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Took my daughter to the ER about 7 months ago, after she banged her chin and in the process bit a nice little hole in the side of her tongue. The hole was so close to the edge of her tongue that pretty soon it just tore and a little piece was then dangling off the side of her tongue. The ER doctor and nurse practitioner both took a look at her tongue and were like "that's pretty nasty but the tongue heals quickly and it should be almost good as new in a couple weeks". They were right, it did heal up just fine. Total time in the ER was 30 minutes. Only medical equipment used was a tongue depressor. A month later I got the billing breakdown which showed $1150 for the ER visit!
Another thing that infuriates me, is when I need my Asthma prescription refilled every 6 months and they refuse to refill it, unless I go in to see one of the doctors. I go in, the doctor listens to me breath in and out a few times with his stethoscope, asks how my Asthma medication is working and sends me on my way. They're only making me come in for a doctor visit so that they can bill the insurance company.
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