almost $14000 here and that is straight out insurance. No co pays etc included.
Fricken ridiculous. I have never really used my insurance except when I had breast cancer 5 years ago. We are both relatively healthy. I take pain meds for degenerative disc disease but don’t really see my doc except to get them refilled.
Since we are spending that much on insurance I am going to insist that we go for every fricken sniffle from now on. Every test they want to run I’ll say run it. If we are paying that much a year for insurance we are gonna use it. Our doctors are going to get to know us very well.
Funny - I had the same thought this afternoon about using the overpriced insurance I’m now paying for.
Before, I was very judicious with doctor visits - last
time I went for anything sick related was in 09 when my appendix came out.
Went for a back check a few weeks ago to make sure a bad pain wasn’t anything worse than sciatica. It’s sciatica.
Other than the RX’s related to my endo (whom I see 1-2x a year) I try to not go to any other appointment because I didn’t want to be an insurance hog; aye?
Husband goes once a year for a check up.
Now? We’re paying this much? They’re making a 50%+ profit on my policy? Oh, bring it, baby. I will use up every dime and then some. I might even get some free birth control but try to get preggers for a nice case of high risk pregnancy.
God Almighty if we win the six seats tonight the SOB’s better start a repeal process.
Today I thought of hiring myself out for an occasional babysitter - $10 an hour for 1-2 kids, $20 for 3-4? Not a regular gig, just a real, old-fashioned sitter.
In March of 2009 I was cut from my job at a radio station and could not get an interview - let alone a job. Working since I was 14 and NEVER had trouble finding work I was shut out of the market. Yes I took 2 years of unemployment.
3 years ago I was hired in my village hall as PT Dep Treasurer and Clerk. I work 6 hours a week. I’ve got to find something to do.
And hubby? Wobbly CSC is his employer. They lost the gov’t contract they work on and have 18 months to hand it off to the next guys.
Terrified of getting laid off because we could not afford COBRA rates, and IF we applied for a private plan we’d get shoved into Medicaid for low income, and we’re old enough to have our assets attached for recovery if this happened - house, savings, whatever else they take from you in that case.
And it’s been said that they can claim whatever they want, even if you didn’t use services.
So, yeah... we win the 6 tonight they better work on repeal, impeachment, criminal charges - anything and everything to reverse the damage.
See ya at the doctor’s office! :)