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The Joys of US Health Care, Part XXIV
Apr. 15th, 2005 05:33 pmJust got a bill in the mail: The hosptal wants $1,800, and that's just for the anaesthesia. Ghod knows what they'll want for the ambulance service, the hospital stay, the surgery, the CAT scan, the X-Rays and everything else that comes up.
Now I'm not too worried. I have good health insurance, and I'm sure they'll eventually come through and pay off most of my bill. I'll have to spend a lot of time leaping through bureaucratic hoops, though. And if I didn't have health insurance, of course, I'd be completely fucked.
This stuff makes me risibly angry at the Republicans in Washington, who have and will continue to do all they can to prevent the system from getting better.
Now I'm not too worried. I have good health insurance, and I'm sure they'll eventually come through and pay off most of my bill. I'll have to spend a lot of time leaping through bureaucratic hoops, though. And if I didn't have health insurance, of course, I'd be completely fucked.
This stuff makes me risibly angry at the Republicans in Washington, who have and will continue to do all they can to prevent the system from getting better.
