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  • Emilily 2:12 pm on August 18, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    Embossers and doctors, apparently 

    So, in being the responsible owner of a human body that I am, I called my dermatologist the other day to make an appointment to have this face rash checked out. The message they had playing while I was on hold said “For your convenience, we are open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Thursday, and 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday.” Really?! How on earth are those hours for my convenience? That barely even qualifies as being open. Although, considering they did not have any appointments available until the end of September, perhaps they have a different standard of my convenience than I do. Needless to say, I made an appointment, then canceled it when my face rash went away.

    I don’t know whose fault this is, but it seems to me that unless whatever illness you have qualifies as an emergency, in which case there are the Urgent Care clinics, or a condition that is so chronic you will still be suffering from it 6-8 weeks from now, there is pretty much zero chance that your ailment and your health care provider will ever meet.

     
    • Carmen 9:18 am on August 19, 2009 Permalink

      I’m just glad your face rash is gone!

  • Emilily 1:51 pm on August 7, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    Music and healthcare 

    How are these two topics related, you ask? Well, one makes you happy, and the other makes your head hurt, tells you to go to the doctor, where you pay, get a prescription, pay again, then receive a bill from your doctor saying your insurance company won’t pay, then you call your insurance company and they tell you, yes, your doctor was correct, they won’t pay, and now you have a headache again.

    Okay, so they’re not related at all, except that this week I have been handling the health insurance renewal for our company and I discovered a new band I really like.

    The band is Blitzen Trapper. They’re kind of like if you combined Van Morrison with early Beck and then threw in some classic brit rock and country…I feel like this would be a good place for a link to a free download or something, but my internet pirating skills fail me once again. Instead, I will go home and pick out a good song and iTunes-gift it to you.

    Now, since it is timely in both a this-is-what-I’m-doing-at-work-today way, and in a current events way, here are some observations on health care:

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    • Carmen 9:26 pm on August 7, 2009 Permalink

      Well I’ll definitely check out Blitzen Trapper! As far as the healthcare issue – i know. it’s bad. I think the best healthcare plan is just to live as “preventative” as possible. Keep your body in tip top shape (like i know you do) and that will keep you healthy far into the future. And by the time you are old and really need healthcare i’m sure they’ll have it figured out and we can just replace all our parts with the clones that we have on hand. Its a perfect plan really.

    • Nadine 3:43 pm on August 8, 2009 Permalink

      Hello,
      Ugh, I liked! So clear and positively.
      Thanks
      Nadine

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