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@TrollDragon ! Oh I hate when they're all digging at you. I also hate that the ONLY Urgent Care chain in Tucson has a habit of upbilling whenever they can. I go there (reluctantly) because they are COMPETENT. But one time the dude told me my chest X-ray would be covered, when I had my last pneumonia. I was like, "I don't think so, and I think we all know this is smoking related pneumonia." But I let them because I was like, "meh, my PCP can see if the small scar on my lung is growing." HOWEVER, ever since, like when I went in for my latest recluse bite, the chick was all like, "We need to put a heparin lock in you."
Granted, I have veins like ballerinas and gymnasts do due to the yoga, (I have been told by phlebotomists, "You are very vascular" in hushed tones like it's a skill, and I'm like "Yeah yeah, stop admiring them and stick me before I faint," LOL) I did not want a hep lock in my hand, a) it sucks and b) as I noted to the tech, "I drove here, if I need a steroid shot, that will not require an IV infusion of steroid, you can give me a SHOT," and she got all mad. So I knew it was "Up billing" and that is one thing Medicaid is NOT a fan of. It didn't stop the NP from coming in and going "Where is her hep lock, it's protocol" and it was the same guy so I answered, "Um, you owe me fifty dollars for my last X-ray actually, and I can guarantee that if you give me steroids, you can give me a shot."
They were not happy, but man, if it's grafty competence versus incompetent failure, I just go there and try to keep my wits about me, etc."
I would eat sausage gravy but that's a thing I'm not really aware of. Is it the white stuff that looks like hot lard?
Anna