Ugh, Pix. Because I know I hit up stuff continually, I don't do the 80/20 plans, and instead go with flat rates. It works out for me.
::sigh:: Ginger. Sorry life bites.
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
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§ ita § - Aug 30, 2010 8:09:59 pm PDT #674 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee - Aug 30, 2010 8:14:16 pm PDT #675 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ugh, Ginger. I'm sorry life is being wearying.
Though I kind of want a picture of the green hand.
Typo Boy - Aug 30, 2010 8:15:54 pm PDT #676 of 30000
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.
Ginger sorry about that.
[Edited post to try and make int sound like it was written by someone socially competent.]
And ita - flat rate co-pays no longer available in a lot of areas or from a lot of health plans. Glad that option is still available to you. Even some HMOs now have percent copays on big expenses, which kind of of loses the the big advantage of an HMO from the patients point of view. In individual plans in my area almost impossible. Probably large and medium size employers can still offer plans with that option, but not all do.I can no longer get a plan with less than a $1,000 deductible, and that includes group health. Shouldn't grumble, At least I can get health insurance still, don't know if that will last forever.
Shir - Aug 30, 2010 9:43:34 pm PDT #677 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Sorry, Ginger. Sorry, Pix.
But, also, yay! to Kate's getting married! I don't think I had the chance to congratulate you here, "in person".
omnis_audis - Aug 30, 2010 10:45:54 pm PDT #678 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Pix, that's tough. Check to see if there is a cap per year. I also suggest the payment options. Mom is still paying her procedure from about 15 years ago. Your certification is a needed thing, no?
How is ND doing?
WindSparrow - Aug 31, 2010 2:21:04 am PDT #679 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Who in the hell decided that teachers could reasonably be expected to cough up $1200 for national certification? That's utterly insane. And yeah, the $1500 copay is scary too.
Ginger, that's crappy for you.
Stephanie - Aug 31, 2010 2:43:33 am PDT #680 of 30000
Trust my rage
A few years ago, my dad had a valve replaced, which is open heart surgery. Even though he lives in New Mexico, he wnt to Minnesota to have it done because in NM, their "copay" would have been 20K or something like that. Luckily for him, it was surgery that could wait for a trip to MN.
eta: and I should add that my parents have comparably good health insurance.
Jessica - Aug 31, 2010 3:44:33 am PDT #681 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I'm so glad I work for socialists. My pay is crap, but my health insurance is gold-plated.
Aims - Aug 31, 2010 4:29:07 am PDT #682 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t high fives Jessica
Course I don't work for socialists, so much as tree-hugging hippies, but hey - po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe.
I am very very very lucky. I look at my BCBS card and pet it every time I get frustrated with my job.
Lee - Aug 31, 2010 4:49:55 am PDT #683 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I've been feeling very lucky with my health insurance lately as well (though it's early enough in treatment that it could change). The only thing I'm on the hook for so far is the standard co-pay for the doctors' appointments, and the one pre-authorization I've had to get came in within a couple of hours, when the doctors thought it would take a couple of days.