Heck, for my eye surgery as soon as they started to try to sell me on the medical loan or whatever I was like "is there a discount for cash?" And bam, 5% off. But that's an elective procedure. For hospital though, if it weren't an emergency I'd totally try to bargain if I didn't have insurance. I mean, those EOBs clearly show insurance knocking off tons. At my old chiropractor I had insurance for a while and was paying something like $30 copay plus insurance paid $10. Posted rate was like $60. Lost the insurance, went to them and said "I'll pay $40 up front each time which is what you were getting anyway and no billing for you" and they agreed. But again--wasn't desperate. So easier.
Jayne: Well... I don't like the idea of someone hearin' what I'm thinkin'. Inara: No one likes the idea of hearing what you're thinking.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Feb 27, 2013 12:14:05 pm PST #12991 of 30001
Sheryl - Feb 27, 2013 12:18:28 pm PST #12992 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Hmm, I got an error message for the Nillybaby picture.
9 times out of 10 when I fly, I'm flying with Gary, so I'm not dealing with strangers.
Liese S. - Feb 27, 2013 12:20:04 pm PST #12993 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The SO hates to fly, so I almost never fly with him. I mean, like, in our lives I think I did just the once.
Liese S. - Feb 27, 2013 12:20:53 pm PST #12994 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
ION I am getting a whole lot of nothing done today. What happened, productivity? We were getting along so well? Maybe you are hidden behind this coffee mug.
Amy - Feb 27, 2013 12:21:24 pm PST #12995 of 30001
Because books.
What does EOB stand for?
Lee - Feb 27, 2013 12:22:15 pm PST #12996 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
end of business day?
P.M. Marc - Feb 27, 2013 12:25:35 pm PST #12997 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Explanation of Benefits.
Liese S. - Feb 27, 2013 12:31:50 pm PST #12998 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I learned a new blues progression, though, does that count?
Consuela - Feb 27, 2013 12:31:58 pm PST #12999 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
So in my frustration I called the hiring manager for my job (since my current boss is out of town). He says he's heard nothing about a hiring freeze, and so far as he knows the process is going forward.
Argh, indeed. On Friday it will be a month since I interviewed.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2013 12:32:15 pm PST #13000 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Now the developer has sent an email saying she worked out what is the problem (and it has nothing to do with me, remarkably) and I don't have the energy to read it. I think I'll read the scary stuff from the new director who wants things from me I don't understand. Yeah, I'll do that instead.