SHOULD SHE PAY?

Hey, you look good this morning, deer me, was that a sexist remark?

This story just blows your mind or at least, it blew my simple mind. Seems a woman went to the ER in Dallas and waited 19 hours to see a doctor, she never did see one but a nurse did take her vitals. Then she got a bill for $162. Now this same hospital, two days earlier had a 58-year-old man come in with stomach pains and he too waited 19 hours and guess what – he suffered cardiac arrest and died. No word on whether his family was billed?

Now the question is should she pay? According the VP in the billing department she is not being charged for waiting but for assessment – that would be the nurse who got sufficient information so as to insure a billing process, right? Sorry, I am sure the nurse did other vitals as well but somewhere in the madness someone had to register this woman, right? And what about the man’s family, are they gonna be billed and expected to pay too?

I honestly cannot say a bad word about the ER departments in Potsdam or Massena Hospitals. I have never heard of anyone waiting long hours like the cases above and while you do have a wait, it’s a reasonable one, especially if you are prone to coming to the ER with hang nails! Personally I think our ER doctors and nurses are top drawer and how they manage to keep a smile and pleasant attitude is beyond me – they also pull some long hours!

Okay in other world shaking news, Britney Spears license fiascos is over – case dismissed. Jury could not reach a unanimous conclusion, deadlock and case over – score one for Britney! I still think she needs to attend driver’s ED classes and pay a fine. Come on, she was driving without a license, hit a parked car and fled the scene and I could care less that this was during her melt down – she does not deserve a free ride here! I think celebrities get take advantage of and sometime our legal system is unfair toward them but this is not the case. Even a slap on the wrist would seem warranted and a reminder that regardless of who you are, you will obey the law!

Gee and to think we just wonder what each day’s news will bring us – how sad is that? Well, it’s better than being in the news, right? Looks like we can get outside today – tad chilly but it is not raining and that is a plus. Leaves are pretty much off the trees and now you can really see far into the wooden areas – oh my, look at all that trash!

Have a good one – not sure what my day shall consist of but most likely a little road running for sure –but whatever it is, it’ll be fun!

Confucius say: Man who eat many prunes get good run for money!