IT’S TOO STINK’N COMPLICATED! Oh, sorry for yelling, please forgive me. I just got home from the Dr.’s office. I was there for the first part of my annual physical, i.e., giving blood and filling a little plastic cup. I’ll go back in a few days for the pok’n and prod’n part of the process. Everything went fine until checkout, read, payout time. 

Now, Paula and I don’t have the Cadillac of health insurance plans. Matter of fact we have the lowest cost/highest deductible plan the Frisco ISD offers. So, I know when I check out the ole dollar signs will be spin’n like a slot machine. The thing about today, that made me glad I gave myself a haircut yesterday, and therefore couldn’t get a handful of it this morning, is that when they figured the cost for me to pay today, and I asked them to check their numbers again, they came up with a different figure every time they checked their numbers. Finally, after spending more time trying to check out than I had spent seeing the Dr. and giving body fluid, I chose to pay the middle figure and was free to leave. 

I kinda get the idea from listening to the news that our health care system is in trouble. It’s hard to know what to believe. I know I really like my Dr. and his staff is the absolute best in the business. I know I receive quality care when I visit there, and I am happy with the level of service they offer. 

I also understand from watching the news that many believe that the Insurance companies are to blame for many of our problems. After all they are blood-sucking vampires driven by greed, and the bottom line. Then of course there are the Attorneys who will sue anyone for any reason, it makes no difference whether they have a case or not, all they need is Judge who will accept the suit, and a bunch of gullible jurors who don’t understand that when they stick it to the big bad Insurance company, and the filthy rich Doctors, they are actually sticking it to themselves in the long run. 

The powers that be are now doing their dead level best to force feed us what we don’t want in a effort to “fix” the system. Friends, therein lies the problem. I absolutely believe that we have a health care crisis, and I believe something needs to be done about it. However, having the Government take control of it is the very last thing that should be done. It took me roughly twenty minutes to come to some sort of agreement as to how much I owed the Doctor this morning. The reason I questioned the charge in the first place is because the charge was over two times more than I had ever paid for the same services before. Then as they looked into the numbers they kept coming up with a different figure every time. Now answer me honestly, can you imagine how much more complicated the process will be once the Government adds their rules, regulations, and bureaucracy to the mix? 

Well, I feel better now that I’ve gotten that off my chest. My rant served a purpose I hadn’t seen coming. It just occurred to me that I should get on board with the Government and get this thing passed. Then I’ll apply for a Government job administering the new plan, where I could  “be sittin’ in an air conditioned office in a swivel chair
Talkin’ some trash to the secretary
Sayin’, “Here, now mama, come on over here.” Oh, I’m sorry, I think I may have found myself in a Jim Croce song there. But wait! Now that Jim Croce has taken my mind away for a minute, I can see things more clearly. Why would I want to work for the Government, when I can sit at home, do nothing at all, and get my Health coverage for free? 

Till next time,

Grump