But are you with my HMO? Is this hospital?
I was taken to the hospital earlier this year, believing I was having a heart attack. Turned out it was the start of a year long battle with anxiety disorder.
Apparently the hospital I was taken to was not covered by health insurance, because apparently in an emergency situation I need to be on top of the who the fuck is and is not covered by my HMO, you know, in between bouts of feeling like you’re going to die and crying, worrying about what your family will do without you, how you’re going to miss you son growing up, or how he won’t know how much I loved him.
I’m on the hook now, for $5,000, for the cost of an EKG, lying in bed for an hour, and taking some Xanax. I’m sure those nurses are going out on steak dinners every night at those prices, if I didn’t know that money was actually going elsewhere.
I can’t afford that. My family can’t afford that. This is going to sink our plans for finally, after trying to save for a long while, to get our first home next year.
It’s also not helping my anxiety on top of that. Why. Why do republicans and their ilk want this system? It’s shit. It’s destroying people’s finances. It’s destroying their health. It kills children, for fucks sake. But I guess lining the pockets of billionaire insurance company CEO’s is more important than the common people and their plights.
So yeah fuck this system. Next time I feel like I’m having a heart attack I guess I’ll need to say: “Doc, doc, are you in my insurance? Otherwise let’s waste precious seconds taking me to another hospital please, well ask there again until we hit the jackpot… or I die.”
Anyone have any ideas as to how I can reduce this bill?