• zabadoh@ani.social
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    2 days ago

    Snoring, medical term apnea, is a medical indicator, placing you at higher risk of serious medical conditions such as diabetes, strokes, and heart attacks.

    Your life insurance rates go up if they find out.

    My wife snitched on me to my doctor, I had a sleep study at a clinic, and now I use a CPAP machine when I sleep, which supposedly helps.

    Edit: Oh yeah, and snoring/apnea is linked to grinding your teeth, which can lead to root canals, tooth extraction.

    Not fun or cheap.

    • HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social
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      2 days ago

      Your life insurance rates go up if they find out.

      Is this some sort of American joke that I’m too European to understand?

      Excuse my over used joke, but that cant be true?

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        Life insurance isn’t health insurance. It pays out when you die so your family isn’t fucked over by funeral costs and the sudden loss in income.

        • HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social
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          1 day ago

          Its rather obvious that the other guy meant health insurance. I didn’t even notice the different word they used by (presumably) accident, I guess my brain auto corrected it lol. But thanks for pointing that out.

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            24 hours ago

            I’m fairly certain he meant life insurance. In the US under the ACA, charging people higher premiums or cancelling their coverage due to pre-existing conditions is illegal

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              24 hours ago

              Oh okay. The more I learn about the insurance system over there, the more confused I am.

              But I’m confused anyway so its probably a me problem.

          • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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            24 hours ago

            No it’s not. Life insurance premiums here go up when you have certain conditions (especially without getting them treated). Health insurance premiums here are pretty heavily regulated on such things, and they just offer a few discounts for a handful of things like getting an annual checkup, not smoking, and getting vaccinated.

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        2 days ago

        I’m not the person you asked, but I’ve been on my CPAP for a year now. Yes, it does what they say, but I hate it with a passion. She can sleep, but now I wake up 4 times a night feeling like the damn thing is suffocating me.

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        I haven’t noticed any difference from before, but my wife has stopped nudging me awake to get me to stop snoring.

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        Been on it for a couple of years. It’s a difference like night and day. You don’t really notice how fucked you are by the apnea until you are not.