I think I've now received all the hospital bills due to my miscarriage. In total, I owe $1800 to UNC. Since the experience was so terrible in the first place, it's rubbing salt and alcohol in my big, deep wounds.
We have less than $1500 to our name right now. I think I am going to pay $25 a month to the hospital, and $10 a month to the physicians. It's really all we can afford.
When I realized the total amount that I owe, my first thought was, "If I have a second miscarriage, I'd rather die than go to the hospital. I can afford that better." And I can't imagine that I am the only one who has ever had a variation of that thought. What does that say about our healthcare costs, when I'd rather die at home than go to the hospital? It makes me so angry and frustrated that I have no power to control the obscene costs of healthcare.
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