Christmas comes around early here it seems …. or maybe it comes really late. It was the third week in September when I first noticed the Christmas tree’s on display at Walmart and Halloween candy hadn’t even been put out yet and Thanksgivings horrible pumpkin beer seems gratefully a long way off. I’m confused …..
Had a couple of surgeries four years ago and the best medical insurance policy I could afford had a co pay requirement of $8500.00 per annum . The surgeon required $1200 up front before starting work and though I was a pretty week math student in school it seemed pretty obvious to me that meant I went over my annual out of pocket by that exact amount.
Insurance company claimed they were never billed the $1200 by the surgeon who in turn claimed he can’t bill it until the insurance company provides the appropriate billing code forcing the argument to rage for nearly two years . Ultimately the insurance company relented and paid me one half of what was mine. My logic that if they owe me half they owe me all fell upon deaf or ignoring ears until I just had more important things to do and gave up.
Went out to the mail box yesterday and retrieved some correspondence from the old insurance company and in the envelope and without fanfare or explanation was a check for $ 600 . Four years and three months to straighten out a simple glitch and we’re still boasting about how computers have increased productivity …..
Any way, the check … it was like … well it felt like Christmas before Halloween …..
