> so he started the long and drawn out process of getting a temporary bit of paper mailed to his address from his insurance company stating that he had insuranc

> so he started the long and drawn out process of getting a temporary bit of paper mailed to his address from his insurance company stating that he had insurance. It happened to me that I saw a doctor and had forgotten to bring my health insurance card. I was then required to show it within (I think) ten days or be charged the cost of the visit myself. All it took to fix that later that day was to log into the website of my health insurer, download said document as pdf and mail it to the doctor's office. It might not be as simple as you might like but it does not have to be as bad as their experience was.