Your tax dollars

I've been wading through the details of accounts and property transfers which are needed because of Marsha's death. Cars, death certificates, registrations, taxes, titles, and other governmental issues have all been part of my reality. We hear again and again the criticism of the governmental red tape and incompetence. I have found none of that in my process. Those in the governmental agency have given me clear direction and helpful service. The privately run hospitals and the privately owned insurance companies are another story. People say that companies that need to make a profit have to give good service and be efficient and competent are sadly mistaken. The death certificates were mishandled by both the funeral director and the doctor. Paper work had to be redone and I was held up over a month in the process. The hospital billing company has still not figured out the requirements of the medicare supplement insurance. I've found both companies stretching the truth and passing the buck while forcing me the make numerous phone calls. I don't even want to go into the conflicting doctors observations on the same day, or the inability to start a blood transfusion without the one resident competent nurse in the hospital. It's easy to blame those who are paid by tax dollars. Nobody likes to pay taxes, but fairness needs to look at the reality of our world.