You know what's totally out of control? Prices for healthcare. No, this is not a politically-fueled entry... it's the truth.

I got a bill from the gastroenterology clinic that I went to a couple months ago today. I was expecting something similar to what I get charged from my primary care physician. I open the bill... and it's almost THREE HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARS. Seriously? Three hundred?! That's 10 dollars a fucking MINUTE for our chat. The doctor was nice and all, but I was there for about 30 minutes (after she came in late...) and we talked about my symptoms, she told me what she thought I needed to do for treatment/diagnosis and then she wrote me two prescriptions. THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS!! WHAT. THE. FUCK?

... ARGH.

This is on TOP of the $100 I owe the primary care physician. Which, I might add... is about $30-40 more than I'm usually charged... and the almost $200 that I still owe for my scope. This whole trip to the doctor to find out what is wrong with my intestines has cost $700 and I don't even have a diagnosis! There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with that.

I don't even want to know what it all cost before the insurance. It's infinitely disgusting to me that this is how much I owe for 90 minutes of some doctors' time, a little medication and some pieces of paper... and that this is what I have to pay in addition to the nearly $200 a month I pay to my insurance company. (which is going up at the first of the year, I might add. HOORAY!)

This is all just for me, for the last couple months. Don't even get me started on how much it costs for Thomas' doctor visits, MRIs and medication.

Seriously. This healthcare system is fucking whack.

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On a side note... I've applied for a new position that was recently added to my department. It'd be a nice raise and more of what I'm looking for in my career path right now. God/Gods/Buddha/Jesus/Universe/Zeus/Whatever you want to be called... PLEASE let me get this job... I need it...