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kate51485
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Being a grown up is crazy.
You might remember several weeks ago when something fell on my head and I was having prolonged headaches and feeling generally out of sorts. I went to the doctor and she wanted me to get a CT scan just to be sure nothing was wrong due to the weird symptoms I had.
I got the bill today, and it was $484.
I have decent health insurance being a federal employee, and they paid $300 and change. I'm not worried about the cost that's left for out of pocket, but holy crap lesson learned that "just to be sure" can be expensive.
I am still amazed sometimes at the stuff grown ups have to take care of that I never knew as a child or even young adult. Anything come to mind for you that is/was a shocker?
I got the bill today, and it was $484.
I have decent health insurance being a federal employee, and they paid $300 and change. I'm not worried about the cost that's left for out of pocket, but holy crap lesson learned that "just to be sure" can be expensive.
I am still amazed sometimes at the stuff grown ups have to take care of that I never knew as a child or even young adult. Anything come to mind for you that is/was a shocker?
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Re: Being a grown up is crazy.
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I think the biggest is just the random big bills like your scenario. Like, um...this isn't part of my budget, make it go away k?
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[QUOTE]Not shocked yet but I'm preparing myself. I have to take my cat to the vet and I don't think I want to know how much it's going to cost me.
Posted by Champagne Supernova[/QUOTE]
<div>Oh, and vet bills!! We rescued a kitten this summer, and I swear he has had every illness under the sun, including some rare gum disease that's going to require us to get his teeth pulled.</div><div>
</div><div>Pets = expensive.</div>
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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Being a grown up is crazy. : Ugh, she's not eating but she appears healthy and active. It's making me really upset because I don't want to lose her. In a way, I don't think I care about how much it's going to cost me but Mr. S drew the line to $1,000 and that's it. I hope she just wants different food and nothing is wrong.
Posted by Champagne Supernova[/QUOTE]
<div>Our dog does this. We'll feel him, he'll put his head in his bowl to sniff it---and then walk away. And it turned out that he just gets super bored with his food. Although we don't change his food (because that's bad for his stomach), we do doctor it a lot. So...we'll wet it down, and then mix in carrots until he gets board with that. Right now we are mixing in crumbled up Pounce (aka--cat treats). It's the only way we can get him to eat. </div>
[QUOTE]Holy shiit Rach...that's insane!
Posted by katiewhompus[/QUOTE]
<div>It is!! But, I have the greatest insurance ever. I don't have to pay for any of it <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" /></div><div>
</div><div>(getting the itemized bills, though...well, they still make me sick to my stomach)</div>
And I hear ya on the pet bills, Nova/Rach. Everything is x3 for us, but we considered that before getting 3 cats.
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[QUOTE]Kate#s, may I ask what health insurance company do you have? Mr. S just got a federal job and we're currently researching health plans and all that junk. If you're not comfortable with posting the info here, can you PM me? Thanks.
Posted by Champagne Supernova[/QUOTE]
No problem! I have Blue Cross Blue Shield, the Federal Employee Program aka FEPBlue. I have additional coverage for vision through VSP, but not an additional dental plan because the bi-weekly cost of the plans totaled to be more than I'd pay for regular cleanings under the minimal coverage BCBS gives.
There are a lot of different options though, and I'm sure mine will change somewhat when we get married...what I have I chose when I was single.
HTH!
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[QUOTE]water pipe burst last week...total cost...$4600.00 being a grown up sucks
Posted by mrsamyjones[/QUOTE]
<div>This is why I want to move to the South. We had this happen last year--but we rented at the time. So not fun.</div>
In NY, I had kickass insurance and paid about the same amount ($300) for having surgery to remove a cyst on my knee, anesthesia included.
Wtf, Arkansas?? And my insurance was really expensive...it's cheaper for both me and DH on his plan than it was for me ALONE on mine. I feel bad for people down here who think that being a teacher is going to provide insurance for their whole family, because to insure a family it's about 50% of your paycheck.
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Friends of ours just bought a house and their boiler crapped out shortly after. I am pretty sure they had to pay 5000$+ for a new one, which has completely screwed their wedding plans. Theyre not happy about it.
I got 3 veneers and a crown put on instead. Almost $1,000 a pop. My mom kept saying, "It is SO great you did that. Your teeth look great. I always wanted to do that for you but it was just so expensive." I ended up spending about $10k on dental work over the past 2 years for myself. (My parents paid for my orthodontics and other stuff when I was a kid. I can't even imagine!)
Oh, and of course my dental insurence said because it was just "cosmetic" they wouldn't cover any of it.
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[QUOTE]Kate, I had something similar happen. I got hit in the back of the head really hard with a water balloon. I had to get a CT because I sorta passed out. Apparently my school insurance sucks and I was out $600 for that and the ER bill.
Posted by louisvillebride21[/QUOTE]
<div>I am going to insist my kids go to school at a university that has a teaching medical hospital on campus---this is how I get away with out paying anything. If I go to my own school's hospital = free. If I went anywhere else, I'd get screwed.</div>
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[QUOTE]My teeth. I had dental bonding done on my 4 front teeth when I was 14 (due to some other dental work I needed to have) and, 10 years later, it was chipped and stained. I got 3 veneers and a crown put on instead. Almost $1,000 a pop. My mom kept saying, "It is SO great you did that. Your teeth look great. I always wanted to do that for you but it was just so expensive." I ended up spending about $10k on dental work over the past 2 years for myself. (My parents paid for my orthodontics and other stuff when I was a kid. I can't even imagine!) Oh, and of course my dental insurence said because it was just "cosmetic" they wouldn't cover any of it.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]
Oh jesus thats rough :( I hate teeth for this very reason. Theyre too damn expensive.
Twitchy dog cost btu $700 in vet bills in two days.
I was in the hospital overnight last fall. They could never get an IV in me, but I still owe them $2000. I don't have insurance, thus I don't go to the doctor unless I am turning blue. Ouch.
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