[Final Update] My insurance won't cover UTIs for males. Yes, I'm in the US.
She literally called me at the time of the appointment to tell me she can't see me. She was so apologetic, but was like "I absolutely can treat you, but I'm not allowed by your insurance". Fuck this country.
Update: I went to urgent care. Before leaving home, I called to be sure they would accept my insurance (Aetna). They said yes.. After arriving for my appointment, they told me they do not accept my insurance. I will simply leave without paying.
Final Update: I can understand that that differences in physical biology demand different attention. That's not what I'm complaining about. It's the way it's set up. I was told that at my appointment. Why not just refer me to a specialist? The website could've even just referred me to urgent care (yes, my insurance requires a primary care physician's referral for urgent care, according to the urgent care facility). But, no, their goal is to obfuscate and irritate until the patient gives you and pays out-of-pocket.
I was able to receive care at a cost I could not afford. I won't discuss what I had to do to "find" the money to pay for care and prescriptions. That being said, the condition I was diagnosed with was more serious than a simple infection, and I'm glad that I saw a doctor. I need further treatment and just hope I can get insurance to cover any of it.
If you're an American reading this, please consider ways to get involved in organizing in support of Medicare For All in your community. Here is one resource I have found. We don't need to live like this. We deserve better. Stay safe and healthy, friends.
Yea it will. Just not at a minute clinic. You need to go to an actual urgent care or primary care doctor.
Just want to throw my 2c in. I'm a physician and from our perspective male UTIs are rare and warrant a much more thorough medical evaluation by a professional, compared to female UTIs which are extremely common and don't require a thorough (or even in-person) evaluation in most cases. If I had a male patient with a UTI and no other know medical history I would insist they are seen by a physician for a complete evaluation. From other comments here it seems that CVS does not employ physicians in their clinic.
So the guy gets no care because the system is not fit for purpose?
No, not what I said. His insurance will cover a primary care visit. The staff at the cvs are simply not qualified to treat a male UTI.
People are dense. You straight out said this man needs more complete care to ensure that he can be helped because his condition could be more serious than if he were female, and they read "more thorough treatment" as "no treatment" like morons.
CVS MinuteClinic is for super minor stuff. Doctors are for more serious things.