After some convincing that everything would be ok, Murdoc gets Stu to come home with him to fill out the forms that they stop and pick up from Social Services. One set is to get Murdoc and Han county medical cards and the other is to apply for Medicaid assistance to help pay the hospital bill. It's a lot of reading small, oddly worded print and
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"Hey, I got the forms and shit that they said we need to fill out...and I brought a secretary to fill 'em out for us."
He tosses his empty drink into the trash as he enters the kitchen after Han.
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He sticks his tongue out and grabs a drink.
"Anyway, the papers don't seem too bad...just a lot of fuckin questions I don't have answers for."
Muds shrugs and takes a drink.
"You'll know more of 'em than me, at least. But, like, one of the questions was about what kinda diseases run in yer family, right? Heh. How the fuck should I know?"
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The grin drops, though, at the thought of the questions. "Fuck, I dunno any of that either. I think Dad's got heart problems or somethin, but other than that..." He shrugs helplessly.
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"C'mon, ya need to answer shit."
He heads back towards the couch and actually getting this done and over with.
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"So...what questions to I gotta answer?"
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"Uhm. And uhm. I'll need to know your income and the household expenses."
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To busy himself, Muds goes back to smoking.
He looks apologetically over towards Han when Stu asks for full name, though.
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"I...uhm...make about $600 a week with tips. I'm not sure of the exact expenses, but I got receipts an' shit. That should work, right? You can just copy them."
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He flashes Muds a nervous glance and goes back to chewing his pen. The poor thing is getting mangled at this point. "Uhm. Yeah, receipts would be good. They need to see them anyway. And the hospital bills?"
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"I'll get the bill. Anything else I should get off the table, Han?"
Muds looks at Han and wishes he could let him know that he can trust Stu, but it's a hard thing to earn and he knows it's not gonna happen that easy. He can at least be helpful and make shit less annoying for his brother.
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Murdoc goes around Stu's end of the couch to stub out his cig as he heads to the kitchen and digs out the hospital bill. Then he fetches the shoebox off of the counter and puts the bill on top.
"Here, I'll trade you."
Back in the living room he sets the shoebox down on the end table next to Stu and takes the ashtray to keep closer to himself when he sits back down.
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Half of it is just wanting to know what they do pay on everything. It's been made Han's job and Muds doesn't ask, but it doesn't mean he doesn't worry.
"So d'you just have to add it all up and enter it as one thing? Cos entering all the bills and shit individually sounds like a pain in the ass.
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