[chrisfinazzo]

Here I was thinking I was the only one with insane insurance stories...

The closest experience I can think of to this was when I was a sophomore in college in 2006. In short order, I had a seizure, was taken to a local Trauma ICU, and hours later flown to a Level 1 facility in another part of the state.

The hospital where I stayed billed us without issue, but the Trauma center decided it was the right thing to do when it sent the unadjusted bill to me at my college address. Oh, and the medical transport people who flew me around the state of NJ? Nothing.

Just super.

I also could talk about how earlier this year I spent 23 days in the ICU for an infection related to the same condition, and how an event from April-May still isn't settled as far as insurance goes, but I'm stressed enough at this point.

Score 1 for PTSD!

It occurs to me that I've surely met the deductible and OOP limit for the year, so that might explain why we've been so slow to see things get resolved.

To top off this cavalcade of awfulness, the person who hired me into my current job lost her fight with pancreatic cancer last week.

2023 sucks.