Wow! Health Care Changes

One of my main activities lately has been sorting through and recycling old paperwork - my teaching files, my father-in-laws many printed out emails, and my dad's old papers. Most of it goes into recycling, some gets shredded, and some makes me stop and laugh.

I broke my arm when I was a kid. Twice, actually. One wrist when I was ice skating and the other a year later when I was roller skating. (I am *not* a coordinated, athletic individual.) I found the health insurance paperwork from my second trip to the ER. Take a look!

Do you see that?!?! The *total* charges for the cast, x-ray, and doctor services came to $46.10!

Was this normal in 1977? I was ten years old, so I'm sure the cost of my pain wasn't on my radar at all.

I wonder how much we paid for our kids' broken arms back in the 1990s . . . I'm guessing it was a bit more than this!

I had to keep this info here since I'm determined to get rid of pieces of paper that are cluttering up my life . . . but I was amazed to see these.

I welcome any comments on this post!

 

 

 

Also, I see that they spelled my name wrong! It's Jeanne . . . not Jean. How did I not notice that seven years ago when I first posted this? (10.9.17 vs 1.28.24)