Comments on: Hello, blogland

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:54:00 +0000

lol I am “poor” and just not poor enough- Rick actually makes good money but you wanna talk about medical bills We’ve been paying them for a long time now it seems. I finally paid off my obgyn but still have my lovely 1600 dollar epidural and since I’m not teaching my grant that the state gave me turned into a loan for a thousand dollars- fun fun I just wanted to say that back when I had tyler I was poor enough to have help from the state and I needed it because my job didn’t offer health insurance and rick had just gotten back from the military but was no longer active duty soooo he no longer had military insurance and had to wait for open enrollment at his work to re-start the health insurance then but by the time it was their enrollment period I was already pregnant and therefore uncovered for maternity- THEN this time, he was self-employed but when he signed up I had to wait a year without getting pregnant to be covered- and well….surprise- so no coverage and many medical bills.

By: HK Muse

HK Muse — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:01:00 +0000

Medical bills are a lot cheaper to have insurance than NOT have insurance. I have stood in those shoes. $35,000 in medical bills is much worse than a large deductible.

By: Shannon River

Shannon River — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:29:00 +0000

Yep, I hate those bills too. Everybody has a story, but I have to share one as well.
My husband got an implant to help control his seizures... well, days after it was put in at the hospital we went to the Doctor's office for them to switch it on.

$800 bill for that. Because they said it WASN'T an office visit, but a surgery procedure. And we had insurance! I was soooooooooo pissed.
All the guy did was put this wand over the implant and switch it on. It took less than 2 minutes.

And we had to pay this out of pocket because of our deductible.

So yeah. People with insurance get so majorly screwed anyways. Grrr.

By: eipwek

eipwek — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:08:00 +0000

I so hear ya on the medical bills thing. DH is self-employed, so we don’t have insurance. I would love to have insurance, but for self-employed people, the premiums are insanely expensive. We are just one little teeny step above qualifying for gov’t aid….or I’d definitely be milking the system. LOL We have a big hospital bill looming over our heads right now. I hate it.

Bailey is so gorgeous! She is going to be such a beautiful young lady. I think you are going to have to lock her up and throw away the key when she is a teenager.

By: MollyDoll

MollyDoll — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:19:00 +0000

I heart Bailey! What a dollface!

I hear ya on the blah thing. Is it contagious? Seems like a lot of people we know are going through the same thing.

Starbucks Peppermint Mocha is how I get through the holidays.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:03:00 +0000

Im sorry you’re blah. Medical bills SUCK! We too have insurance and the lovely bills that go with it.

Yay for Starbucks though.

I could just HUG her over and over! Thanks for the pics