Thursday

[susandennis]

Today is a mid-day swim day. It will include a stop at the library which is a couple of blocks before the pool. And that's it for prescribed activities.

There isn't even a baseball game tonight, which given the Mariners play so far, is a blessing. Plus, I haven't even seen Sunday's Good Wife and Madame Secretary yet.

The car tires are fixed and I cleaned out my Goodwill bin and dropped it all off.

According to my insurance, I'm supposed to be paying $45 for each of my inhalers. Walgreens has been charging me $3.60. I had assumed that this was because of the medicaid snafu and that once I finally got Washington state to quit paying for me, Walgreens would change the price to $45. Washington state sent me notice that they were cutting me off (after my begging them to do just that for 2 years) as of March 31. And... yet... I just got both inhalers refilled and Walgreens charged me $3.60 each. Cornfusing.

Also the insurance says my first visit to Dr. Lung had a $50 copay. And, yet, when the clinic sent the bill, it was for $12.25. That was before March 31 so ok. But the second Dr. Lung visit (another $50 copay) was after. The clinic hasn't billed me for that one yet. I'll be interested in seeing what they charge.

At least I'm having to actually pay way less than I expect but it is very confusing. On the up side, the new inhalers which are on the way will take me through about August. Now that I've had a taste of life without them, I am REALLY invested in making sure that never happens again!

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[slinkslowdown.livejournal.com]

Washington state sent me notice that they were cutting me off (after my begging them to do just that for 2 years)

Geeze, if only more Americans had that problem. :(

At least it seems like WA has an okay healthcare system in place.

I don't think I've ever had to pay for a prescription in my life, not even a cent. There's things that aren't normally covered, like my testosterone. But I just had to submit a form and the government approved it and have been paying for it for years now.

[susandennis]

My fear is that they will realize that they should not have been paying for those two years and come after me for a big payment. But, 1. since it took them 2 years to figure out I wasn't eligible, probably I'll be dead by the time they figure out to come get the $$ back and 2. I have mucho documentation of my trying to tell them to quit paying.

[slinkslowdown.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this really is their bad and not yours. =/

Have you just been doing this through forms/mail, or have you tried calling as well?

[susandennis]

Combo. mail, email, phone, web

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

Sunday's Good Wife was gooooooood! I was getting a little bored with this season, but they gave it a good plot twist.

[rsc.livejournal.com]

My experience suggests that the amount the insurance company's forms claim you owe is generally pretty much fictional. The provider bills you for what they consider you to owe; you pay that and don't worry about what the insurance company says.

[colestainedpage.livejournal.com]

My uncle has been on SSD for decades. He was a truck driver and one day while unloading his trailer, he got dinged in the back of his neck by a piece of furniture. That was the end of his working life.

A few years back, he received a notice from Social Security that they'd been overpaying him and he owed them about $25k. He said "No way in hell am I paying that back. YOU decided how much I was to receive, not me. If YOU did your calculations wrong, that's YOUR fault." He hired a lawyer, went to court, and won.

[susandennis]

Yikes! And, that is my fear. Yikes.