Health (related) update

I have had a flu vaccine. This involved spending a bunch of time on line at a drug store, and assuring the tired nurse that I had paid her. After which she put away the forms (which collect name, address, age, and a bit of information about vaccine history and allergies) and told the pharmacist that the line was closed (meaning she'd take people who already had forms and were in line, but that was it). The vaccination was almost painless.

I also have another bill from the surgeon who removed my gall bladder. This means it's time to call the health insurance company again; two months ago they said to give it one billing cycle to get sorted out, so I ignored one illegitimate bill. I suspect the next course involves a letter to Dr. Geller stating that I do not owe him money, because he signed a contract with Cigna agreeing to accept their check as full payment; that I have no intention of paying him money I don't owe him; and that a copy of this letter is going to the state attorney general's office.

It's a shame: as far as I can tell, he's a good surgeon. But he bills separately from the hospital, so illegitimate balance billing is clearly his policy.

Health (related) update

I have had a flu vaccine. This involved spending a bunch of time on line at a drug store, and assuring the tired nurse that I had paid her. After which she put away the forms (which collect name, address, age, and a bit of information about vaccine history and allergies) and told the pharmacist that the line was closed (meaning she'd take people who already had forms and were in line, but that was it). The vaccination was almost painless.

I also have another bill from the surgeon who removed my gall bladder. This means it's time to call the health insurance company again; two months ago they said to give it one billing cycle to get sorted out, so I ignored one illegitimate bill. I suspect the next course involves a letter to Dr. Geller stating that I do not owe him money, because he signed a contract with Cigna agreeing to accept their check as full payment; that I have no intention of paying him money I don't owe him; and that a copy of this letter is going to the state attorney general's office.

It's a shame: as far as I can tell, he's a good surgeon. But he bills separately from the hospital, so illegitimate balance billing is clearly his policy.

Further cleaning

OK, that's two long-ignored boxes sorted through and discarded, and the count of things kept stands at three dice and one marble. Which, if you aren't tracking (and there's no reason it should be) is exactly where it stood after the previous box.

That the box contained an Intersection progress report, okay. But a copy of Constellation progress report 1? That was the 1983 Worldcon. Why did I pack that into a box that was probably assembled sometime around 1985 or 1986?

Removing that box cleared a bit of floor space, which julian_tiger immediately lay down in for a few minutes.

Further cleaning

OK, that's two long-ignored boxes sorted through and discarded, and the count of things kept stands at three dice and one marble. Which, if you aren't tracking (and there's no reason it should be) is exactly where it stood after the previous box.

That the box contained an Intersection progress report, okay. But a copy of Constellation progress report 1? That was the 1983 Worldcon. Why did I pack that into a box that was probably assembled sometime around 1985 or 1986?

Removing that box cleared a bit of floor space, which julian_tiger immediately lay down in for a few minutes.