2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do you know a really rich person? [View all]togetherforever
(71 posts)I didn't write that anywhere in my post.
I would like to give a recent example if I may where people with wealth are disconnected .
This example some what reflects what I'm trying to say in my OP yet the person I was dealing with had nothing to do
with the industry I was involved in .
This example is just what happened a couple of months with my primary care physician of all people .
For some reason my routine blood work had shown an increase in potassium levels for some strange reason .
Okay I said to the doc , he said I'm ordering another blood test at the hospital this time because the blood needs to be checked
within 15 minutes after the draw. I said okay but this month is a tough month for me lets do it next month.
He looked at me in puzzlement and I explained about the deductible I would have to pay again for lab work.
Now this is coming only from a person who isn't one of the mega wealthly but who has a very nice practice and a very comfortable living. He has owned this practice for years. It was puzzling to him that I wanted to wait because of a bill that would be $425.00
To him that seemed like a trivial amount of money. To me it wasn't