#current insurance

[dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition]

medication should be free. yes including that one.

#currently there is a very possible potential future where i am paying 10k a month for medication and that's. #with my parents' solid insurance plan. with goodrx. with doctors who actually advocate for me. #rn i'm at about 1k a month on meds which is already absurd but i'm starting multiple more intense treatments #potentially Extremely Intense ones #over the next few months

[politijohn]

Source

#politics #us politics #government #Medicare #health #health care #health insurance #current events #capitalism #public health #the left #progressive

[gatheringbones]

[“To Larraine, putting something on layaway was saving. “I can’t leave money in my bank,” she said. “When you’re on SSI you can only have so much money in the bank, and it’s got to be less than a thousand dollars. Because if it’s more…they cut your payments until that money is spent.”

Larraine was talking about SSI’s “resource limit.” She was allowed to have up to $2,000 in the bank, not $1,000 like she thought, but anything more than that could result in her losing benefits. Larraine saw this rule as a clear disincentive to save. “If I can’t keep my money in the bank, then I might as well buy something worthwhile…because I know once I pay on it, it’s mine, and no one can take it from me, just like my jewelry.” Well, no one except Eagle Moving.

Before her eviction, Beaker had asked Larraine why she didn’t just sell her jewelry and pay Tobin. “Of course I’m not going to do that,” she said. “I worked way too hard for me to sell my jewelry….I’m not going to sell my life savings because I’m homeless or I got evicted.” It wasn’t like she had just stumbled into a pit and would soon climb out. Larraine imagined she would be poor and rent-strapped forever. And if that was to be her lot in life, she might as well have a little jewelry to show for it.

(…) When Larraine spent money or food stamps on nonessentials, it baffled and frustrated people around her, including her niece, Sammy, Susan and Lane’s daughter. “My aunt Larraine is one of those people who will see some two-hundred-dollar beauty cream that removes her wrinkles and will go and buy it instead of paying the rent,” said Sammy, a hairstylist with her own shop in Cudahy. “I don’t know why she just doesn’t stick to a budget.” Pastor Daryl felt the same way, saying that Larraine was careless with her money because she operated under a “poverty mentality.”

To Sammy, Pastor Daryl, and others, Larraine was poor because she threw money away. But the reverse was more true. Larraine threw money away because she was poor.

Before she was evicted, Larraine had $164 left over after paying the rent. She could have put some of that away, shunning cable and Walmart. If Larraine somehow managed to save $50 a month, nearly one-third of her after-rent income, by the end of the year she would have $600 to show for it—enough to cover a single month’s rent. And that would have come at considerable sacrifice, since she would sometimes have had to forgo things like hot water and clothes. Larraine could have at least saved what she spent on cable. But to an older woman who lived in a trailer park isolated from the rest of the city, who had no car, who didn’t know how to use the Internet, who only sometimes had a phone, who no longer worked, and who sometimes was seized with fibromyalgia attacks and cluster migraines—cable was a valued friend.

People like Larraine lived with so many compounded limitations that it was difficult to imagine the amount of good behavior or self-control that would allow them to lift themselves out of poverty. The distance between grinding poverty and even stable poverty could be so vast that those at the bottom had little hope of climbing out even if they pinched every penny. So they chose not to. Instead, they tried to survive in color, to season the suffering with pleasure. They would get a little high or have a drink or do a bit of gambling or acquire a television. They might buy lobster on food stamps. If Larraine spent her money unwisely, it was not because her benefits left her with so much but because they left her with so little. She paid the price for her lobster dinner. She had to eat pantry food the rest of the month. Some days, she simply went hungry. It was worth it. “I’m satisfied with what I had,” she said. “And I’m willing to eat noodles for the rest of the month because of it.”

Larraine learned a long time ago not to apologize for her existence. “People will begrudge you for anything,” she said. She didn’t care that the checkout clerk looked at her funny. She got the same looks when she bought the $14 tart balsamic vinegar or ribs or on-sale steak or chicken. Larraine loved to cook. “I have a right to live, and I have a right to live like I want to live,” she said. “People don’t realize that even poor people get tired of the same old taste. Like, I literally hate hot dogs, but I was brought up on them. So you think, ‘When I get older, I will have steak.’ So now I’m older. And I do.”]

matthew desmond, from evicted: poverty and profit in the american city, 2016

#matthew desmond #history stuff #currently reading #if I make too much I lose my health insurance

[shoforca]

It's been interesting to observe the changes in how doctors treat me as I've gotten more disabled and more obviously/undeniably disabled, because as far as I can tell there's no point at which doctors will stop treating disabled ppl like they're crazy/have no idea what's going on/must always be wrong about their bodies, but the way they do it does change IME. I no longer get "there's nothing wrong with you, you're making it up", but I still get gaslit abt my health at about the same rate, just with "that can't be what's going on" [about stuff that all of my symptoms and test results indicate is probably going on] instead :|

Sometimes from the same doctors who were previously claiming there's nothing wrong with me! And they think I won't notice!

#original #my health is ok right now!! my PCP is amazing which is currently compensating for all my useless specialists #who only exist to tell my insurance to cover tests for my PCP to interpret lmao #so dont worry abt me 💗 am just musing

[fatsmyname]

new year new me :3

#my art #meet the artist #butch lesbian #ftm lesbian #currently not on t rn because my INSURANCE WONT REFILL MY PRESCRIPTION!!!! #but hopefully that resolved soon #:3 #I love myself!!! I did so many cool things this year #also if u like my yaas albums you get a kiss on the lips

[kedreeva]

I've been out all day at a reptile expo that was.... admittedly not great, and I get home to find my vet has emailed me without prompting. Worried because ??? why would my VET email me unprompted, the last time they did that was years ago and it was because birds someone had purchased from me caught tuberculosis of all things, and they were concerned it came from my birds (it did not!).

And it was not My vet, it was the other vet at my vet's practice, asking me if I knew of anyone that rents peafowl for weddings. Like to just have out at a wedding.

My response was a 6-paragraph dissertation to pose the question "are you out of your goddamn mind?" as politely as I could.

#peafowl #experienced all 5 stages of grief between seeing the email #and loading it #only to repeat all 5 stages immediately afterward #they're a wild game bird #even if someone was willing to risk the stress and potential for injury or illness #where are you going to find someone DURING BREEDING SEASON #willing to rent you either a male hopped up on breeding hormones #who's pissed or terrified about being moved #or a hen that's laying and could stress herself into being eggbound #or at best stress herself into stopping laying for them #and that's counting on her not raising babies currently #where are you gonna find someone INSURED to have their birds out #are YOU going to pay the bill if someone tries to sue them #for a guest taking a spur to the face #if they bother a bird? #cause I sure as hell am not taking that risk even with nicest birds #like not even artemis who is too stupid to panic or attack anyone #wouldn't tolerate a /wedding/ #anyway I am too tired for this

[mudinyourshoes]

Ya’ll, Porsche is fucking bonkers. He’s absolutely unhinged and NOT IN A CUTE FLUFFY WAY.

He wanted to be loved so badly that he transformed himself from a reluctant jester who’s best left at home watching TV with Khun into a ruthless criminal who is party to mass murder and torture.

He did that not for a “just cause” or out of “love of a good man” or because he was misguided or manipulated. He knows Kinn is not a good person! The first few episodes make that clear when he compares Kinn and himself to the debt collectors he’s always hated. He was willing to turn himself into something he knows is terrible, something he’s always hated, for the love a man who is only going to win “citizen of the year” through heavy corruption. Porsche did it with his eyes open.

Can you imagine being willing to toss aside your sense of right and wrong and become a career killer in because you are so deeply desperate for romantic love? No? Good. Because if you can, your probably part of a fictional TV show about gay mafia.

Porsche wanted love. He’s greedy and selfish enough to sacrifice everything (including other people’s lives) in order to get it. He’s not a good person and I love that for him. I really, really do not think he needs to be rescued from Kinn.

#kinnporsche #These are my current thoughts™ #I do not insure or guarantee them in any way #Use at your own risk #I don't think Kinn is a good person but I think he would like to be #Porsche....might like to be a good person but not at the cost of his heart's desire #the show sets us up for this by showing what Porsche would do for Chay #based on ep 6 & 7 it looks like the only thing Porsche won't sacrifice willingly is Chay

[ego-meliorem-esse]

I really want to know how you interpret the nations and their relationship to their people?

Ooo good question! I see a lot of people interpret it like a parent/children situation as well as a put nations in a guardian role for their people. Honestly, I think of it as more "casual". They are mostly their own persons and have their own personalities. I can see the "fitting the stereotype" go both ways. People from a certain nation have a stereotyoe and that's what the natiom folk endoby, but I also have a hc where the nation folk are common knowledge in the world and the stereotype has been subconsciously molded with these personifications in mind. I prefer to see it as a mix of both. As for their role and relationship to their people, I think there is a bond that is most of the time even stronger than their bond with their own blood family. Tho that's by design isn't it? I think these nation folk are def more individual than they are portrayed as. I like to imagine they are thrust into a position where most of the time they feel like they are drowning, but in other times being them is as easy as breathing. These people are them on one hand and they feel the responsibility even if its unwanted or actively avoided. But, on the other hand, they are their people. They are just another "human" of that particular culture/country. So in short, they most certainly do have a bond with their people, though it's undefinable by human definitions.

#hetalia #my headcanons #hetalia headcanons #ask meli #i want to elaborate a bit more later but im currently at a gov building for healthcare insurance and my number is coming up lmao

[thegreenleavesofspring]

A genuinely horrible thought just occurred to me. Would everyone please pray that the court does not order me to put my children in public school so that I can go get 'a real job'?

#So far every time I have asked that my husband be required to pay child support the response has been “Why aren't YOU working” #I am. And also homeschooling my eldest and taking care of my younger two. But it's not good enough. #I am making slightly less than minimum wage so it's not good enough. #(He is perfectly able-bodied and currently unemployed and is contributing precisely nothing to their upkeep.) #...I trust that God would not bring us this far just to abandon us now. But I genuinely do not see how He is going to do this. #From my limited human perspective it is impossible. #I don't know how I'm going to get all the bills paid this month. Or next month. Or the month after. #The roommate did not contribute to rent at all this month. I have rental insurance and rent and the Sam's membership and electricity #(why is the electricity so high. Why. Why why why. I have cut down as much as I possibly can) #and phone and diapers and I'm sure there's something I'm forgetting there always is. #I'm trying so hard not to fret because I know we're not supposed to but I can't quite rid my body of tension and I'm trying not to rail at #my husband because I know I'm not supposed to but #...I'm scared. #I'm honestly not sure if this counts as #Screaming into the void #or #Nattering into the void #Edit: the roommate did help with rent yesterday but the website had not updated to reflect it. So... now it's double-paid? #I'm trying to see if they can cancel my portion so I have enough for the rest of my bills.

[unloneliest]

yall send me good vibes for my interview tomorrow please getting this job would completely change my life for the better

#jam posts #it's legitimately perfect for me and pays . so much better than my current job i'd be making at least $6 an hour more than i currently am #and not having to pay over $200 a month on health insurance

[st4rstudent]

a fun little thing that drives me nuts about mac is that it has a camera wherever redd heir wing is apparently. like. bro knows exactly what that penguin is doing with the insurance money and hes just NOT TELLING ANYONE huh? (see: the end of hired help, the wiki said it was likely redd on that side monitor)

eh maybe it's figured the kid's got enough to deal with being an orphan without us toons bothering him more

It checks on the monitor and just ends up doing this:

that's really interesting though! I hadn't really noticed it before, but now that you point it out I definitely see it. Giving Redd his time of mourning

I really hope they end up bringing him back, even if it's just through a post or something. Maybe with the revamping of stories, he'll make a mention or two.

As a bonus here's a Redd drawing! I've never drawn him before, so this gave me a good excuse to do so. He's so happy and joyful here despite being a creature filled with misery

#clemask #clemart #mac opsys #redd heir wing #Not to say for certain but maybe Redd's just currently not doing anything thats an immediate threat to the resistance #plus im sure that the managers are taking up most of the time of the resistance #ohh i hope this gets called back later i think itd be veryy awesome #they have to bring redd back in some way they just have to. i feel like theres just so much thats unanswered #im so interested to see what he's been doing with all the insurance money

[athetos]

I know there’s at least 2 other ppl interviewing for this position so I’m not getting my hopes up however I’m still going to give my best tomorrow 😤

#I’m just thankful I’m in a position rn where I can make demands about my pay #if you can’t match my current wage and offer me better insurance like why am I bothering

[altruistic-meme]

help someone please make me be an adult cus i really just don't want to.

#hghhhhhhhhhh i really need to actually go get a fucking car. but. im scarsd <3 #i want to call my dad and see if he'd be willing to talk to me about it cus im. a mess. #and 1. my mom is currently dealing with shit of her own and i dont wanna bother her and #2. she would be hard to talk to about this anyway bc shes still against me doing financing. though at least she explained her reasoning. #but i want to talk to my dad cus hes done shit like this before ;;; at least on SOME level ;;;;; #i don't actually know how many cars he's bought from like. a dealership. but still. #he HAS bought cars before #and he understands jargon and shit better than me and im anxious #and i just want to get this one thing done so i can stop worrying about my car giving up the ghost on me at any point in time #ough #i meant to call my insurance company earlier to see if i could get a ballpark number for full coverage but didnt #bc the Anxiety. you understand. s #shh ac

[saminthea]

Is it appendicitis or just fibromyalgia and a stomach bug? Guess we'll see in the morning!

#fuck #nothing like a gradual increase in acute abdomen pain over the course of the week #along with diarrhea and nausea and lack of appetite #tmi #probably #my mom's giving me a ride to the ER in the morning #still have a couple irl friends as mutuals here #not right now because I've yet to throw up and I don’t think I have a fever #probably just not going to sleep so I can be sure I'll be awake when it's time to go #spend the rest of the night by the toilet in case I throw up #she's a nurse so she had me do the test where you put pressure on the pain and then release #at first it didn’t feel any worse #and then #it felt A LOT worse #vent #sorry #I've never had surgery before #and as previously mentioned I have fibro #which is probably going to mean a longer recovery time #did you know fibro can get worse when you have other infections in your body? #I'm currently having the worst flare up I've had in months #and it came out of nowhere #god Im not ready to potentially need surgery #I'm hosting a gala in 2 weeks! #a gala that has been in the works for months! #there might be as many as 40 people there #at least I have MaineCare #so I don’t have to worry about my insurance deciding not to cover it #very deliberatly posting this here and not Facebook #just so I don’t needlessly worry friends and family

[piglii]

love that a two night stay in the hospital for getting a gallbladder removed is going to cost me $85,430 dollars. love living in the united states. I had a required follow up meeting with a doctor that took literally 5 minutes for him to ask me some questions and for me to say "yeah I'm feeling fine" and have him send me on way. that apparently incurred a cost of $300 by itself.

#my posts #given the current state of my finances and the fact that it's a non-profit hospital I should actually not owe anything for this but the #hoops I'm having to jump through to prove I can't pay this is astoundingly fucking annoying #and someone somewhere entered in my birthday incorrectly when the insurance was being filed which is its own joy to get solved #seriously what a disgusting fucking system

[meat-wentz]

insane photo to take honestly

#there’s such a vibe here #twee girl and her former linecook current insurance call center bf #she works at like a music/movie store but like one in the mall like fye #patrick stump #pete wentz #fob #fall out boy