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De nada, I got it, and you're doing me a huge favor! It's SO PRETTY! I will be playing with costumes with Kelly this afternoon! Leave tomorrow morning! WOO.
Daniel, I hope it gets resolved. That SUCKS, and is ridiculous.
That's all I got. Must drink of the coffee before I write of the words.
Daniel, that's awful. I really hope for a positive resolution.
The whole situation that Daniel is in is one of the issues that makes me so angry that I could spit rocks and whenever I run into someone who doesn't want to fix healthcare in this country makes me want to beat them with a crowbar until they beg for mercy.
Our system of health insurance is fundamentally broken. It makes me insanely mad.
I really cannot remain calm and rational when I see how we treat paying for healthcare in this country.
That's appalling, Daniel. I hope the company will see reason soon.
What ND said.
The "healthcare" system is broken and people go batshit when there's a suggestion to change it. And many of the decisions as to whether something will be paid or not are made by clerks in an insurance company office. For instance, did I mention that my appendectomy two years ago was disallowed - seemingly, I should not have been checked into a room for the day and a half I was there.
Short term/long term disability has also been broken for years. Like so many things, it seems all the money involved in administering it goes to trying to not pay out any money.
My maternity leave is going to be covered by short-term disability, which my company just got basically so that I could have any maternity leave at all. For which I'm quite grateful. But the policy they chose, although it goes up to 12 weeks for illness or injury, only gives 5 weeks of paid maternity leave. (Well, I'd get more if there were complications with delivery, but let's hope that doesn't happen...) Anyway, am I crazy to think that 5 weeks is, like, no time at all?? I suppose I'm lucky that my boss will let me take vacation/personal time and unpaid leave to supplement it, so I'm hoping I can take maybe three months altogether, but they'll be a fairly lean three months.
did I mention that my appendectomy two years ago was disallowed
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5 weeks would be hard, Kate. I say take more time even if it's unpaid if you can afford it.