Evil Queen
10-05-2009, 04:28 PM
When I got home from work last night, Roommate Xarx hands me my mail. It's weird mail, it says "S.E.D. Medical Laboratories" on it so I think; "Insurance card? Already?" I had signed up for health insurance through work. Nope.
It's a freaking bill! And Holy Smokes! There's another one! It, too, is a freaking bill!!
Wait, wait, I thought I paid all this at the hospital?! I recently went in for my yearly girly exam and girly prescription. First time in ABQ since the last one (last September, which is how I met Lupo, I came back with a bad result) was in Houston, TX. So I declare that I'll call them in the morning to find out what's going on.
It's now morning.
So I called the phone number listed for "Billing Questions" and get a some lady. She was very much a automatron until I finished giving her my "account number", name and birth date. Then she magically turned into a human being and was very nice.
Extra tests had been done to "rule out something" but she didn't know what -- Probably the same thing that came back as bad in my last test last year.
It appears that they are billing ME, not the hospital, for the labs as well. I was supposed to be told all this at the hospital and was not. Well, maybe I was. We all know how bad my memory is. (which is something I'm really really worried about)
It's something that I can't avoid and really can't wait so I guess I'll be paying it.
Think happy thoughts Evil Queen. Think "Tax write off" Evil Queen.
It's a freaking bill! And Holy Smokes! There's another one! It, too, is a freaking bill!!
Wait, wait, I thought I paid all this at the hospital?! I recently went in for my yearly girly exam and girly prescription. First time in ABQ since the last one (last September, which is how I met Lupo, I came back with a bad result) was in Houston, TX. So I declare that I'll call them in the morning to find out what's going on.
It's now morning.
So I called the phone number listed for "Billing Questions" and get a some lady. She was very much a automatron until I finished giving her my "account number", name and birth date. Then she magically turned into a human being and was very nice.
Extra tests had been done to "rule out something" but she didn't know what -- Probably the same thing that came back as bad in my last test last year.
It appears that they are billing ME, not the hospital, for the labs as well. I was supposed to be told all this at the hospital and was not. Well, maybe I was. We all know how bad my memory is. (which is something I'm really really worried about)
It's something that I can't avoid and really can't wait so I guess I'll be paying it.
Think happy thoughts Evil Queen. Think "Tax write off" Evil Queen.