The Daily Peeve / Rant

[Tybee]

Rosa, do you get blackflies there in Mass? They are the absolute worst thing about Maine in my opinion. I am allergic to them and get these giant hard welts and scarring. I don't even want to go outside when they are here, which kind of ruins May.

[iris lilies]

I guess we are all going to die in the stormy weather over the next 48 hours so bye-bye y’all, save yourselves!


We did have tremendous destruction in my immediate area last year, but I also tire of the hysterics of the weather media.

[rosarugosa]

Catherine: I do not know the type of tick.

Tybee: We do not have black flies, thankfully, at least not in my part of MA.

IL: I just read the weather online, so it never has that element of hysteria that watching the weather provides. Best of luck to you!

[sweetana3]

Medicare. Not sure I need to say anything else.

We had a serious ER visit in January. Resulted in heart stents later. Issue: Medicare denied the whole hospital bill but our statement says we are required to pay Zero. Yes, Zero. How confusing is that? We have until June to dispute but what is there to dispute? So do I contact the hospital to see what is going on, wait and hope that 3 years from now we get some kind of bill, or ignore the whole thing? Note: All the doctors were paid just fine. I think the whole issue is that we did not spend 2-24 hour periods in the hospital but then Part B of Medicare should pay most of the emergency room costs. But it also could be an error on the hospital's part.

Sigh. This should be so simple. No issue the visit was necessary and appropriate. Diagnosis made, medication provided, further actions determined. Everyone says when an older man has heart racing and chest pain, the ER is the only place to go and even an ambulance would have been appropriate.

[Tradd]

I guess we are all going to die in the stormy weather over the next 48 hours so bye-bye y’all, save yourselves!

We did have tremendous destruction in my immediate area last year, but I also tire of the hysterics of the weather media.

I guess you mean on social media and/or YT weather guys. Once while watching one of the storm livestream, I even heard Hermann mentioned!

[Tradd]

Medicare. Not sure I need to say anything else.

We had a serious ER visit in January. Resulted in heart stents later. Issue: Medicare denied the whole hospital bill but our statement says we are required to pay Zero. Yes, Zero. How confusing is that? We have until June to dispute but what is there to dispute? So do I contact the hospital to see what is going on, wait and hope that 3 years from now we get some kind of bill, or ignore the whole thing? Note: All the doctors were paid just fine. I think the whole issue is that we did not spend 2-24 hour periods in the hospital but then Part B of Medicare should pay most of the emergency room costs. But it also could be an error on the hospital's part.

Sigh. This should be so simple. No issue the visit was necessary and appropriate. Diagnosis made, medication provided, further actions determined. Everyone says when an older man has heart racing and chest pain, the ER is the only place to go and even an ambulance would have been appropriate.

Ugh! So sorry to hear this. Hope hubby is doing better now.

My personal rant is gas prices. Just went to $5 yesterday. Diesel is $6.20. I'm hearing there are refinery issues in the Midwest that are contributing to the price increases.

[sweetana3]

Thanks Tradd. Hubby doing fine. His Google watch notified him of increased unusual heart activity and with slight chest pain he decided to get it immediately checked out. Turned out the electrical issue was helped by medication but further Cat scans determined he had serious blockages. Another 12 hour visit got him 3 stents. So far worked well. They will deal with the electrical issue later in the year if still needed. So the Google watch saved his life and he did not have to have a heart attack to tell him he needed medical intervention.

Now if our medical billing system could be fixed......Gas here is around $4.89 or $4.99 but I think this is after the State took off a lot of excise taxes for a short period.

[iris lilies]

Medical billing is an unfortunate mystery indeed.

tradd that’s funny you’ve heard Hermann mentioned on weather reports. Our town is population 2,500, not exactly a metropolis of note.

[Tybee]

Thanks Tradd. Hubby doing fine. His Google watch notified him of increased unusual heart activity and with slight chest pain he decided to get it immediately checked out. Turned out the electrical issue was helped by medication but further Cat scans determined he had serious blockages. Another 12 hour visit got him 3 stents. So far worked well. They will deal with the electrical issue later in the year if still needed. So the Google watch saved his life and he did not have to have a heart attack to tell him he needed medical intervention.

Now if our medical billing system could be fixed......Gas here is around $4.89 or $4.99 but I think this is after the State took off a lot of excise taxes for a short period.

That is awesome about the watch and glad he is on the mend.
I don't know what to suggest about Medicare but when they didn't pay something once I called them and the lady was really nice and we got it straightened out. Maybe call them? Sounds like the hospital might not have billed it right?

[rosarugosa]

Sweetana: So glad your DH is doing well.