DOCTOR: The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him, he'll cheer you right up. INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald - ThreadSky

robdenbleyker.com • 392 days ago

DOCTOR: The great clown Pagliacci is in town. Go see him, he'll cheer you right up.

INSURANCE COMPANY: most we can cover is a 10 minute telehealth call with Ronald McDonald

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frannieoh.bsky.social•391 days ago

I see what you did there. 😝

heckinhound.bsky.social•391 days ago

Ugh. Insurance in this country is a joke. In my case it’s:

Doctor - We recommend you swap the filters, mask, and tubing on your CPAP machine every 3 months.

Insurance - We’ll only pay for replacement parts once per year and after that you have to pay out of pocket.

danielzklein.bsky.social•390 days ago

Pro tip: instead of getting them directly from a medical supplier, who charges a crazy high surcharge, you can often get them for cheaper on Amazon

joshuajoy.bsky.social•391 days ago

A coworker recently had a surgery that both her and her doctor knew was unnecessary/ineffective. But the insurance company calls the shots and they want her to suffer through this one first so her doctor can then document how it failed so they can then pay for the implant she *actually* needs

dildo-baggins.bsky.social•272 days ago

Just enough time to let you know the ice cream machine is broken

shuchancellor.online•391 days ago

ADJUSTER: we're calling you to give you notice we've denied your claim on the Ronald McDonald call and you owe a 500 deductible

ziggy.bsky.social•391 days ago

@woodborg.bsky.social

tackmanbabcock.bsky.social•391 days ago

INSURANCE COMPANY: [quietly purchasing customer data on anyone who has bought Paggliacci tickets to flag them as higher risk and raise their premiums / offload them]

edgbaboon.bsky.social•391 days ago

I need an OPERAtion

trinoculus.bsky.social•392 days ago

Cc @jonozalay.bsky.social

swiftofopal.bsky.social•391 days ago

And the co-pay is $300.

erkhyan.bsky.social•391 days ago

I’m putting this in the same folder as “Pagliative care”.

chimaera.bsky.social•391 days ago

Overheard

bruceweinberger.bsky.social•391 days ago

Art

blahpers.bsky.social•391 days ago

Oh my god

parchmentscroll.bsky.social•391 days ago

I'm not sure whether to laugh or scream at that pun

erkhyan.bsky.social•391 days ago

Do both, it’s what I did when I first heard it.

mementomorty.bsky.social•391 days ago

omfg

junkertownrevival.bsky.social•391 days ago

RONALD, who IS the clown: .... I dont get paid for that.

rockom.bsky.social•391 days ago

But, Doctor...

ericallyn.bsky.social•391 days ago

THANK you!

ssddftp.bsky.social•392 days ago

Actual telehealth clown: hi I'm Pennywise

allengarvin.bsky.social•391 days ago

Why is the clown's name "Clowns"?? This always bugs me about this joke. Does he contain multitudes?

jefflanam.bsky.social•391 days ago

Pagliacci is the name of an Italian opera, the main character is named Pagliaccio. Why the joke has the plural. I don’t know.

iquanyin.bsky.social•391 days ago

#VultureCapitalism

msbusy.bsky.social•391 days ago

me: can he at least be doing the thing where he's trying on a bunch of different hairstyles like in that one commercial?

insurance company: $150 co-pay