I had to be taken by ambulance on Valentine's Day to get surgery for a perforated ulcer and had a 6 day stay in the hospital. OMG, it looks like we are going to have to pay the hospital over $3,800 dollars in bills! We don't have that kind of money lying around. Plus, there is still the $900 ambulance ride. We definitely don't have money to pay. I guess I'll be setting up a payment plan with the hospital. Our health insurance sucks They really need to give school teachers better health insurance (along with higher pay for all the work they have to do).