bomberqueen17:

buttons-beads-lace:

bomberqueen17:

Here it is, here’s my ACA Open Enrollment Plug:

If you’re in NYS, DO NOT SIGN UP WITH FIDELIS CARE. 

If you support real religious freedom (i.e. your religious choices are between you and your god, you have a right to privacy)

if you have endometreosis or any other complex reproductive-system-related condition

if you want to keep seeing your gyno, and want to be able to access all the services your gyno provides

DO NOT SIGN UP WITH FIDELIS.

They don’t have the guts to say this anywhere you’d notice it while you’re perusing the plan benefits– I actually did try quite hard to go through all the fine print but I missed it. And clearly, New York State expects you to miss it. Because when I signed up, after a couple of months, they sent me this letter, which clearly indicates that they didn’t expect me to already have realized this: 

“Fidelis, the health plan you joined, does not pay for family planning services.” (That last is bold and underlined.)

The back side of the letter tells me to go to Planned Parenthood. Here’s the whole text:

(Photo is of a list of places in several counties where you can get family planning services. Note that one of the counties in the list contains no family planning clinics and lists no options.)

I have a primary care physician who does my gyno care. This tells me, in effect, that I’m going to have to find another gyno to do that, because my insurance company won’t reimburse my PCP for a visit where she mentions birth control. 

Now, what my personal medical needs are, are immaterial to this discussion, but I am making this post because I know a lot of people are trying to choose plans right now. And it is NOT OBVIOUS that Fidelis is a Catholic company– they changed their name from Catholic Health Plan of NYS for that reason, I think.

So– BE AWARE, because they’re sure as hell not going to make it obvious.

I don’t know if this is legal in any other states, or if Fidelis exists in any other states, but LOOK FOR THIS KIND OF THING when you sign up!! Explicitly CHECK TO MAKE SURE. 

I am going to switch away from Fidelis not because I can’t stand to go to Planned Parenthood, but because I don’t want to support a company in any way that feels it can dictate my health choices because of its religious beliefs. 

I did a quick search and found a news article about this, and also the page buried in their website where they explain it. 

Thank you for the clarification! Excellently researched!

As the article states, it’s clearly not something that’s obvious when you’re signing up for healthcare. It shouldn’t be legal, and yet, they do it. And they don’t exactly announce that they’re doing it.

Fuck them.

diversetolkien:

Like it or not, Peter Jackson is just as guilty of racism in Tolkien’s fandom/works as Tolkien himself, and sometimes even worse.

biomerge:

coolgothgf:

biomerge:

lebanesetea:

biomerge:

lebanesetea:

biomerge:

“Organic” foods are such a scam and a sham

Why????

The regulations on what is considered “organic” are loose at best and there’s literally no conclusive evidence on whether “organic” foods are even healthier for you so people are paying extra money for shit that really isn’t much more than a label. 

Even if they’re grown without pesticides?

“organic” foods are grown with pesticides just approved ones like copper sulfate

could i also add that gmos are necessary in maintining crops and production rates. people gave chemical modicfication mixed with genetics. all thats happening is certain breeds of say corn or tomatoes are being bred with other breeds to improve resistance and harvest rates. it doesnt affect how edible or safe a food is. i spent time working on a farm and i dont think people realize the fear mongering has had a major impact on what is a lot poor farmers being underpaid and threatened by companies when their isnt enough harvest to meet quota. so gmos are necessary for the crops and people who produce them.

Also the whole GMO thing is really important now just because of climate change and how it’s impacting the growing seasons and just the base ability to grow crops. Plus because of the miss climate change bugs and shit are living longer and adventuring to areas they couldn’t before so you know! modifying some tomatoes so they don’t get eaten from the inside out by bugs is probably something we want. 

pigeoncheeks:

sorry to have to do this again, y’all, but i just recently quit my job because it was actively killing me. lucky for me, thanks to good old-fashioned nepotism, i may have another job fairly soon! hopefully one that isn’t dead set on driving me into the ground…

fortunately, my last paycheck is enough to cover my rent for this month, but once i do that (later today) i won’t have enough in my account to cover my phone bill, which is due on November 9th. i’ve got enough basic groceries to last me a while, but if you guys could help me keep my head above water for now, that’d be awesome! if you can’t donate, that’s fine, but i’d appreciate reblogs too!

also, if you like the gay shit i write, keep an eye out for a new commissions post, because i’m going to try to get a handful of those going! thanks so much! 

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gay-bananamancer:

eggcup:

hmm? what’s that? oh, you don’t like my seeds? *evolves into a fruit that bears no seeds but is now a monoculture that is especially susceptible to pests and disease* how about that idiot 

Don’t vague post about bananas you scum