A friend from work was snow blowing his elderly neighbors driveway last night and used his hand to unclog the chute. He lost the tip of his finger. The ambulance came and took him to St. John Westshore Hospital in Westlake but his Kaiser Insurance would not pay for anything done at that Hospital. Even the use of an ambulance to transfer him to a Kaiser acceptable Hospital would have cost $800. So I ended up taking him myself to the Cleveland Clinic ER. All roads were absolutely horrible cause of snow and ice, 'cept I had no problem in 4x4, but it was still 40mph going down I-90. So at the Cleveland Clinic they tell us the finger tip cant be put back on cause of the nature of the accident. So what do they do? They dress him up and discharge him and tell him to call first thing this morning just to drive all the way back. Kaiser Insurance wouldnt pay for him to be admitted and stay overnight! Kaiser said if wasnt "medically necessary!" So he's probly going to get a bill from SJWS Hospital for the treatment they did do there. The accident happened at 6:30pm lastnight, I got home at 2:00am. What the heck is wrong with this picture??

Sorry about the double threads.

 

I wouldn't pay!

I'd give them the finger!

 

That wins for reply of the year!!!

 

lmao, I agree.

 

Sounds about right.

Insurance companies suck.....and most hospitals don't care about the patients...only their money.

 

Must be related to Mattineer.

 

First of all WTF was he doing putting his hand in a snow blower while it was running?? He's super luck he just lost the tip of his finger and not his arm.

 

yeah seriously...

 

Yeah, he keeps saying how lucky he is and how he's always so carefull all the time. Nope it wasnt Mattineer. But believe it or not his name is Matt too.

 

I used to wonder why they put stupid warning labels on everything. Now I know why they do it.

 

LMAO

Poor PSS-Mag.

 

Bitch.....



I've got good karma and use some sense.
Stuff may get destroyed with me, not people and not near as often.

 

there is a contest annually on the most ridiculous warning labels. One year a leading candidate was for a chainsaw's warning not to use the crotch as a means to stop a spinning chain. Why was it on the label? Because some one did it!!

 

I usually just unclog our snow blower with a broom handle not my hand

 

That's exactly what he says he uses and doesnt know why he didnt go get it.