I'm so glad I work for socialists. My pay is crap, but my health insurance is gold-plated.
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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?
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.
Pix - Aug 31, 2010 5:23:58 am PDT #689 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yay cancer free!
I don't have many choices with my health care. We have one HMO plan through work, and it's 20/80 for surgical procedures (the most expensive, of course). The copays in network for normal doctor's visits and such are very reasonable, but nsm big stuff. Now I know.
As for the certification, it's completely voluntary. Teachers need state certification to teach in public schools (none needed for private schools), but the national certification is basically a big, expensive feather in your cap. Kat is certified as well, but we are rarities. I don't know what the numbers are now, but when I got certified in 2001, there were only 50,000 of us in the country.
billytea - Aug 31, 2010 5:34:34 am PDT #690 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
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.
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be covered under Medicare, being outside the country. I always get travel medical insurance for that reason, which should be pretty comprehensive. (I would especially do so for travelling to America, for I have been billed by American doctors before.)