RelativisticTowel

RelativisticTowel t1_j6x8cc3 wrote

Unless OP willingly pulled himself off statutory health insurance (which you aren't even allowed to do under a certain income level), all he's paid is 10% copay on some things, up to a certain yearly limit. Keeping in mind that the total value is a reasonable one to begin with.

Only OP can reply about financial distress (loss of income is no joke once you're a few months into sick leave and they start cutting your pay), but Americans are uniquely fucked in a way no one here can quite compare to.

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RelativisticTowel t1_j2eyzv1 wrote

Had a bad enough cough to be prescribed it once. Answer is: if you can't get any sleep due to the cough, you'll soon be too weak to fight what's causing it (or even to cough properly). Had been sick for 2+ weeks when I got the prescription, iirc only took it 3 nights. Once it bought me the sleep I needed to get my immune shit back together, I was feeling better in a couple days.

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RelativisticTowel t1_j1b44mn wrote

In many domestic refrigerators we do recycle a bit of heat. The external areas around the door gaskets are colder, and prone to a buildup of condensation if you don't heat them up somehow to match the rest of the exterior. We can and on occasion do put electric heaters there, but the best solution when possible is to simply route the starting section of the condenser (where the gas temperature is pretty high) through those areas. Bad move from a heat pump efficiency perspective since some of that heat leaks back into the cold side, but good for the efficiency of the appliance as a whole.

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