A baby was treated with a nap and a bottle of formula. His parents received an $18,000 bill.

[Zaku3]

2 hours ago, Slug said:

I've gotten to the point where I ignore pain to avoid the potential of medical bills.  And I've got good insurance.

 

I gotta call my orthapedic. He recommended gel injections for my knee and told me I have to call him after a month. He states the injects are really expensive and insurance companies tend not to want to pay for them for someone that is 32.

[Slug]

12 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

 

I gotta call my orthapedic. He recommended gel injections for my knee and told me I have to call him after a month. He states the injects are really expensive and insurance companies tend not to want to pay for them for someone that is 32.

That sucks.

 

Here in NJ, on top of expense it's exceedingly inconvenient to see any kind of specialist.  There's no full service shop that's not a hospital.  Need your knee fixed?  Go to the ortho (take the time off work because appointments are only during business hours and are 2 weeks out).  Get told to get an X-Ray, leave, make an appointment a week later with an x-ray/imaging place (take the time off work because appointments are only during business hours).  Make a new appointment with your ortho to review the x-ray (time off work because business hours), get told that it's inconclusive so make a new appointment with imaging place for MRI.  Go get MRI a week or 2 later (more time off work because business hours).  Make new appoint for a week or 2 later to go over MRI with ortho (time off etc. etc.).  This is all just to figure out why your knee hurts.  Treatment is more of the same.

 

I'd rather just hurt.