Who Knew Being in Charge of Your Own Medical Records was So Expensive?

Paper records are pricey!

Rachel Yerks
Rachel’s Journey

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Two doctors operating on a patient. One doctor’s face is in frame and he is wearing scrubs, a mask, and glasses. Background wall is green. Medical equipment can be seen.
Photo by Bayram Er from Pexels

As many of you know, I recently moved to Maryland from Kentucky.

I had no intention of living in Kentucky for longer than two years (it sucked), so I kept seeing my doctors and dentist back home in Connecticut.

It was a pain to go home for visits, but less of a pain than switching all my doctors for such a short period of time. I ended up living in KY for a year and two weeks.

Maryland is great; my boyfriend and I love it here. We had a deal where I would come to Kentucky until he was able to leave. We would then relocate somewhere on the east coast and stay there for at least three years.

I wanted to be closer to family while he wanted to show job stability. But we love Maryland a lot and may end up staying here for quite a while, maybe even longer than originally discussed. We’ll see.

This brings us to today, the medical records endeavor

I don’t make a lot of money writing. (Thanks for cutting base pay, NewsBreak!) Because of this, I get a huge discount on Maryland health insurance, so I made the switch as soon as I could.

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