I hate whining. I was also taught not to run up bills you can't pay for.
I went to a county health clinic last year. The first visit, I had to wait forever as expected. After the EKG(boy those things are expensive, and I've had 2, plus a Holter monitor), 3 doctors kept asking me if I was in pain. To me, pain is relative. I blew out 3 disks in my neck, plus I screwed up my lower back. Feeling like you have cinder blocks tied to your chest is just severely annoying. So is feeling like you killed your left arm, and the vomiting. I had 3 doctors come in, and tell me when, not if, to call 911. On this visit, my pulse was 123.
On follow up visits, I was pushed ahead of the line. Then that bitch of a clerk decided that I wasn't eligible for MediCal, when I asked her who I made the co-pay to. I have a 560.00 deductible. I got the money together, and my worker told me to pay them. I had the paperwork with my name on it and everything. By the time I went in, I was freaking out. The nurse thought the blood pressure machine was broken. I have extremely low blood pressure normally, but my pulse rate is out of control. Oh, and Prozac sucks.
In the past month I've been under a lot of pressure from several different sources. I've almost called 911 twice, but worked my way through it. I quit going to the doctors and quit taking my meds, but I'm rethinking this, considering the lady in the billing office to me not to worry about the bills.
Sounds like you have some really bad health problems there. Good luck!
Reminds me of the doctor in Arizona who became a private doctor for 'rich' people who paid a certain amount of money per year. He was on call for them and dealt with no other patients.
He couldn't take the hassle of bureaucracy.