In our society, there are absurdities that simply defy reason. In the past week or so, I have read about an individual who was denied the ‘right’ to bring a peacock on board a plane for comfort. Just this morning, I read of a women who was cruelly denied to fly with her comfort animal – a hamster. Readers are invited, if they dare, to use their preferred search engine to discover the tragic denouement regarding this hapless hamster. 'Let me comfort you.' * If a person needs a peacock, a snake, a pig, a kangaroo or a pterodactyl for airborne support and comfort, then perhaps flying is not for you. The rest of us have some rights also. Rent a car. The medical world has its own exhibits in the Theater of the Absurd. Here’s our latest performance. Our medical practice received notice last week from The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) that we owed the federal government money. Apparently, according to federal brain trusts, we had billed a
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