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rolanni. . .I started the laundry, and made a dent in the SRM bookkeeping. Sigh. The day-job imposes curious tolls in unlooked for places. I wonder if, taken all together, they add up to being worth having health insurance. Especially in light of the apparent belief on the part of HR that this year, the institution lost a little ground with the insurer, and next year they expect to have no negotiating position available, so the higher costs will be passed on the the employees.
Funny how everybody allows as how the insurance companies are out of control, and nobody expects them to get pulled over anytime soon.
Anyhow, another good swack at the bookkeeping tomorrow oughta settle its hash. Whereupon I can file all these pieces of paper and! Be ready to start writing on -- heck, maybe I'll take Thanksgiving Day entirely off -- Black Friday. That'll be fun.
The laundry, of course, is a never-ending story all its own.
For now, I need to get off this infernal machine, clean the cat boxes (hey! I forgot to put that on the to-do list!), and have a nice plate of spaghetti.
Hope everybody's having a productive and/or restful weekend, as suits you best.
Funny how everybody allows as how the insurance companies are out of control, and nobody expects them to get pulled over anytime soon.
Anyhow, another good swack at the bookkeeping tomorrow oughta settle its hash. Whereupon I can file all these pieces of paper and! Be ready to start writing on -- heck, maybe I'll take Thanksgiving Day entirely off -- Black Friday. That'll be fun.
The laundry, of course, is a never-ending story all its own.
For now, I need to get off this infernal machine, clean the cat boxes (hey! I forgot to put that on the to-do list!), and have a nice plate of spaghetti.
Hope everybody's having a productive and/or restful weekend, as suits you best.
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Date: 2010-11-21 08:51 pm (UTC)Our insurance increase by about 25% this year and is a major bite, but I'm so glad we have it. The savings on our meds alone cover most of the premium. My sister has no insurance and necessary medications and regular check ups cost more than our premium. She has no choice, but I do and I'm glad.
Still, if the Health Plan survives the change in Congress, maybe you'll be able to get decent coverage without the day job. I hope so.
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Date: 2010-11-21 09:27 pm (UTC)Back in the day, we covered our own (catastrophic) health insurance, as freelancers. We had to pay for our meds out of pocket, and the insurance-company-negotiated rate for doctor's visits (which is not the same as the full rate -- is this a stupid system, or what?), but! it was possible, and we could pursue the life and the career we wished to pursue.
Now, it's not even possible. And I do sorta resent that. What I resent more, though, is the fact that the health insurance companies can and do raise their rates by 20/22/25/28% in this economy, and people just shrug and say, "Well! but we're lucky to have it."
It's another little homey terrorism that's being dropped on the heads of US citizens, for the fiscal benefit of a few.
. . .
The State of Maine just elected a
yahooNice Man for governor, who has a hate on for the self-employed health plan made available by the state (which, to be Perfectly Fair, is. . .an inexplicable mess -- by which I mean, I could explain it to you, given time enough and pixels, but you wouldn't believe me.). Despite the fact that it is a self-funded program (i.e. no tax dollars support it), thisfruitcakeWell-Meaning First Citizen has Vowed To Destroy It! to save state money! and also! because it "limits the choices of small business*."But, wait, there's more! It turns out that this guy got more than $750,000 in campaign funds (http://www.dirigoblue.com/) from the pharmaceutical industry, because, as governor, he will be in a position to kill a much more dangerous program for the pharm companies -- wherein the state of Maine is empowered to negotiate the best prices for prescription drugs for its citizens.
Phew.
Yeah, I'm in a good mood. Sorry for dumping all that on you.
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*This despite there ARE NO "choices for small business" or anyone else in re health insurance in the State of Maine. Some years back -- about the time we moved here, I think -- the Maine Government made a Mighty Attempt to force the health insurance companies operating in-state to behave with a modicum of restraint. The result of that well-meaning but ill-advised move was that most of the health insurance companies moved out of Maine and no longer offer coverage here.