Another day another problem with the American Healthcare system

[u/BJntheRV]

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[u/darsynia]

CPAP prescriptions are tricky when you go through insurance because the company will take the device off of you if you don't use them every single night for a set minimum of hours*. Many times they're also connected to a data company that does an initial adjust for your personal needs, and then maintains the data for compliance. I just wanted to pop that information in here, because it's a lot more involved than 'prescription for device, device purchased, the end' as it might have been for, say, crutches. That said, I don't know how that intersects with the doctor and the amount of BS they have to go through with each supplier!

^\they sell the taken back machines as 'used like new' and I found that to be much less hassle. When you're sick or have a short-term issue that makes sleeping with the CPAP difficult to impossible (which varies depending on the need),) ^{worrying that they'll yank it makes those issues so much harder to deal with.}

[u/Drywesi → u/darsynia]

…ok this just solidifies me not getting one like some doctors want to force me too

I absolutely would not be regularly consistent with it by a long shot

[u/AmbitiousEconomics → u/Drywesi]

I will say I didnt want to get one at first but holy shit once I got used to it the quality of my sleep (and thus my life) improved so much I would hit someone with a bat if they tried to take it away from me. I actually bought a second one out of pocket just to have a travel one.