Episode 04: The Spiteful Side of Healthcare: Navigating Insurance & Access to Care
Description
The healthcare system wasn’t built for chronic illness warriors—it was built to test our patience, our wallets, and our will to keep fighting. In this episode of Surviving Out of Spite, we’re shining a light on the spiteful side of healthcare: endless insurance denials, gatekeeping around specialists, medication access hurdles, and the mental struggle it takes just to get basic care.
Whether you’re battling prior auth hell or trying to decode your EOB like it’s hieroglyphics, this one’s for you. We’re talking about real experiences, the emotional toll of being your own advocate, and how we survive—out of sheer spite and sometimes, stubbornness—when the system appears to be designed to fail us.
Because when it comes to accessing care with a chronic illness like gastroparesis, sometimes survival is a rebellious act.
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