I hate my dog

[Jonbo298]

If you can't afford health insurance due to financial reasons, fair amount of hospitals are willing to offer financial assistance. When I was insurance-less but needed a procedure to untwist my intestines among other FUN things, they mentioned financial assistance and to at least try.

Needless to say, my income wasn't so great at the time. They covered the entire bill on their end. They wouldn't cover "3rd party" things like outside hospital blood tests but it was $940 compared to a hospital bill of over $40,000 for the week....

[Professor S]

Having played offensive and defensive line in footbal for a number of years, I've broken a few bones. Fingers, especially. An easy way to tell is to apply compression pressure (slight) along the length of the bone.

Example: If you think you broke your forearm, grab your wrist and push back towards your elbow.

If its a fracture, you will be in CRAZY PAIN even if you spply slight pressure. If there is little to no difference in pain, you likely have a deep bruise, which is nnothing to deminish. In any case, sling the thing and go to a free clinic.