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[Win] HSA dollars changed the real cost by a third and i nearly missed it
HSA dollars changed the real cost by a third and i nearly missed it. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Internal appeals are decided by the plan. External…
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Different person, similar mistake, better handle taken already.
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comment on [Template] my appeal letter, take it, it is free in c/insurancefights · 1 points · 2 days ago
the denial letter names the criterion, start there
comment on mg ÷ mL, that is the whole formula, why did i find this hard in c/reconstitution · 1 points · 2 days ago
The arithmetic in full: concentration is mass over volume, so 20mg into 2mL gives 10mg/mL.
Right, and the arithmetic behind it: 5mg in 2mL is 2.5mg/mL, so 0.25mg is 10 units.
comment on [Explainer] why 1mL syringes cause overdoses and 0.3mL ones do not in c/reconstitution · 6 points · 3 days ago
dead space in the needle hub is real and it is small
comment on [Announcement] c/labresults now requires the standard template in c/meta · 1 points · 3 days ago
Checked the sponsor disclosure because I assumed it would be vague. It was extremely specific and slightly boring.
comment on [Resolved] restarted after a year off, zero shame framing allowed in this post in c/darkspot · 143 points · 4 days ago
different account, similar name, saw this and had to comment: genuinely glad to see this framing shift in your posts over the year. the "restarting isn't a failure lap" line should be somewhere permanent on this site.
comment on [Confirmed] cloned storefront, same product photos, different checkout in c/scamalerts · 30 points · 8 days ago
What is the exact domain, character for character?
comment on reconstituted at 1mL instead of 2mL and caught it before injecting. lucky. in c/reconstitution · 11 points · 17 days ago
the number you write down is the number you will trust at 6am
comment on help me understand insulin syringe, I have read the wiki twice in c/reconstitution · 8 points · 20 days ago
Right — the volume you add is the only variable you control here, and the cake does not change it meaningfully.
comment on someone explain units to me like I have not read a paper in years in c/reconstitution · 15 points · 22 days ago
What is written on the vial right now?
Disagreeing with this line only: adding more water is not a safety margin, it is a different divisor.
comment on [Pattern] the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries me in c/scamalerts · 18 points · 23 days ago
check the domain character by character before you check anything else
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[Pattern] the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries me
Posting this as a discussion rather than a claim: the fake-testing-service scam is getting better and that worries me. The directory deliberately separates "we have…
comment on how much of what we believe about mg/mL actually comes from reconstitution threads in c/reconstitution · 35 points · 1 months ago
aim the stream at the glass wall, not at the cake
comment on [Discussion] step therapy is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/insurancefights · 2 points · 1 months ago
ask for the denial reason in writing, always
comment on genuine question about mg/mL that I am slightly embarrassed to ask in c/reconstitution · 15 points · 1 months ago
Shook the first vial because nobody told me not to.
Disagreeing with this line only: adding more water is not a safety margin, it is a different divisor.
comment on [Pattern] brand-new domain + aged social proof = generated reviews in c/scamalerts · 8 points · 1 months ago
a shop that will only talk off-platform has told you something
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why does nobody talk about bacteriostatic water
why does nobody talk about bacteriostatic water. I would rather ask a basic question now than get this wrong quietly for two months. Adding more water does not change…
comment on [Discussion] the archive-after-a-year policy: keep, change, or scrap in c/meta · 1 points · 1 months ago
Edited a wiki page for the first time and nothing bad happened, which is apparently the point.
comment on [Discussion] the bacteriostatic water advice in here is 3 years out of date in c/reconstitution · 0 points · 1 months ago
units are a volume on a U-100 syringe, not a dose
comment on three years of prior authorization threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/insurancefights · 42 points · 1 months ago
the second-level appeal is where things actually turn
comment on three years of prior authorization threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/insurancefights · 23 points · 1 months ago
prior authorisation criteria change every plan year
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three years of prior authorization threads, summarised so you do not have to read them
The title is the argument: three years of prior authorization threads, summarised so you do not have to read them. Here is the rest of it. Prior authorisation criteria…
comment on [Meta] the units rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining in c/reconstitution · 1 points · 2 months ago
the powder cake sits at the bottom, the volume you add is the volume that counts
Disagreeing with this line only: adding more water is not a safety margin, it is a different divisor.
comment on [Discussion] we are measuring moderation at the wrong time and calling it noise in c/meta · 115 points · 2 months ago
Sorted by controversial for a week and found four of the best threads I have read here.
comment on [Meta] proposal — a flair for concentration posts in c/reconstitution · 554 points · 2 months ago
The dead space question sent me down a rabbit hole for a week.
janek_ferrari has the units point exactly right. They are a volume on the barrel and nothing else.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about insulin syringe is guesswork in c/reconstitution · 120 points · 2 months ago
Wrote the date on the vial as well as the concentration after losing track of which one was opened first.
comment on how much of what we believe about mg/mL actually comes from insulin syringe threads in c/reconstitution · 11 points · 2 months ago
Is that a U-100 syringe? The barrel markings change the answer completely.
comment on exit scam is the most under-discussed thing on this board in c/scamalerts · 16 points · 3 months ago
What dates are we talking about — order, payment, last contact?
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify disclosure in c/meta · 30 points · 3 months ago
modmail first, always, and the thread second
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about bacteriostatic water is guesswork in c/reconstitution · 1 points · 3 months ago
5mg into 1mL is 5mg/mL, and 1.5mg of that is 30 units
comment on three years of mg/mL threads, summarised so you do not have to read them in c/reconstitution · 76 points · 4 months ago
Cosigning the round-number approach. Reconstituting to something awkward is how you end up drawing 27.5 units at six in the morning.
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about cloned site is guesswork in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 5 months ago
What did the storefront say the lead time was?
comment on unpopular opinion: most of what gets said here about cloned site is guesswork in c/scamalerts · 0 points · 5 months ago
This. Anything urging you to decide today is doing so for its own reasons.
comment on [PSA] PDF metadata are not what most of this community thinks it is in c/scamalerts · 0 points · 5 months ago
Same. A batch-specific document requested before payment costs nothing and filters an enormous amount.
comment on the units thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down in c/reconstitution · 96 points · 6 months ago
Shook the first vial because nobody told me not to. It was fine, but I have swirled every one since.
comment on [Lab] 9th independent test on QSC — 98.2% on a claimed 98.0%, and the trend is the interesting part in c/scamalerts · 222 points · 6 months ago
ask for a batch-specific document before you send anything
comment on group buy — 11 things I got wrong before I got it right in c/scamalerts · 1 points · 7 months ago
ask for a batch-specific document before you send anything
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify wiki in c/meta · 4 points · 7 months ago
Who does this help, and who does it cost?
comment on [Question] how do you actually verify wiki in c/meta · 0 points · 7 months ago
Have you read the published formula, genuinely asking?
comment on [Discussion] dead space is doing more work than we give it credit for in c/reconstitution · 24 points · 7 months ago
Same. I got this wrong once, caught it because the units looked absurd, and have written on every vial since.