Ever notice how many

I heard a comment yesterday, made about a TV character, which was that he would find the silver lining even within the mushroom cloud.

Now there's someone's philisophy that I would like to have. It's certainly something to aim for...

Regards
Mo

funniest show on the air is the George Lopez Show. I didn't think I would like it when it first aired, but it's quickly become my favorite. I hope the writers get awards....

TONI

Oh, Pish posh and tish tosh - we don't get the George Lopez show here - to the best of my knowledge - or "yet" perhaps. I will look out for it arriving.

To be honest, we are a bit short of new progs from the US. Most of what we get are re-runs. To be even more honest, we are a bit short of new progs from the UK. Hmmmm. Good job I still get my "comic" mag through the letterbox on a weekly basis to keep me going.

Regards
Mo

HOSPITALS: You get a bill for outpatient services. It says that full payment is expected from your insurance, so the balance is zero.

No other bills come, so, as has been the case before, one assumes the bill was paid.

Then, 6 months later, here comes a bill for 60-odd dollars (what Medicare supplement would be paying). But you pay it immediately.

A few days later comes a threatening letter from a collection agency.

Now, we all know that somebody in the business office never filed that supplement.

If you complain you never got a bill in between, you can't prove it.

Yep- this is from personal experience. I'm getting the papers ready to send the insurance company to ask them if they ever got the claim. (I would have received an Explanations of Benefits if they had.)

That one really ruined my day!

Angeline
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... never got an ambulance bill for the hubby's ER visit in November 2001. Eventually got contacted by the ambulance company, went through the phone calls, etc and thought everything was taken care of. A year later get the collection calls. By now the claim is so old it takes about 10 transfers within the insurance company system to get the right person to speak to. They say they issued a check for an amount slightly higher for an ambulance ride -- but the date of service is off by a day. Am I sure he didn't take two rides they ask? Yeah, I'm likely to forget that! NOT! Still sorting this out. Two years and another collection company after the first "contact" .

Evie

Married second husband in 1984, he died in 1989...but he had a sears account jointly with his SECOND wife (the one before me) for years that he never bothered to notify Sears to drop her from the account. I didn't know since I never used his card or account.

He died, I moved here, and started getting collection letters from Sears' agency about paying the bill. I told them he died....they wanted me to use Derek's insurance money to pay the bill. I refused. Next collection agency in line sends me a notice about a year later. I call, explain he's dead and they say OK, no problem. About a year later I get another collection letter, only this time it's addressed to Judith McKay (not me, obviously, but this is the second wife's name).

I call, explain he's dead and I'm not Judith. That's when I found out it was a joint account, but because I was married to him LAST, they want me to pay the bill for HER. LOL I don't think so. I tell them go hunt her down and see if she's willing to pay a bill for an account that she hasn't used in over ten years. They hang up on me.

Three years later, another bill collection agency...same crap, same Judith, same idiots on the other end of the phone. I call SEARS this time so they can get this straightened out with their bill collectors since they are changing them at the drop of a hat in order to collect from any warm body they can intimidate. No dice...Sears says once it goes into collection it's out of their hands because they've already written off the account.

I try to explain that SOMEBODY at Sears is turning it over to various collection agencies since the first dozen weren't able to get any money, so there has to be something, somewhere that can be entered into a computer to stop ME from being harassed by them. I get hung up on at that point.........BUT it's been six or seven years now with no more letters threatening to take my first born (they can have her) if I don't send cash. My children are a poor bargaining chip where I'm concerned....I'll never pay blood or ransom money to get them back (maybe Derek)...now my dog might be a different story.

TONI

Speaking of exes, the phone bill for this home was in my hubby's ex's name. She basically abandoned him and went to Canada leaving him with a horrendous phone bill and huge balances on joint credit cards. There wasn't much we could do about the CC's, they couldn't get her in Canada and letting them go was only ruining his credit. Initially my hubby didn't pay the phone, but then we found out they wouldn't let us get a phone in his name until SHE paid the bill and notified the company of the name change. So we had to pay that too, but still they wouldn't switch it over to his name. After trying to get the authorization through the divorce attys to no avail I just called up one time, pretended to be her and acted really annoyed that my ex was ruining my credit by not paying the bill ... that worked like a charm!

My grandfather died in 1970. Dad owns the house but the name on the electric bill is still the same. As a result he gets all sorts of offers to this day. My sister hasn't lived with my folks in almost 20 years and took her husband's last name at marriage. Just last week she got a jury duty notice in her maiden name at my parents' address. LOL.

Evie

That IS a nasty one!

There were 5 doctors in the office, and 3 of us who cooperated in filing claims.

I guarantee that it is not that hard to get 'em right!

Angeline
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It is especially annoying since the Ambulance was out of one of the local (read: small) fire departments. It shouldn't take long to go through the records of payments for the entire month the insurer has listed as the payment date and/or all the calls for those two days to sort this out!

Evie