Humana... Here's a little story.
One night back in 1989, I visited my cousin up in Louisville. After several beers, we drove out to an apartment complex on east side. I was a passenger in his Datsun 280z. I fell asleep while he shot the crap with some folks there. Windows rolled down. Some idiot comes up and starts smacking me in the face, trying to wake me up. I pull my Baby Browning .25 cal out and said, "you little SOB. I outta smoke your silly *** right here and now".
Cuz slaps pistol out of my hand (saved my *** from a possible attempted murder charge), jumps out the car and proceeds to kicking this idiot's ***. Some dudes run over. Huge fight ensues. Cuz jumps back in the car, grabs the pistol and *POW*, round goes off striking back of his heel. We blast off and drive over to his ex-sister in-law's place in the same apartment complex. We're sitting up there. He's raising big time hell about pain, etc. I said, "man, let's go downtown to UofL hospital and get that treated." Cuz leaves, goes back out and fights with the same dudes again, alone. Comes back all beat up.
As long-time Louisville residents know, University hospital was the old Louisville General Hospital before Humana took over. Anyway, we show up at emergency room about 6 or 7 am. Walk in to triage. Nurse asks when cousin got his last tetanus shot. He looks at me. We attended basic training together. I said "early 1981". Before "one" came out my mouth, nurse already shot him up. She asks about the gunshot wound. She says, "I guess you two rednecks had an interesting evening".
It gets better.
Waited about an hour to see a doctor. Name never called. Finally, cousin says "screw this crap", gets up and suddenly falls down on the floor. Several orderlies run out, pick him up and take him in the back. Hour later he comes limping out. I ask him about treatment for bullet wound and cuts from fight. "Well, no antibiotics because my blood-alcohol level was still too high. Since bullet cauterized the wound, no treatment. Doctor said just stay off of it".
Ah, good old Humana.
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