All insurance companies suck. My BCBS allowed $2300 for my appendix being removed and now the hospital thinks I should pay another $27,000, and of course there are the bills from all the individuals too. All have to be fought. Apparently Saturday late night emergency appendix surgery is frivolous and cosmetic or something.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
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Laura - Apr 27, 2016 6:54:54 am PDT #24407 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Burrell - Apr 27, 2016 7:06:05 am PDT #24408 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oy yoy yoy, Laura. Surely hospitals know that ordinary humans don't have $27,000 to pay for the privileges of using their facilities. The healthcare system in the US is a classic sick system.
Laura - Apr 27, 2016 7:10:57 am PDT #24409 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I was there less than 24 hours.
Burrell - Apr 27, 2016 7:19:46 am PDT #24410 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I feel like we are watching the radicalization of the right and it's taking place right in front of our eyes and we (meaning the country) are just ignoring it. It's not going to end well is all I'm saying.
I was there less than 24 hours.
Oh yeah, that's what I figured. That kind of piddly sum -- $27,000 -- isn't enough to cover the costs of a hospital bed for the whole night. When I had my last surgery, also outpatient, I noticed they billed the insurance for something over $30,000.
askye - Apr 27, 2016 9:53:42 am PDT #24411 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I don't even want to know what the bill was for my hospitalization last year. I had finanial assistance from the hospital so they covered all of it and I didn't have to see a thing.
Zenkitty - Apr 27, 2016 9:58:41 am PDT #24412 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
That's insane and infuriating, Laura and askye. It's just so wrong, it makes me so mad I can't see straight.
sj - Apr 27, 2016 12:09:28 pm PDT #24413 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm sorry about the insane medical expenses.
Grr. Today is not going well. Step mother in law did not give ltc the nap I asked her to give her before I left. And some woman was harassing me in the parking lot of the bakery that she was a nurse and could help me. Not sure what she wanted to help me with. I wasn't carrying anything; I guess I look more pathetic than I thought I did. I know I'm not supposed to get upset when people ask to help me, but I did not need that today.
Connie Neil - Apr 27, 2016 1:18:48 pm PDT #24414 of 30002
brillig
she was a nurse and could help me.
I disbelieve on both those statements.
sj - Apr 27, 2016 1:30:36 pm PDT #24415 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm pretty sure I gave her the death glare.
brenda m - Apr 27, 2016 1:49:48 pm PDT #24416 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah fuck her. And MIL should know better.