V-the card you sent came here and I am sending it on to her. The first time at the ER, they were extremely rude and told her not to come back. She did go back to a different ER, but is being charged full price. She had a concussion from running into a wall face first (she was playing tag with the kids and had looked back and when she turned around - WHAM! Somebody had moved the wall closer than she thought). Her ins. is Aetna and BC/BS is the going one down there. One Dr. used Aetna, but it only paid $10.00. So, I have a ton of bills from there. This is Myrtle Beach and it's all about money. There are soooooo many illegal aliens there and they go to the ER for free. So the ER has to make up the money in other ways. I'm also sure that because she is 18 and on her own, and it is a college town, and drugs are out of control, that Dr.'s assume every young person that comes in w/o a parent is after self medication prescriptions. I was amazed at the horrible treatment that we and others I knew received while we lived there. I could relate a few horror stories, and I know they are true because I was there. So, I believe everything she says. Anyway, I things will get better, if only because they can't get much worse
. Yep, we have to keep a sense of humor about it. That's the best way. Forgot to add-the Dr.s just refuse to work with the ins. co. (Aetna). We have to do our own submission and deal with the company. In the meantime, they want money up front, or they won't see you.