[Magdalen] Susan Hagen update

[Jay Weigel]

Hurray for Susan! It's been a long haul and I'm sure it's been frustrating
for her to have to be in the hospital instead of rehab where she should
have been sooner.

<rant follows, read at your own risk>
Health insurance is such a SCAM! I am sure Susan's medical bills will be
much higher than they would have had she been able to move to rehab sooner.
I was at the Honda dealer yesterday and while waiting for my car I read
through the Roanoke Times. The front page headline article was about how
UVA Medical Center is so aggressive about bill collection. It really gave
me the chills and made me mad too, because I had some experience with that
myself as they double-billed me several years ago and even sent my bill to
a collection agency. I had to send them and the collection agency printouts
of the checks to prove I'd paid.
SINGLE PAYER NOW!
<rant mode off>

PS. The link to the article, if anyone has the stomach for it
https://www.roanoke.com/business/virginia-health-system-sues-thousands-of-patients-seizing-paychecks-and/article_6f4f418c-a6f3-5aec-b2ad-d65fe00ed90a.html

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 11:13 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> After nearly three weeks at UVa Medical Center, Susan will finally move to
> a rehab facility sometime today. I brought all of her stuff from home
> yesterday, so she has everything she needs for the move.
> Her spirits have been good throughout, and the delay has mostly been
> dealing with insurance issues and trying to find a suitable bed. She still
> needs some skilled nursing care, and not all the rehab facilities have that.
> Yesterday the orthopedic surgeon told her it will be at least two months
> before they can do the knee repair, which was disappointing. She has to be
> fully weight-bearing, and so far she isn’t allowed any at all. She still
> has a cast from her ankle to the top of her thigh, though the doctor
> thought he might be able to put on a shorter cast before she leaves the
> hospital. I’m not sure that will happen today, since she doesn’t know
> exactly when she’ll be moving.
>
> She has her laptop now, so you can send messages to her, and she’s posting
> to FaceBook regularly, for those of you who are on there.  When I get the
> address, I’ll post it here so you can send her a card, if you want. I’m
> sure she’d appreciate it.