It hurts my head.
I have a two inch thick stack of medical bills I've received since my little episode of heartburn. This includes a sole bill from the hospital for $344,757.41. The hospital bill came with a handy remittance stub and an envelope....which made me laugh.....but I'm getting off track here.
I am banging my head too. The entire concept of insurance and co-pays and thirty-one different billing entities for one man in one hospital for one illness/surgery is mindboggling.
It has taken me almost three months to get clearheaded and emotionally strong enough to attempt to deal with it all. It is overwhelming.
I can handle it now. Shoot, it's what I do (did). But I KNOW it has to be a real problem for folks less equipped than I to tackle this incredible and complicated mess.