In a really twisted way, Youtube is a fairly big reason why a good number of people go outside, take up hobbies, etc.

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There are very very few entertainers that have ever choked me up, but damn Richard Simmons and Newhart are definitely on that list. Rest well.

yep! Tried to leave back in 2017, but couldn’t find a job, then screwed up by pushing myself to work electrical full time. If I hadn’t torn myself up doing furniture delivery in 2000-2002, I would definitely be gone. So…damn…sore…Oof! And to top that off, when she finally let me use money for a doctor in 21, the meds messed up my stomach, and I’m so god damned dizzy as well.

Man, I need to try to see if my anxiety would let me watch this. I loved the original, and I’d like to see how this one handles the pheasant episode. That’s one of the few parts I can remember vividly. I’d really like to see if it’s as gut wrenching as the first time.

Well, if “media” is in general, I’d have to say television. I’ll watch some things once in a while, but for the most part, I have way too much anxiety from a bad marriage. Audio books, and certain Youtube channels can trigger it, too.

I used to be, too, and still am registered as one (Only to keep myself from being counted as a Democrat or Republican which they love to lump Independents into them), but I’ve noticed the nonsense between 2008 and 2010 which is about the time the media focused on these pieces of human garbage over all the others.

I really don’t see an easy fix, and most of what I’ve seen in history, it usually gets much much worse before it gets better.

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Being fair is one thing, but being purposefully ignorant/dumb/mental is on a whole other level.

“We’re going to let you pay $25 a month since you can’t afford any more than that”.
Ok, that equals $75 a month.
“No! We did not say that. It’s $25 a month”.
Um! There’s three bills for this one thing, and I am paying $25 on each of those bills. Simple math, that’s $75. Not $25.
“That doesn’t concern us”…
What? That should concern your company. That should be very concerning to all three companies. Somebody won’t be getting paid in a timely manner.
“That doesn’t concern us”…
face palm.

I mean, just how is that not a cause for concern? The amount of time wasted. Hell, the sheer waste of money, for all three companies have to pay three times for data entry for financial purposes, that could be done by one group of data entry employees. Not to mention the people who need this kind of payment plans, are not going to be the most mentally/emotionally strong which can not be good for a great many people’s well being…They’re in healthcare for Crype’s sake. They should know this…“That doesn’t concern us”…Fair is one thing, but this. This…This is just bonkers, and completely nuts.

Sorry for the rant, but this really does get under my skin. If it was dealt with in a logical manner, I’d be fine. I wouldn’t have too much of an issue, but claiming I’m not paying when I’m obviously paying is just baffling.

I hate to say it, but I have seriously lost all respect for hospitals. Hell, the whole reason for this rant was because I wanted to find out what happened to my digestive tract by going to a different doctor because the one here was the one who prescribed the meds that did this to me. Now, not only do I have my pains that make living hard, now I have this GERD which makes breathing, thinking, and even eating hard. Plus, for the first time in my life, I’m over weight after being prescribed omeprozole. I ĵust can’t bring myself to trust them.

I did get financial aid, but I still had 3 bills. So I paid off the smaller two bills in two or three months (imaging and the doctor, about $300 or more, paying with the allowance I get from my spouse), then the third I paid what I paid on those two bills per month. I had paid about $120 before it got sent to collections, and the $400 I still owed jumped up to $750 if I paid it off (which I just got lucky and had enough money to pay it off), and would have had to pay about $900 if I would have still been broke.

Most likely. Would explain why they stated I had to pay the full amount, but would accept a deduction (Which was still half the cost on top of the original bill), if I paid right then and there…Which by my dumb luck, I had just made enough to pay it off and have enough left over to try and get some stuff to try and make a little more money…But nope. Had to spend it all on that.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the Hospitals used a simple billing firm so people could pay one bill, over multiple bills, a lot less hassle and trouble would crop up, and they wouldn’t have such a great need of bill collecting services (I mean, they’d still need them, of course, but not so extensively). Nor waste so much of people’s and their own time.

I’m sorry you had trouble posting. It must have been a server glitch of some sort. We don’t censor any words here except for some VERY bigoted ones.

Probably. Meh, looks like I missed one word anyway, heh.

It is likely that your doctor’s visit and X-ray would be billed separately. This is standard because a radiologist has to read the X-ray. However, it is strange that you would get a bill that can’t be followed up on by calling the number associated with the company listed on the bill. It’s worth calling your insurance company to make sure this isn’t a scam of some sort if you have one. If you don’t, you can call the original doctor’s office and ask how that sort of visit would usually be billed to you. I used to be a medical biller and I saw this sort of confusion all the time. fo

Nah, that’s not it. The X-ray, or the tech as I’m pretty sure the hospital billed me separately for it as I can’t see an X-ray only running $21 or $79 (To the imaging offices) and an EKG running $1400 (original cost) to the $490 (deducted cost).

Anyway, the imaging offices were the exact same company, same location, as another payment I had paid them a year prior to this one.

Also, wife just got a bill from Centura today, and yep, the bill goes to Denver…Not Cincinnati…😶

I used to be a medical biller and I saw this sort of confusion all the time. fo

Nah, it’s not that confusing. Though the splitting of bills has bit me in the ass before. I like to do things piecemeal. So I’ll pay more towards the smaller bills to get them out of the way before tackling the larger bills, so the last time I was doing the same thing. I had just finished paying off the smaller bills and was putting as much as I could towards the larger bill, and voila, two months later just like that, they terminated my financial aid, and sent it to collections…All for the dastardly deed of paying on my own…Oof! Yeah, it’s not confusing, but it is extremely dumb, I think, with how the billing process is handled.