating health system sa Pinas lolz.

ligayaharuka: ang ending ngayon is...sila sila lang din nagpapatayan. >_<

ligayaharuka: I'm not surprised about the fraud na to. Coming from a family na halos lahat nasa health care industry rn (my bro and dad are docs), I'm pretty...somewhat update or at least aware na fraud like this happen...kahit dito sa Pinas.

ligayaharuka: This is sad na exempt sila sa HC bayarin. The rest of us... out of pocket pa rin and funny na may 2 years in country/community service pa mga docs before they can go anywhere eh kakaunti lang naman privileges nila like maybe maka less sa pf ng other docs pag magpa consulta etc. That has been my experience as an anak ng doc (should've also been

....a doc or a hc worker anyways)

*somewhat updated

I'd say na halos lahat naman na not good practices sa hc jan namana natin dito sa pinas. >_<

crysta17: well, sa US, all the state and federal govt officials and workers get free healthcare for life lol. Which, honestly, no official or worker should get. Ex-military does too, esp veterans, but even that they are rolling back to only cover the ex-officials and the ex-admin side of the VA and related orgs, which, WTAF?

crysta17: lahat ng pangit na practices ng US namana natin sa Pinas sadly.

ligayaharuka: yep. true.

ligayaharuka: I feel like sa ex military peeps, dun sila dapat sa military medics sa mga hc cases nila sana di sa regular hospitals or sth like that. They have their own mini gov't, mini everything system including health care naman na. Namemerwisyo pa sa mga dapat sana sa mga regular people/masses (non gov't, non-mil)

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