This is a vent post, not funny and in the eternal scope of life not important. Never the less since this is my therapy blog here it is in it's entirety. Feel free to read but not if you're looking for enjoyment...
Last night I faced the inevitable, I went down to my costume closet to sort through costumes for Halloween. It's not that I don't like to dress up or get my kids dressed up, quiet the contrary. What I dreaded was the mess my kids have made out of my once very organized costume boxes and the fact that I know pieces will be missing-due to my children lending them out or playing with them and I will become angry because they are MY costumes gosh dang it!
(Note: My costume closet is not to be confused with the dress ups in the walk in toy closet. Just in case you think I'm depriving my children of the creative outlet of dressing up!)
So Alex is going to be a pirate and Rylee a lunch lady. I know exactly what I need. I have great pirate stuff due to my performance in Peter Pan as not only Mrs. Darling but Jukes the pirate. I even have a gold tooth. Can I find the gold tooth? Nope. Lost. But I do find that I'm missing....
My Russian Hat
My Maleficent Hat
Two Safari Hats
Our new vintage 50's dress I bought for Grease
and that everything is mixed up and a jumbled mess!!!
Great.
I have since located all but one safari hat & the dress but have ideas just who's friends have them...
What a dumb thing to get upset about when there are so many other pressing things.
Like opening anything to do with our health insurance. Yesterday I opened a bill for $219.00. What? I had gone to a plastic surgeon IN their new work, paid our $40 co-pay to have this funny thing on my nose looked at. The surgeon suggested surgery-that it was some sort of pre-cancerous spot-but was going out of town-I scheduled the surgery for when he got back. By the time he returned, it was almost gone (and now is completely gone) so I canceled my surgery. So...what is this bill for? Called BC/BS and they couldn't explain it either and will re-evaluate.
Great.
I took the kids for their annual eye appointments. After re-billing BC/BS with the proper codes-for every single child-apparently BC/BS has stopped paying for some required part of the exam (refractory something or other) and that is $45 per person charge, not to mention the $40 co-pay and then add to that contacts and fittings.
Great.
And the dentist office just called and our routine cleanings-without ANY CAVITIES- after all is said and done will be costing $179. What the heck? We use to NEVER pay for anything when there were not any cavities or additional work done.
Great.
Not to mention that I find myself so upset that I start crying on the phone. How dumb it that? It's not that the $179 is going to break us it's that I'm so tired of this. I'm so tired of keeping up my end of the bargain-paying the premiums & co-pays and going to "their" net work of doctors and then they turn around and say "Oh, by the way, this is not covered." I feel so helpless.
It's almost as if every claim is denied and or billed incorrectly so when you actually do get down to the bottom dollar figure the visit was six months or more out. (Seriously, I have a hard time remembering last week let alone six months ago!!)
I dread opening mail from BC/BS or any doctor or dentist as it ALWAYS requires a phone call, inquiry and then a "disregard that bill until we re-bill, re-evaluate etc."
UGHHH!!
Okay, I feel better. Dumb stuff to cry about.
Life goes on and at least we don't have major hospital bills or unhealthy kids. Right?
Look at the bright side Wendy. Count your blessings.
Hum.... where is that chocolate bar???
Last night I faced the inevitable, I went down to my costume closet to sort through costumes for Halloween. It's not that I don't like to dress up or get my kids dressed up, quiet the contrary. What I dreaded was the mess my kids have made out of my once very organized costume boxes and the fact that I know pieces will be missing-due to my children lending them out or playing with them and I will become angry because they are MY costumes gosh dang it!
(Note: My costume closet is not to be confused with the dress ups in the walk in toy closet. Just in case you think I'm depriving my children of the creative outlet of dressing up!)
So Alex is going to be a pirate and Rylee a lunch lady. I know exactly what I need. I have great pirate stuff due to my performance in Peter Pan as not only Mrs. Darling but Jukes the pirate. I even have a gold tooth. Can I find the gold tooth? Nope. Lost. But I do find that I'm missing....
My Russian Hat
My Maleficent Hat
Two Safari Hats
Our new vintage 50's dress I bought for Grease
and that everything is mixed up and a jumbled mess!!!
Great.
I have since located all but one safari hat & the dress but have ideas just who's friends have them...
What a dumb thing to get upset about when there are so many other pressing things.
Like opening anything to do with our health insurance. Yesterday I opened a bill for $219.00. What? I had gone to a plastic surgeon IN their new work, paid our $40 co-pay to have this funny thing on my nose looked at. The surgeon suggested surgery-that it was some sort of pre-cancerous spot-but was going out of town-I scheduled the surgery for when he got back. By the time he returned, it was almost gone (and now is completely gone) so I canceled my surgery. So...what is this bill for? Called BC/BS and they couldn't explain it either and will re-evaluate.
Great.
I took the kids for their annual eye appointments. After re-billing BC/BS with the proper codes-for every single child-apparently BC/BS has stopped paying for some required part of the exam (refractory something or other) and that is $45 per person charge, not to mention the $40 co-pay and then add to that contacts and fittings.
Great.
And the dentist office just called and our routine cleanings-without ANY CAVITIES- after all is said and done will be costing $179. What the heck? We use to NEVER pay for anything when there were not any cavities or additional work done.
Great.
Not to mention that I find myself so upset that I start crying on the phone. How dumb it that? It's not that the $179 is going to break us it's that I'm so tired of this. I'm so tired of keeping up my end of the bargain-paying the premiums & co-pays and going to "their" net work of doctors and then they turn around and say "Oh, by the way, this is not covered." I feel so helpless.
It's almost as if every claim is denied and or billed incorrectly so when you actually do get down to the bottom dollar figure the visit was six months or more out. (Seriously, I have a hard time remembering last week let alone six months ago!!)
I dread opening mail from BC/BS or any doctor or dentist as it ALWAYS requires a phone call, inquiry and then a "disregard that bill until we re-bill, re-evaluate etc."
UGHHH!!
Okay, I feel better. Dumb stuff to cry about.
Life goes on and at least we don't have major hospital bills or unhealthy kids. Right?
Look at the bright side Wendy. Count your blessings.
Hum.... where is that chocolate bar???
3 of my blog friends said something...:
I hear you. I hate insurance. They make mistakes, and it's up to you to fight with them for six months to get it fixed, and most times you find out it's not covered. I am on the tail-end of paying for a $1,000 botox injection into my hand to try to keep it from cramping and spaz-ing out when I work. The injection didn't work; I have to pay anyway, of course. There, now I feel better too!
Vent away, dear cuz!!
Hey, at least you don't have to pay 500 for a "disposable" I.V. pole right? I also hate dealing with insurance. And I am also post poning doing so, but they keep calling and sending more and more bill in the mail each day so... I guess this weekend is the perfect time to crack out my wallet.
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