Stepmom refuses to fully pay her 20-year-old stepdaughter’s $3400 medical bill for swallowing an AirPod: ‘She claims that she swallowed her AirPod in her sleep and has no memory of it’

When do you stop being responsible for your adult children’s medical problems? The US government says that once you turn 26, you can no longer use your parent’s health insurance, but not everyone stays on it for that long. I’ve had my own insurance since I was 22, and some people get forced off of …
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Nefarious prankster fills his brother-in-laws belly button with super glue, refuses to help pay the $2,253 emergency room bill to get it out: ‘I took him to small claims court, and I won. However, he still hasn’t paid’

There’s a fine line between a fun prank and a bridge too far, and it’s not always easy to tell which is which. About a year ago, there was this big TikTok trend where people would tell their friends and family members that their favorite celebrity had passed suddenly. For instance, if you were to …
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Employee tells boss he needs to take off work to take his sick wife to the emergency room, boss insists he needs him at work: ‘I get you may need to take her. But I do need you there today.’

How many of us have been in the situation of explaining in detail why we can’t go to work? If you have a job with no guaranteed PTO, it can feel like you need to tell the entire life story to get your boss to approve of you missing a shift. In many hourly positions, …
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‘I should ask mom, dads never know’: ER doctor assumes dad doesn’t know any his son’s medical information, asks mom to check the forms instead

The dopey sitcom Dad has been the archetypal American father for some time. He’s more interested in drinking a beer and watching the game than hanging out with his kids. He’s not that smart, and he doesn’t want to be. His work is lengthy and unfulfilling, and although he loves his family, they are incidental …
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21 Nurse Memes for Healthcare Workers Who Always Know When The Full Moon is Here

If you’re a regular person who doesn’t have to work with people at their worst or an even more regular person who does not care a lick about astronomy, you probably don’t know when the full moon is. Sure, you might see it in the sky when driving home from work, but rarely does it …
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30+ Nurse Memes For Exhausted ER Employees

I wish that the Willam Belli use of the word «nurse» had caught on in common parlance, but if it hasn’t by now, I don’t think it ever will. If you are unfamiliar, during RuPaul’s Drag Race season 4, contestant Willam would walk by fellow queen Jiggly Caliente and say «nurse» out of context. The …
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30+ Doctor Memes for Health Care Aficionados Looking For Laughs in the Waiting Room

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t really mind going to the doctor for a regular check-up. Of course, if I’m experiencing a specific issue or ailment, it’s a little nerve-wracking. For the most part, I just sit in a waiting room, see a doctor, who checks me out, and tells me that …
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Doctors Share The Stupidest Lies Their Patients Have Ever Told Them

Patients lie to their doctors constantly, and in some cases, it’s understandable. You want to say that you work out 2-3 times a week when you only go to your adult dodgeball league once every two weeks. It makes you look better. I lied to my doctor in college in a much more nefarious way …
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Firefighter Memes For Firefighters, Volunteer or Otherwise

When you’re a kid, you’re presented with very few jobs that you could pursue in the future. Everyone wants to be a doctor, spaceman, or cop, but all of these occupations pale in comparison to being a firefighter. Gun to my head, if I had to choose one of the «babies first dream job» jobs, …
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CEO Shames Pregnant Employee For Going to the Emergency Room

Nobody wants to have a medical emergency, yet sometimes we get shamed or scolded when we do. It’s common for people, especially women, to be accused of faking or exaggerating symptoms. Why? Who knows. Usually, the accusation goes that a woman in severe pain is trying to get drugs, attention, or both. It is incredibly …
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