Well, not much has been happening this week. Baby’s getting fat. Hospital/Doctors’ bills keep trickling in one by one. Insurance fails to cover a MAJOR bill, so I have to call the insurance, they tell me to call the healthcare provider, they tell me to call the insurance and it goes on and on.
Today was a new day and yet a new bill. So as I open the envelope, I’m trying to guess how much we’re going to have to pay this time…Success!!! $17! “This must be a mistake” I think to myself. “What can anyone ever get for $17 anymore?” I thought it would be like the SATs in high school. You know, you get 500 points just for filling out your name correctly. I thought doctors’ offices charged you at least $50 just by walking through the door and then the bills keep going up. In fact, I am halfway convinced that the amount you pay is based on your waiting time and not the service that is provided. “Oh, you just want your blood pressure checked? Sure, no problem. Now, how long did you have to wait? 3 hours? Ooooh, okay. That’ll be $5,000.”
So eventually, we’ll get everything settled. The devil will have our child’s soul, but at least all of his hospital bills will be paid off. And that’s what’s MOST important. Yeah, we don’t need any healthcare reform. Speaking of reform, it’s truly amazing how so many people are pissed off/annoyed/ready to shoot someone over there coverage/cost/pains of going through the process but they don’t want anything to change. (Keep government out of my medicare!) “Hey, if the insurance companies will cover it, who cares how much it costs, right?!? Oh wait a minute, WE’RE the ones paying the insurance companies?!? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Shit.”
Anyways, sorry to get off on a pseudo-political rant. Well, no I’m not. Just try to remember-don’t get sick.
