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.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
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.
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.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2010 4:58:41 am PDT #684 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Seriously? I've never had it not be an option. And my current company is pretty small, relatively speaking.
I'm glad of it, because if I had to pay a %age of my regular ER bills, I'd be screwed. First thing I do when choosing a plan is check the flat rates.
ChiKat - Aug 31, 2010 5:01:57 am PDT #685 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I've been feeling very lucky with my health insurance lately as well
I understand this. When I was sick a few years ago (8 years ago now!! Cancer-free for 7 years, babee!), I ended up paying something like $200 out of pocket and that was it. Considering all the tests, scans, radiation, and 2 surgeries? That rocked. I was truly very very lucky.
beekaytee - Aug 31, 2010 5:12:20 am PDT #686 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
7 years! Wooot!
Lee - Aug 31, 2010 5:15:57 am PDT #687 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
When I was sick a few years ago (8 years ago now!! Cancer-free for 7 years, babee!), I ended up paying something like $200 out of pocket and that was it. Considering all the tests, scans, radiation, and 2 surgeries? That rocked. I was truly very very lucky.
This is AWESOME on so many levels.
Volans - Aug 31, 2010 5:17:19 am PDT #688 of 30000
move out and draw fire
The penultimate day of my Aussie friend's stay here, she had to go to the ER with a kidney stone. (Yay for getting it BEFORE the 21 hour flight rather than during).
$6000.
And that was after she negotiated it down. Which I didn't know you could do, but she pointed out that she was a tourist. I just sent her the bills from the ER; hopefully her Oz insurance will cover a lot of it.