Yeah, I've basically only ever had preventative care, so that's what I based my insurance decision on. (My job has a zillion plans you can choose from, so I feel even more like I brought this on myself.)

So I guess I'm not going to the Azores for real.

Yeah, I've basically only ever had preventative care, so that's what I based my insurance decision on. (My job has a zillion plans you can choose from, so I feel even more like I brought this on myself.)

Well, if you look at it that way, you've saved yourself a bunch of money in previous years.

That is costing me $650! Granted, without insurance, it would have been like $1800, but STILL.

See also the $900 ultrasound they did at my last mammogram.

tfw someone asks you to call them, no explanation, and you do and you get their VM

Annoying, Zen.

I hate the whole medical co-pay/high deductible crap. I miss the old days of HMOs that would actually cover everything.

It is amazing how being officially appreciated makes me feel. I keep opening and rereading the e-mail. To me, it was just work - a lot and a challenge - but my job. I have a perma-smile today.

Which helps because today I'm at the stables, finalizing volunteer assignments for 125 volunteers for our event tomorrow. It has been raining and snowing with more due in tomorrow, so we are hustling to rearrange the event to get everything inside which is a big change. We will manage but everyone is stressed and I'm sitting here with a goofy smile as I plug away on my computer.

Well, if you look at it that way, you've saved yourself a bunch of money in previous years.

Fair enough! Although this is the only job I've ever had so many choices of plans.

See also the $900 ultrasound they did at my last mammogram.

Good lord! Next time, come to my place - the ultrasound was only $300, so you'd still be ahead, even with airfare.

I miss the old days of HMOs that would actually cover everything.

Saaaame. I have extra cognitive dissonance because I'm going to the original HMO I had as a kid (I mean the same building), but of course everything in the world of insurance is very different now.

(I didn't mean to be flippant, of course -- a $650 expense you weren't planning for is No Fun.)

No, it's true. And I know most people have much higher medical expenses than I do! I was lulled into a false sense of security.

That's so great, Suzi!

Not so great, Jesse. Deductibles, bah. That all (everyone's examples) still sound like preventative care to me, although I guess not routine preventive, but still! It's all pretty fucked up.

Well, you know, if it had been cancer, that would have been the first step in treating it. I'm almost rethinking my stance that free preventive care is great (thanks, Obama!) because it's the people with stuff wrong who need the benefits more!