I already don't go to the doctors unless I feel like I'm dying. I don't abuse health care. I take the kids when they are sick or need shots. If they don't need shots I usually don't take them in for an annual physical. I just have never seen a need for a weight/height check when I can do that myself. I DO buy their clothes after all. I can tell if they are growing. They tell me if they don't feel well if I don't notice it with my supersonic mother abilities.
I digress. What has me peeved is this...
Can you read that? I'll give you the breakdown. A visit to our primary care physician used to cost 15.00. Now? 30. That is double what it was before. A specialist used to be 20.00. Now? 35. The most disturbing was a visit to a hospital ER. Though I try to make those visits rare they have happened. The cost WAS 50.00 and now? 150 dollars!!! Really. That is triple what it was.If you have children who don't sit on the couch all day you know the likelihood of at least one visit to the ER is in your future--not claiming that God. Just sayin'.
I have a solution though. (I learned it on TV)
Hey, it's on sale right now too! Just .99 cents more than a visit to the doctor's--and if you order online you don't have to wait in line!
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I feel your pain...
And the CF gift card in the background? to bribe the insurance administrator?
Don't get me started on insurance. Our main hospital group and Blue Cross are battling over costs right now. And Blue Cross denied us a lower private plan attached to an HSA (which would be a more responsible choice on our part). I have negative feelings toward insurance companies that only continue to grow. Anyway...
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