Last July, I found myself needing to visit a doctor for an urgent medical issue. My period had started in April and never stopped. It was light, so it wasn’t too much of an annoyance, but after three months I figured I needed professional help.
I had started graduate school in Michigan the year before and was back home in California for the summer. I wasn’t sure if the new insurance that I paid over $2,000 per year for through the school would cover a doctor’s visit in a different state. I called the insurance company to check and they said they cover any doctor in the country. Happy to hear this, I called and made an appointment with the doctor I had been seeing for years.
Though my insurance had changed, my doctor’s appointment was the same as always, I just had a slightly higher co‐pay. I had a routine check‐up and the doctor ordered some blood tests to help diagnose my problem. Within a few weeks, the doctors figured out what was wrong and cured it. I returned to school in September happy and healthy. As far as I knew, my business with the doctor was finished.Continue reading…
