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More Hospital Bills … no comments
I’m not exactly sure what the first $21,odd thousand dollars was for. Apparently not much as I am now getting more bills from the anatheseologist, the pathologist, the ultrasound technician and the emergency room.
Actually the original bill was $54, some odd thousand dollars, but they gave me a $32,000 uninsured person discount.
And just as I predicted, the Financial Counselor told me not to worry about running around and getting my paperwork together because there wasn’t a deadline, yet today I received a letter from the hospital saying that I did not meet my 30 day deadline for turning in my paperwork. Although, they are going to be nice and give me another 30-day extension.
I’ve decided to just take as much time as I need tomorrow and do all the running around and get this crap taken care of.
Maybe I should just declare myself homeless?
How do people with more serious problems deal with this …
What Is Happening To Me Is Nothing … 2 comments
This whole surgery thing is throwing me for a loop. But then I have to put it in perspective and know that, all things considered, and on the pain scale of 0 – 10, my life pain over this should be 0, or maybe a 1.
On a weird note, if I declared myself homeless I could have the hospital bill written off just like that *snap*.
On a good note, if I just fill out all of the paperwork as a normal person, I should qualify for a write off.
National Healthcare! Socialized Medicine! No one should have to worry about these things, let alone people who are actually sick!
Drumroll Please …. 2 comments
And the grand total for emergency gall bladder surgery is …
$21,865.66
Oh, that is after the Uninsured Patient Discount, and don’t forget, that’s payable immediately.
And to think that one minute prior to surgery I had been debt free for about two years … Oh well, what’s a life for, anyway?
For some reason this is not bothering me …