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Hey, it's Marielle.
I have gotten a number of surprise medical bills in my life.
More than I can count on one hand.
Bills for services that I expected my insurance to cover.
And every time my emotional response has been...
Rage.
Rage.
Because now I have homework to do.
Rage.
Because now I have to dig up my insurance card and call people on the phone and wait on hold
while they look into the matter.
Rage because the bill says do upon receipt and it feels like the clock is ticking.
Rage.
Because I had other plans for my lunch break.
Rage because why is our health care system like this?
I say all this because I want to acknowledge