I got mine at the History Museum on the Square.

Sorry for the late reply, never expected this blatant abuse of a system to generate hate, but your response is idiotic at best. You claim there is no burden. ABSOLUTELY a burden when an adult citizen is added to the rolls and has ZERO skills. DGAF about your taxes when your homeschooling ass don't even make enough to pay them.

You can shop around for healthcare too. As far as a life threatening surgery, hospitals do those all day long and most of those don’t pay. Somebody has to pay the bill or the hospital will close and then you’ll have no healthcare.

I'm am here for this comment

Not me thinking it was going to be about Dinosaurs

An early fill in host on knowledge fight, Tyler Snodgrass (I think), mentioned he was from Springfield once. I felt like I've known him for my entire life.

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Thank you! This was really stressful but I'm seeing more and more of these responses which helps a lot.

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This is a common thing the financial advisors say however, usually the financial advisors have no relationship with the surgeons and minimal relationship with the surgery schedulers. They have zero control over whether your surgeon actually does your surgery or not, this is just something they say hoping to get payment from you. Which is completely shitty none the less but reassuring that your surgery is not going to be canceled because you can’t pay for it upfront.

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Same reason as no White castle. To make me sad.

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Ah oof. That sucks. I'd have tried to hide it in a cardboard box or something. Sorry you can't get it back. :(

But I know the price of the car, what it looks like, how it works and the dealer doesn’t sue me the minute I drive it off the lot. I can choose my car dealer. My car insurance company doesn’t dictate the type and model of car I need. I’ve also never had to purchase a car or be permanently disabled. I’ve never been given a car and then told I have to pay for it in ten days or risk losing my house. No car dealer has ever told me I was buying a Kia and then given me a Porsche and expected me to pay the difference. Our medical billing system is arbitrary and predatory. Buying a car is not.

Oh gotcha when you said previously I didn’t realize it was THAT long ago. Yeah that’s a bit much.

Also just to let you know, there are three different billing departments. One for the physicians themselves and their portions, one for the hospital facility use itself, and if anesthesia is required for your procedure, there will be a bill from the anesthesiologist too. Each has their own sets of billing procedures to some extent. I really only know of the physician side.

If i were to speculate for the hospital side, there is a chance that if your surgery isnt considered serious enough, they could be requiring that payment for the timeslot up front, and if not paid they would move a more urgebt surgery into that time frame. This is purely speculation as I have little to no idea on that side.

I understand that. All of it. I have 2 cats and a dog. I don’t let either of my cats out. Ever. I’m just saying that to deny someone a cat because 10+ years ago they let a cat out sometimes (and that cat lived to be 15!) is a little much.

So to add to this i will say it depends entirely on the doctor and procedure. The people who call for payment up front shouldnt be using such strong language of it being cancelled and its up to the whims of the doctors. I know a few of the ones who are making the collection calls and they arent a fan of it either.

But to elaborate at least for the doctor portion, some doctors themselves require the estimate portion of theirs up front and will cancel or move a surgery on you until you are able to do so. It also depends on the seriousness of the procedure. A cancer related procedure, i dont know a single doctor who would reschedule unless they were dying. A non-urgent gallbladder removal, some doctors will still do it, some will require that payment. If the procedure is considered elective or cosmetic, payment will be required up front or you dont get it period. Part of this is Cox policy, part of this is doctors wanting their portion up front because of having too many skip out on their bill.

Other comments also have sound advice in looking into financial assistance.

Cuz I was on the clock and I can’t leave the property, I called the vet clinic down my street to see if someone can pick it up but they referred me to whiskers

It’s because they don’t want these animals back on the streets again . Whether they live on land or not they can end up by roads . What’s not to understand about that ? A lot of people don’t believe ANY animal should be left outside , even cats .

They don’t have the same ranch and that’s an issue

That’s pretty standard to wait until they’re big enough but the pairing part does suck. I wonder if they do that because they are so full ? I’m sorry youre in this situation. When I saw your post I was under the impression you weren’t going to keep it . If you wanted to keep him you should’ve just taken him to the vet to get seen to make sure he was okay , then fed and kept him🥺 I think anytime you call a rescue to help with saving an animal you’d have to be put through the same process of adopting like any other person would have to go through .