've had bad health insurance in the past - what I have now is pretty good
Have you suffered a serious illness?
We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.
Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Typo Boy - Aug 11, 2009 1:03:05 pm PDT #3303 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Cass - Aug 11, 2009 1:03:25 pm PDT #3304 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Eunice Shriver has passed away.
She did amazing things. A good life in a lot of ways.
lisah - Aug 11, 2009 1:05:31 pm PDT #3305 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Texting is not for conversations, it's for communicating information.
Totally a personal preference. I have had great conversations via text.
Two issues combine to make me extra rage-y: A friend of mine was just denied private insurance because of her BMI. WHICH IS A TOTALLY MEANINGLESS "MEASUREMENT"!!!
lisah - Aug 11, 2009 1:06:33 pm PDT #3306 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Have you suffered a serious illness?
Oh, yeah, that's the thing. You never really know how good your insurance is until you have to use it for something expensive.
Hil R. - Aug 11, 2009 1:07:24 pm PDT #3307 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My health insurance keeps denying claims for things they do cover. My physical therapy got denied, with the statement on the denial that they don't cover congenital conditions. Issue 1: it's genetic, not congenital. Issue 2: nowhere on any of their zillions of pages of documentation do they say anything whatsoever about not covering congenital or genetic conditions. Took several hours on the phone to sort that one out. (My mom does the insurance phone calls. She has more time than me, and she understands insurance lingo much better than me, so she knows when to insist on talking to a supervisor when the person on the phone says that something isn't covered.)
brenda m - Aug 11, 2009 1:08:12 pm PDT #3308 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Former White House political adviser Karl Rove was deeply involved in the firing of a U.S. attorney in New Mexico, according to White House e-mails and transcripts of closed-door testimony released Tuesday.
Yglesias? Funny thing - apparently he's also the attorney Tom Cruise's character was based on in A Few Good Men.
megan walker - Aug 11, 2009 1:09:50 pm PDT #3309 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Oh, yeah, that's the thing. You never really know how good your insurance is until you have to use it for something expensive.
Yeah, the fact that I can't tell you how much my surgery was because I never got a bill? Priceless.
lisah - Aug 11, 2009 1:11:12 pm PDT #3310 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
My health insurance keeps denying claims for things they do cover.
Oh, yeah, not paying for things until you dispute the charge at least once is a classic American insurance company move.
erikaj - Aug 11, 2009 1:11:20 pm PDT #3311 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
So, is Rahmbo the left-wing Chuck Norris?
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 11, 2009 1:14:11 pm PDT #3312 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The insurance I have through work seems pretty good, at least for my level of general health: $20 copays for office visits and it at least pays most of test costs. (The only bill that's made my eyebrows zoom up was for the emergency room visit when I blew out my knee - that was one fucking expensive gel bandage, apparently!) In addition, my family's GP is acceptable to the plan, and I wouldn't give him up if I had any other options, including digging ditches for premium money.