Being in the chair for once

Sometimes you gain insight by being the patient.

I had two root canals yesterday. Yeah, I know, ouch. They were in teeth close together so it made sense to just go ahead and do them at once. While waiting for the numbing to kick in, the office manager came in and collected my share — $560. Frankly, I thought it would be more but my wife is a federal government worker and our health insurance is probably as good as it gets for everyday people.

But the real shocker was getting a copy of the bill that showed the insurance company was billed $2,741. Combined with my $560, that’s $3,301. Not sure where the $1 came from.

Wow, $3,301 for an hour’s work. Quite the gig there. And, I noticed the schedule was filled for the day so that’s maybe $20K coming in for a day’s work.

Again, no lesson here, just an observation — somebody’s getting rich. Then again, you’ll pay anything to make the pain go away so it is what it is.