Personal Narrative: How Many People's Emergency Become An Emergency
How many people’s emergency becomes an emergency?
I recently had to have an emergency root canal done because one of my old fillings had begun separating from the tooth and caused the area around the nerves to become inflamed and infected. What I found interesting was the process? First I had to give the dental office my drivers license for them to make a copy of it. Secondly before I was given the forms to fill out they verified my insurance coverage. At first I felt insulted but I began to think of it in the business sense and asked myself the question of how many people have had dental work done and claimed to have insurance when they knew in fact they did not have any coverage? I thought about how many people have written checks knowing the money was not in the bank. Seeing it from a business point of view changed my mindset on the procedure of collecting data prior to seeing a patient. The clerk gave me a clip board filled with forms for me to complete. That was understandable so I thought until I began filling out the forms.
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(Economic Policy Institute. n.d.) At first my husband was the spender in our house but he knew me well enough to know I have a threshold for spending that he should not cross. He originally thought I was hard and tight but he realized our emergencies should not be a crisis. The first time we had to get four brand new tires on our car and we paid cash his mindset began to change. See I grew up understanding anything man made will need to be replaced. He grew up with the mindset of as long as you can put it on a credit card and make the monthly minimum payment you are okay. He said saving money was not a thought in his family. As soon as any one in his family obtained some money, his family went out and spent it all because they did not know if they would get that chance again. So many American families think in this
I recently had to have an emergency root canal done because one of my old fillings had begun separating from the tooth and caused the area around the nerves to become inflamed and infected. What I found interesting was the process? First I had to give the dental office my drivers license for them to make a copy of it. Secondly before I was given the forms to fill out they verified my insurance coverage. At first I felt insulted but I began to think of it in the business sense and asked myself the question of how many people have had dental work done and claimed to have insurance when they knew in fact they did not have any coverage? I thought about how many people have written checks knowing the money was not in the bank. Seeing it from a business point of view changed my mindset on the procedure of collecting data prior to seeing a patient. The clerk gave me a clip board filled with forms for me to complete. That was understandable so I thought until I began filling out the forms.
I …show more content…
(Economic Policy Institute. n.d.) At first my husband was the spender in our house but he knew me well enough to know I have a threshold for spending that he should not cross. He originally thought I was hard and tight but he realized our emergencies should not be a crisis. The first time we had to get four brand new tires on our car and we paid cash his mindset began to change. See I grew up understanding anything man made will need to be replaced. He grew up with the mindset of as long as you can put it on a credit card and make the monthly minimum payment you are okay. He said saving money was not a thought in his family. As soon as any one in his family obtained some money, his family went out and spent it all because they did not know if they would get that chance again. So many American families think in this