BOOK EXCERPT!
About the wonders of health insurance in America (I had had surgery for breast cancer):
"There have been further indignities from the wacky world of healthcare. I recently received a bill for $1,600. This was for the biopsy of my tumor directly after surgery. Per the lady at the insurance, this is why the claim was denied: I had not authorized the surgeon to submit my flesh to the lab. Now, considering that I was lying, anesthetized, on a table (like the poor old sun in “Prufrock”), would I suddenly rise like Lazarus and instruct, “Dr. Candle, you may biopsy my carcinoma!” before falling back unconscious? To such depths of idiocy has this great nation sunk. Obamacare? Bring it on!"
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"There have been further indignities from the wacky world of healthcare. I recently received a bill for $1,600. This was for the biopsy of my tumor directly after surgery. Per the lady at the insurance, this is why the claim was denied: I had not authorized the surgeon to submit my flesh to the lab. Now, considering that I was lying, anesthetized, on a table (like the poor old sun in “Prufrock”), would I suddenly rise like Lazarus and instruct, “Dr. Candle, you may biopsy my carcinoma!” before falling back unconscious? To such depths of idiocy has this great nation sunk. Obamacare? Bring it on!"
Don't Let Me Die In A Motel 6 Or One Woman's Struggle Through The Great Recession
Check out other groovy blogs at:
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Kathleen
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Mar 22, 2013 07:34AM
Funny but too close to true....
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Been there, in a lesser degree. Don't you want to just shake some bean counter?
Sometimes I think insurance companies are in the business of collecting premiums only -- but NOT interested in paying claims! How frustrating that must have been for you.
Though this is a great title for a book, you may find such a place better to make your exit than most hospitals. That said, you have written a razor sharp commentary on the absurd nature of health care today.
Well written. It's amazing you can bring such tongue-in-cheek wit to what must be an impossible experience.
Oh Amy, you hit close to the bone! Nice job and I love the title of your book! Looking forward to reading more next week!
Very witty, but compelling, excerpt. Sounds like a good read.
God, how stupid can insurance people be? This is a great excerpt!
This was one of the funniest paragraphs (although there were many more). Clueless, stupid insurance companies. I agree, can Obamacare be worse than this kind of stuff?
I'm hooked. And for 99 cents, I'll read the book.
