Happy Smokey Monday

It's hot and smoky due to fires north and northwest of us. It's nothing out of the ordinary for this time of year when you live in the middle of 3 national forests.  So I stay inside - The smoke really gets to me. 

The husband is at the lake, swimming Laydee. 

I stayed home to take care of a denied health bill. I have Medicare and TriCare For Life (DoD) I never have any issues. I received a bill from my hospital for the rotator cuff that I owed $1500.00 because TriCare denied it. It required a third-party liability form. So I call them, and I'm telling you, some people who work from their homes, shouldn't. First, I called and followed all the prompts - and it kept sending me into a loop - then it hung up on me. I called back in, went through the loops again and this time it transferred me to a representative who was clearly working from home - I heard children in the background and she was not paying attention to me. She hung up on me. 

I'm practically in tears from the frustration. 

I called back in, went through the loops once again, and was transferred to a Rep - who this time, sounded professional. I was so relieved and she was friendly and helpful. Since it wasn't an accident, or a liability claim and I didn't have an attorney, all I needed to do, was under OTHER - I just explained this was an injury due to wear and tear of the rotator cuff. 

She gave me the address to which I am to snail mail it - which could take weeks or months.  Meanwhile, the hospital keeps sending me a bill.

Seems all this information should have been handled when I did the financial part of the Pre-Op at the hospital. 

I notice I have a more challenging time, coping with incompetency and workers who do the very least - and lately, they are everywhere; mostly online. 

We bank at a Federal Credit Union through the Coast Guard. A  few months back, I was issued a refund of $40 - that would be credited back into my account. It never came. So I called the merchant and they gave me the information that they sent to the bank. The bank said they never got it. Back and forth I went UNTIL the bank finally found it. I've never had any banking institution lose a credit. 

So I was going through the statements and saw that the State of California did not send us our refund. I checked and checked. So I contacted the bank and they can't find it yet when I go to the State of California website, it says they sent it out. 

More incompetency. 

We're supposed to be retired - in our golden years and we're supposed to be living in this technical age - where banking and electronic services are superior to what we had when we were younger and it was good for a while and the last 3-4 years, it's gotten horrible. 

I have absolutely no patience for this kind of stuff anymore. Grrrrrrrrrrrr

GOOD NEWS - Navy went back to work today. He still has blisters and at times he gets those nerve pain, Cal Vet still wanted him in. A week and that's all they are going to shell out even though he has 190 hours of sick leave left. 

Hope your day has gone better than mine. Take Care