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scans_dailyIn the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.
It appears that a deal has been offered to the Writer's Guild which the WGA seems enthusiastic about, and will recommend to their membership. The strike may be over soon, though the actors are still out and WGA sill support them.
The boss of Spotify has said he has no plans to ban all AI music from the site, though he will if it is an unauthorised copy of existing performers voices. Which leaves all sorts of questions open, of course.
Veteran actor David McCallum has died, aged 90. Known to multiple generations as Russian agent Ilya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", the mysterious agent fighting the chaotic forces of Time as Steel in "Sapphire & Steel", or as Medical Examiner Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS, as well as voicing (the not-exactly sublte nod to a Time Lord role he never played) Professor Paradox on "Ben 10" amongst other voice roles.
And speaking of Time Lords, a new trailer dropped for the 60th Anniversary specials, and Neil Patrick Harris' role has been confirmed as gur Gblznxre (Gurl'ir qebccrq gur "Pryrfgvny" ovg cbffvoyl nf vg unf hasbeghangr enpvfg pbaabgngvbaf.
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft has suuccessfully returned nine ounces of material from the Bennu asteroid to Earth! I'm still not sure naming your spacecraft after the god of the dead is exactly encouraging for those who remember "The Andromeda Strain", but it's an amazing achievment.
Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.
The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.
Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.
It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.
The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than me.
It appears that a deal has been offered to the Writer's Guild which the WGA seems enthusiastic about, and will recommend to their membership. The strike may be over soon, though the actors are still out and WGA sill support them.
The boss of Spotify has said he has no plans to ban all AI music from the site, though he will if it is an unauthorised copy of existing performers voices. Which leaves all sorts of questions open, of course.
Veteran actor David McCallum has died, aged 90. Known to multiple generations as Russian agent Ilya Kuryakin in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", the mysterious agent fighting the chaotic forces of Time as Steel in "Sapphire & Steel", or as Medical Examiner Donald "Ducky" Mallard on NCIS, as well as voicing (the not-exactly sublte nod to a Time Lord role he never played) Professor Paradox on "Ben 10" amongst other voice roles.
And speaking of Time Lords, a new trailer dropped for the 60th Anniversary specials, and Neil Patrick Harris' role has been confirmed as gur Gblznxre (Gurl'ir qebccrq gur "Pryrfgvny" ovg cbffvoyl nf vg unf hasbeghangr enpvfg pbaabgngvbaf.
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft has suuccessfully returned nine ounces of material from the Bennu asteroid to Earth! I'm still not sure naming your spacecraft after the god of the dead is exactly encouraging for those who remember "The Andromeda Strain", but it's an amazing achievment.
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Date: 2023-09-28 11:06 pm (UTC)Basically, the Anesthesiologist says Smart Health (insurance) denied their claim for a little over $1.7K (which was more than the actual surgeon charged my insurance)
Obviously, I was panicking as I was unable to reach a human being and was reading horror stories about out-of-network healthcare providers lurking around in-network hospitals.
When I finally reached Smart Health I was told that they didn’t so much deny the claim as tell the healthcare provider to resubmit it with corrected information (apparently they didn’t note which arm was worked on).
So now I’m trying to get the Anesthesiologist to go bother my insurance and leave me out of it.
None of this showed up on any of the bills or statements I’d been sent in recent months. I only became aware of a problem when I started getting automated billing TEXTS from the Anesthesiologist’s employer. I assumed the first was some sort of scam until they kept coming and I looked into it some more.
On the one hand (pun not intended), what does it really matter which arm? Also, Smart Health should already know because of all the other documentation and dragging their feet just seems unnecessary.
On the other hand, what kind of fly by night operation sends bills by text? Did they submit the claim written on a napkin?
RE: Rightstuf: Yeah, I don’t think anyone who was paying attention is surprised but I’m really going to miss those Discotek sales. Also, Rightstuf had great customer service.
Thanks for the store recommendation; I’ll look into it when I have money again