Healthcare anger

My doctor has an in house lab and they are very good. They never have trouble finding my veins and it's pretty conveniently located. Unfortunately the blood tests I had last month would not be covered by my insurance if I had them done at my docs, so he sent me to Lab One. I effing hate these cattle call places. First I sat in the waiting room for 30 minutes then they tried and failed to find a vein four times. After getting stuck four times I started to get light headed and uncomfortable, so fearing a 220 lb faint, they had me lay down for another 20 minutes. Finally on try number five they struck oil, and sent me on my way. All this was done in the name of having my insurance pay the bill.

So what comes in the mail yesterday?...wait for it.....you guessed it...a bill for $300 from Lab one. Nice!

When you arrive they go to great lengths to make certain they have all your insurance info, they even go so far as to photo copy the card front and back. WTF? It would appear for all the world like they bill indiscriminately and see who will just pay it. Well I can assure you I am not one of those people, I'm more of a letter writer.

I mean honestly if I were to pay for it I would have my doctors lab do the work in the first place.

IDOL

Last week I was warming up to Idol a bit as the remaining people seemed to have some talent, and they were for the most part singing good songs. Well last night I was reminded why I'm not a fan of this show. It was a capella night and here comes the oversinging, good gawd it was an hour of the national anthem oversing..I effing hate that 'style' Please bring back the musical accompaniment.


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