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Posted by Mikey P (93 SE) on August 13, 2002 at 13:25:41:
In Reply to: u know doctors that can bend the rules for u? posted by DanNY on August 13, 2002 at 13:17:22:
I found a plan with blue cross that will cover major things but with a higher deductable and it's only $28 a month. I can live with that. I go to the doctors less than once a year. Usually for a bad cold, or poison ivy, or something like that. I'm mostly worried about something major like driving off a cliff as I drive west. I am also going to burningman again this year. On the ticket it clearly states that you are responsable for anything that happens to you, including death (for the curious www.burningman.com). -MP : when my brother was a consultant (no medical/dental/benefits) he would get sick. my dad would take him to the family doctor and she would fix him up..but put my dad's name on it. so i looks like my dad went in for a cold/flu/cough..etc etc..but it was really my brother. now he's working a normal FT deal so he's back to his own thing..but knock on wood..this is just for the minor stuff..if you got some terminal illness...fogetaboutit! : : So my van from last year's cross country drive was towed out of my yard in defeat Sunday night. My girlfriend was okay with it (as she jumped up and down in glee; "Whee! whee!"), but it was a hit to my pride. I'm sure anyone who has had a project go down the tubes can relate. Not that I loved the van, but I fixed it up and drove 6000+ miles in it with 8 other people so it has some sentimental value. So I went to cancel my insurance on it and it was actually going to raise my rate $124 for the rest of the year or a total of $315 for the whole year. The reason was that I would loose the multi-car discount. That seems odd to me. I don't remember my policy getting cheaper when I added the van, which would seem like the thing that should have happeneded then if it will increase by removing it now. Seems odd to me. I have handed the van over to a friend who has the time and excess chrysler parts to correct the van's ills. I guess I'm going to keep the thing insured since it won't be on the road anytime soon anyways. Seems kinda funny. : : So today I look around at continuing my current health insurance coverage when I become unemployed next week and the COBRA option would have me paying $247 a month. I don't think my company has had to dish out $247 in total to the doctors for the entire 3 years I have had the coverage. $247 a month. SOBs. Insurance stinks sometimes. : : -MP
I'm leaving family behind and heading west. The only people I will know are some friends out there, but there connections aren't good for too much. :)