[Magdalen] A WTF moment indeed

[Ginga Wilder]

What Grace said!  I am so thankful you're okay, Judy.

Ginga

On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:13 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I guess, since you’re writing this, you came out OK, Judy, but it must
> have been terrifying. Has that happened to you before?
>
> > On May 27, 2019, at 4:50 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I recently suffered anaphylaxis and had Bill drive to the hospital.  We
> are
> > about 5 blocks from there and there is very little traffic in that
> > direction.   The nurses told us not to do it again.  By the way I was
> > scared sh**less.
> >
> > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 10:08 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Yes.  The ambulance people are so greedy some of their servicesseem
> almost
> >> humorous.  For example, my mother who could literallyfall out her
> bedroom
> >> window on the entrance to her local ER, had tobe transported by the
> local
> >> ambulance service.  It was a trip of lessthan a block, and they
> attempted
> >> to recoup their $500 charge fromme because Medicare wouldn't pay it.  I
> did
> >> not accede to their demands.Mother had let her private medical insurance
> >> expire a few months beforeshe died.  They would apparently have paid
> this
> >> crazy charge.
> >>
> >> David Strang.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 5/26/2019 5:48:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
> >>
> >> $500 to go to the ER?
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> > Western Michigan
>