health insurance is a nightmare. it's one of those things i'm hoping we can look back on in twenty years and all communally appreciate as being a problem of the past. i like the affordable care act from the perspective of a consumer of healthcare. however, even the best plan for us that includes vision feels beyond our means. i can't imagine having kids to cover, sheesh! or having some outstanding medical expenses or health concern? i. cannot. imagine.
my mom told me that she did the math and realized in the last decade, she has spent one hundred thousand dollars on health insurance. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND. $100,000! and that doesn't even include all that she has spent on top of just the damn premium, like prescriptions, doctor's visits, etc...and on top of all that, she is a relatively healthy person. and her story is not just evidence of the healthcare problem in america, she would not have paid near that much if she and her partner could be married. another reason i support same-sex marriage!
it's a problem. it's a huge ass problem. and i hate it. jared and i made the deadline for coverage under the affordable care act in 2014, but i'm dragging my feet choosing a plan because i am mad. under the affordable care act, mediocre coverage is not affordable. i am not mad at obama, or god, or any one person. i am just sending my feelings of frustration with the system into the air.
if you are asking yourself if you just read a blog post entirely complaining about healthcare, the answer is yes. (for some reason complaining about it makes me feel better! fancy that!) my blog is not la vie en rose. it's la vie en reality.
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Health insurance is nothing short of an absolute joke. Why does it have to be so incredibly expensive?? It doesn't, but for some reason it is. They charge you premiums out of the wazoo, but then when you actually need help with something or have an emergency, they are so slow and unwilling to actually help it. It's a nightmare. Our insurance for the 4 of us is $700 a month, and after our twins were born they told us they wouldn't cover the first 2 weeks of their stay at the NICU, which adds up to over 80,000. Then why do I pay for health insurance?!?! I feel your pain.
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