I'm not sure if I told you guys, but I broke a finger playing kickball (yeah, the recess game), and I had to have surgery, like actual surgery where they put me under. I just got the bill from Swedish Covenant: Over $2,000! It costed 10,000 and my insurance picked up 8,000. Why didn't someone tell me how much it would cost? If I knew it was going to be that bad, I would have left my deformed finger, enjoyed playing volleyball all summer, and saved a bundle of cash.
And I just splurged on a really expensive mattress so that LSD and I can enjoy a fancy hotel bed experience every night. That and my shitty little apartment is insanely over priced because of the neighborhood it's in.
This means my life of not going out and being a hermit crab begins, so that could mean more blog updates and maybe even a short story or two.
That is my bitching session. I try to stay positive and keep in mind that there are people a lot worse off in the world, but few of them are quite as stupid.
4 comments:
I don't like the way the presented you with a medical bill without giving you an idea of the cost beforehand. Maybe you'd be better off if you'd broke your finger in Canada.
Gorilla: Yup. We get hosed out here in the USA. Just imagine if they did the same thing to me and I had even worse insurance, or none! A-holes . . .
Surgery is expensive, I would know I have had a lot recently. My head surgery was crazy expensive and the one that kills me (although not literally, thank goodness) is that when I had cancer, radiation was considered to be unnecessary by my insurance company so I had to pay 100% of it myself. If my doctor says I need it how could the insurance company say I didn't? I mean sure I could skip it but then I'd end up dead. Maybe that was the insurance company's plan-I am pretty expensive for them I'm sure. I know there are lots of things about being a grown up that suck and having to have surgery that is painful and then having to pay for it is one of the things I hate. There are so many ways I'd rather spend that money, I am sure you agree.
Tori: That is really messed up that your insurance didn't pay. I'm calling up my insurance guys today to see if there is anything I can do. I think I'd rather cut this finger off than pay 2,000.
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