![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I don't know what it is, but some days require a longer run up than others.
I can usually tell when things are mounting up by how much of my desktop I can see in percentage terms. It was basically zero this morning... whoops.
Anyway, I can now see parts of my desk. I've paid a bunch of bills, sorted out why a medical bill hadn't been paid, paid the car insurance and renewed the vehicle tax.
Of these important bits of admin, the medical bill is the most immediately annoying.
SERIOUSLY.
To explain. We got a bill from a medical lab for $260 for tests. I couldn't figure out why the insurance hadn't covered it until I found a corresponding piece of documentation from our OLD insurance company rejecting the claim. So I had to call the lab, get them to find the record and sort out a new claim, for which they will now have to bill us separately if there's a co-pay.
ON WHAT FUCKING PLANET DO SOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA THINK THIS MAKES SENSE?
It's not efficient, it's not simple and it's not cheap. On those 3 alone people in the US, especially fiscal conservatives should be screaming. That the status quo for medical services has reached this point is horrific enough. But the only people I can imagine think it's fine are those who "never go to the doctor" and probably will unburden us with a tragic, expensive but early death through a massive myocardial infraction when they turn 56.
Anyway, it's dark, damp and wintery. I see a long evening with the TV, a roaring fire and a glass of something warming.
I can usually tell when things are mounting up by how much of my desktop I can see in percentage terms. It was basically zero this morning... whoops.
Anyway, I can now see parts of my desk. I've paid a bunch of bills, sorted out why a medical bill hadn't been paid, paid the car insurance and renewed the vehicle tax.
Of these important bits of admin, the medical bill is the most immediately annoying.
SERIOUSLY.
To explain. We got a bill from a medical lab for $260 for tests. I couldn't figure out why the insurance hadn't covered it until I found a corresponding piece of documentation from our OLD insurance company rejecting the claim. So I had to call the lab, get them to find the record and sort out a new claim, for which they will now have to bill us separately if there's a co-pay.
ON WHAT FUCKING PLANET DO SOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA THINK THIS MAKES SENSE?
It's not efficient, it's not simple and it's not cheap. On those 3 alone people in the US, especially fiscal conservatives should be screaming. That the status quo for medical services has reached this point is horrific enough. But the only people I can imagine think it's fine are those who "never go to the doctor" and probably will unburden us with a tragic, expensive but early death through a massive myocardial infraction when they turn 56.
Anyway, it's dark, damp and wintery. I see a long evening with the TV, a roaring fire and a glass of something warming.
