• Insurance Companies Would Deny Oxygen If They Could Bill Extra for Breathing

    I swear the modern health insurance industry was designed by a committee of sleep-deprived raccoons fighting over a fax machine in 1994. Nothing else explains the process. My wife needed an elective surgery. Not some spur-of-the-moment luxury upgrade like adding flames to a Pontiac Sunfire. Actual surgery. Doctor recommended it. Specialists signed off. Pre-op appointments…