Marriner got swimmers ear at Scout camp. He came home and needed an antibiotic, so we looked up a doctor that took his insurance, he went in, it took him 2 hours total (including travel) and the doctor billed $255. The insurance got a $102 discount, and finally paid $152. Two weeks later, it came back. But he didn't have two hours to spend on another trip to the doctor. I found that there was a Minute Clinic a little further away in Alexandra. He went there, it took less than 1 hour (including travel - about 15 minutes in the office) and they charged $69, discounted to $52. They both did the exact same thing. Hmmmm.... |
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