Welcome to the World of the Entitled
This. Is. Pitiful.
This came from a site describing how to make a nursing costume.
Have I ever tried to make one?
Oh, hell yeah!
I’ve made a ton of them!
And they look better than that one!
I have proof!
Is that cool, or what?
(This is what happens when I don’t have any classes to study for!)
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Next Thursday will mark the 3rd anniversary of Change of Shift, which will be hosted right here at Emergiblog. I’m out and about looking for submissions from the nursing blogs I have come to know over these many years, and would love to have as many nurses submit as possible! After all, Change of Shift doesn’t exist without YOU, be you doctor, nurse, administrator or patient!
I’ve been wasting time working hard on a permanent new logo to start off the new year, so join in the celebration! Click the “contact” button on the top bar and send in your nurse-related stories. This has the makings of a great edition!
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Why shouldn’t we have to pay for our health care?
Why….we don’t have that sort of money!!! How dare you even suggest that we should pay!!!!
We manage to buy cigarettes. We manage to buy fast food. Often. We manage to get all the channels we want via cable or satellite television. Some of us even have satellite radio in our cars. And GPS. Our cell phones are really nice, but all that texting costs a pretty penny. We drop a few bucks at Starbucks every week without thinking twice.
And then we roll our eyes when we have to pay for….god forbid…..health care!
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Think I’m heartless? Think I’m an elitist?
Think I’m talking about the Medicare patients in my ER who bring in a super-sized number 8 from McDonalds for the entire family and hold out their right arm for a BP while they text rapidly with their left hand?
I could be.
But I’m not.
The patient rolling their eyes at having to pay was me.
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Yeah.
Me.
Showed up for a colonoscopy yesterday and the receptionist went over what would and would not be covered by my insurance.
My out-of-pocket payment would be $216.
And my first thought was “why the hell am I paying anything out of pocket for this? I have insurance!”
I was ticked.
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But why was I ticked?
Why shouldn’t I have to incur out-of-pocket expenses?
I have insurance. Good insurance. Insurance I don’t pay a single penny for. It’s a benefit I get from my employer for working 24 hours a week.
Did I think I was entitled to full coverage because I was insured?
Entitled?
Me?
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Isn’t that term used to describe some patients who get their health care for “free” through a public plan?
Well, I get my coverage for “free”, too, and god help me, the emotion I felt in that office yesterday was “entitlement”.
Now I understand.
And I won’t use that term again.
Ever.
