Social Security & Medicare

There's nothing urgent about them, I really only went in for the thyroid, which is been exactly the same for over two decades. I know what the rest are for, and I'm basically taking them to indulge my doctor. If I do take them, depending on who pays.

That's interesting that I'm entitled to a copy of anything they want me to sign, because when I asked for a copy of the ABN they wouldn't give it to me. All they did was give me back my orders with a notation that I refused due to ABN.

I'm going to go back and figure it out more during Christmas break. I didn't have time during the incident I posted about, because I was just going on my way to something else, not expecting any problems.

Absolutely nobody was informative the first time around. The nobody includes my doctor's office and Medicare. Possibly the lab might have been informative if I had had time while I was physically there. Although the only thing they did recommend to me was calling Medicare, which I did, and got nowhere as far as getting any information.

What annoys me is that they didn't say Medicare won't pay they said if Medicare doesn't pay. Oh, I said, how do I know if Medicare will or won't and that's when the fun started.