Every year it blows my mind that I probably spend >24 hours of my life trying to get medical bills covered by insurance that I pay >$12,000 a year for. I wouldn

Every year it blows my mind that I probably spend >24 hours of my life trying to get medical bills covered by insurance that I pay >$12,000 a year for. I wouldn't accept that type of service from something I pay $1,000 a year for... but we're stuck with it. It's absurd that healthcare is a debate in the US. The productivity loss alone from managing health insurance must be astronomical. I also have to waste my doctor's time and their office's billing department. I also have to pay my mental health therapist out of pocket because I had a long-standing relationship and they "retired" from accepting insurance and the plethora of paperwork, problems, and diagnosis requirements they have to put up with as a provider (fortunately they met me halfway, I couldn't afford it as a new client).