Every now and again, I get caught up in life and don't get around to updating my blog, but mostly my life is so boring I haven't had any recent stories to post out!
I thought I'd just give a quick update on my most recent reconstruction shenanigans. I present exhibit 1 - the medical charge. This is for a 1-hour surgery that was done with local anaesthesia, that is, no general and no "light" twilight zone drugs either.
Sooo I've blogged before about medical costs here, but it was shocking even to me, that the hospital would charge my insurance $9,000 for a 1-hour procedure. This excludes the doctors fees. All I can say is, pray you don't get sick without insurance or have to go to the hospital, even for an hour apparently.
Which brings me to my dad's recent visit. My dad stayed with us from November to April. We have no health insurance for him and he was 84 and turned 85. Any number of things could have gone haywire at any time and bankrupted us. Thankfully, aside from relatively small complaints, everything went smoothly.
I enjoy having my dad stay with us, even though it was somewhat stressful, even without being worried about health care. But that is a post for another day.
I thought I'd just give a quick update on my most recent reconstruction shenanigans. I present exhibit 1 - the medical charge. This is for a 1-hour surgery that was done with local anaesthesia, that is, no general and no "light" twilight zone drugs either.
Sooo I've blogged before about medical costs here, but it was shocking even to me, that the hospital would charge my insurance $9,000 for a 1-hour procedure. This excludes the doctors fees. All I can say is, pray you don't get sick without insurance or have to go to the hospital, even for an hour apparently.
Which brings me to my dad's recent visit. My dad stayed with us from November to April. We have no health insurance for him and he was 84 and turned 85. Any number of things could have gone haywire at any time and bankrupted us. Thankfully, aside from relatively small complaints, everything went smoothly.
I enjoy having my dad stay with us, even though it was somewhat stressful, even without being worried about health care. But that is a post for another day.
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