You Might Feel Some Slight Pressure…

Like most people, with the exception of those strange ones who actually like lime gelatin with grapes floating in it, I try to avoid hospital stays at all costs. Besides my pure hatred of lime gelatin with grapes floating in it, I stay away from hospitals because they scare me.
My fear is based on a universal fact: Hospitals will kill you quicker than any disease.
It is, of course, not the intention of the hospital to kill you. After all, there is the bill to think about, but a series of incompatible procedures will eventually cause your demise.
To explain my conclusion, I will use my last hospital visit as an example.
Some time ago, my family and I were camping. At one point during the night, I was bitten by a black widow spider. My wife rushed me to the emergency room.
The emergency room is where all the trouble begins when it comes to hospitals. As soon as you clear the threshold, you hear those wonderfully comforting words spoken in every hospital in America: “Do you have insurance?