My Health Insurance Rocks! (And yours doesn’t)

I thought I’d share with the world just how good my health insurance is.  I had an entire battery of tests done for no better reason than as an inaugural visit to my new family practitioner: blood tests, echocardiogram, urine test, finger thumping.  The works.  If I’d had no insurance, like 50 million lazy saps out there, I would have paid $950.00 for the visit – full price.  It would have been worth it, with all tests done in-house, slowly with a friendly, skilled nurse.  I also got about 20 minutes face-time with my doctor.  After he was done with the questions, we talked about his daughter.  Luckily, my health care plan, which is managed by my employer, negotiated a discount of $535.00 for me.  So, the bill came to $414.00.  They took care of that, and I’m lookin’ good and feelin’ good.

<>Lesson?  Don’t accept government handouts just because your employer hasn’t rewarded you yet with good health insurance.  It isn’t the government’s job to keep you from dying from simple and easily prevented and cured maladies.  Government isn’t supposed to work for you.  It is supposed to protect profits.  Assess the fact that you don’t have my quality insurance as a sign that you just need to work harder. And, if you just work as hard as me, someday you will have my peace of mind.

<><>I’m serious.