'It was a slap in the face': Pregnant employee's boss shames her at the company meeting for having to go to the emergency room

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    Font - Let's shame people for using their medical benefits The company I work for pays for our medical premiums so all we pay is co-pays and out of pocket expenses. It's honestly a huge blessing. I was 6 months pregnant and became severely dehydrated, throwing up so much that I started to continually throw up bile. It went on for a long enough time until I couldn't feel the baby moving anymore. Went to the ER and was able to get the vomiting under control, increase my fluids and confirmed via ul
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    Font - A few weeks later the HR executive and CEO have a company wide meeting to tell employees if they want the company to keep paying for medical premiums, then employees had to "help" reduce costs by having a primary doctor instead of using emergency care. Okay, that makes sense I thought. Then they added, "for example going to the ER when you are just simply dehydrated. That is NOT appropriate use of emergency care." It was a slap in the face.
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    Font - Starrunnerforever. 17 hr. ago I watched a round of layoffs at a job. Almost everyone laid off had one thing in common: Heavy use of their medical benefits. If a company could get away with it, they would give you no health benefits. They cost money, and show up in the red 'Expenses' column. I am glad to see that in the end, everything is okay with you and the baby. Do you still work for the same
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    Font - MariaJane833 OP. 17 hr. ago I do. I now work 100% remote and it has been a life changer. I don't deal with any of the office drama, I can delete the "propaganda" corporate pushes. Main reason for staying is that I can able to provide great medical benefits for my family, BUT if I had to return to work onsite I will be looking for a different job
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    Font - mindful-bed-slug 19 hr. ago It absolutely was appropriate use of emergency care. "Mere" dehydration can be deadly and is an emergency. They are WRONG. You saved your baby's life. You absolutely did the right thing. 1.6k Reply Share
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    Font - ashleyorelse 14 hr. ago They should never be telling you how to handle medical . decisions. Doesn't matter if they pay for the insurance. 4 573 Reply
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    Font - NoMoreBeGrieved 12 hr. ago Why does the employer know why the employee went to the ER, ffs? Medical privacy, anyone? 397 Reply
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    Font - Life_Temperature 795 9 hr. ago I'd guess the insurance provider sends the employer a receipt of services used, but it's probably anonymous. So the employer knows someone whose insurance they're paying for went to the ER for dehydration, because that's what's on the bill, but they don't know who that someone is. 157 Re
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    Font - funkydyke 19 hr. ago If you are dehydrated and can't keep water down (especially when pregnant) it is very much appropriate use of emergency care to go get iv fluids. There's not a whole lot a pcp is going to do if you're already at that point 414 Reply Share
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    Font - lynx265 16 hr. ago Oh there's one thing they would have done and that's sent you to an ER 146 Reply
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    Font - Nezeltha 18 hr. ago Is this CEO a doctor familiar with the case in question? If not, it's not their call whether any particular emergency care visit is appropriate. 279 Reply Share
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    Font - MariaJane833 OP. 18 hr. ago Exactly! I'm guessing it was a visit that showed up on a report but they don't know who it was (HIPPA) but that being said they don't know if it was emergency or not. Just seemed so callous and corporate 206 Reply S
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    Font - Restaurant Latter2354 15 hr. ago Right, that it just egregiously unethical. I've taken my son several times to an ER for IVS because he couldn't hold anything else down. People who have never had medical problems in their family should consider themselves incredibly blessed. Even with good insurance I worry all the time about what unexpected bills could come up.
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    Font - ElroyCrabs 19 hr. ago What garbage leadership. I hope you and your baby are well, and that you can find a new workplace that actually values its employees so you can bail on this one without notice. 155 Reply Share
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    Font - Dusteronly 18 hr. ago Wow. Didn't realize you could tell people how to use their benefits. I'd be going for every little thing just to throw it back at them. And agreed your baby comes FIRST. You were totally right. 122 Reply Share

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