Open Bar MMXIV^2: Solace of Quantum

[Salty]

I sold my car.

I shall now proceed to live in Alaska with a four yo dependant with no car.
What this has already done is changed commuting time into quality social interaction/flash card time.

It has also improved my whole life thus far. I feel God damned amazing from at least 30min-1hour of super intense cardio every day.

I am doing my best to not become one of THOSE bike people, as I've always hay
ted cars.

For this I thank you Spags.

ETA: This new keyboard is just as shitty as the last one.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I sold my car.

I shall now proceed to live in Alaska with a four yo dependant with no car.
What this has already done is changed commuting time into quality social interaction/flash card time.

It has also improved my whole life thus far. I feel God damned amazing from at least 30min-1hour of super intense cardio every day.

I am doing my best to not become one of THOSE bike people, as I've always hay
ted cars.

For this I thank you Spags.

ETA: This new keyboard is just as shitty as the last one.

Glad it's working out for you.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm glad nobody died.

I'm about to go make a dick delivery to the gallery. I'm the dick fairy.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I'm glad nobody died.

I'm about to go make a dick delivery to the gallery. I'm the dick fairy.

How do I request a visitation?

[Suu]

Stack of costumes to finish. It's crunch time.

-Suu
Sure, I'll make 7 kilts before Monday.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Stack of costumes to finish. It's crunch time.

-Suu
Sure, I'll make 7 kilts before Monday.

YOU CAN DO IT, SUU!!!

[Suu]

They aren't "real" kilts, I would have told the direct to screw. They are 2 yard kilts that will probably make them look more like school girls, but, there's no way I can do a 5-9 yard kilt in a day.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm glad nobody died.

I'm about to go make a dick delivery to the gallery. I'm the dick fairy.

How do I request a visitation?

[Suu]

So I may have an ovarian cyst. Nothing I can do for now until my annual at the end of the month, or probably even for the next 6 months, so I deal. I'm talking to my friend in England, and he wanted to know how much I had to pay the doctor. So I totaled my bills from my last visit, and had to explain that the way our insurance system works, you get bills from every provider: your clinic, your doctor, your lab, and your specialist if needed. My last biopsy was over $500, WITH insurance, while I paid $235 flat without.

I thought he was going to go through the roof. He just had to be treated in the hospital for Crohn's Syndrome. 2 weeks and he doesn't owe a dime.

I know this shit is no secret to any of us, but...FUCK.

[The Johnny]

So I may have an ovarian cyst. Nothing I can do for now until my annual at the end of the month, or probably even for the next 6 months, so I deal. I'm talking to my friend in England, and he wanted to know how much I had to pay the doctor. So I totaled my bills from my last visit, and had to explain that the way our insurance system works, you get bills from every provider: your clinic, your doctor, your lab, and your specialist if needed. My last biopsy was over $500, WITH insurance, while I paid $235 flat without.

I thought he was going to go through the roof. He just had to be treated in the hospital for Crohn's Syndrome. 2 weeks and he doesn't owe a dime.

I know this shit is no secret to any of us, but...FUCK.

Yeah, that USA insurance system never seemed too efficient to me ever... down here one usually pays out of pocket, or just your job has a flat rate that is deducted monthly from your pay check and that gets you into the national health care system (which has its ups and downs, but free).

[tyrannosaurus vex]

Jan 1 of this year was the first time I was finally able to get my whole family on medical. For the last 3 years we've been in that lovely spot where "you make too much for state assistance," but not enough to, you know, buy any kind of insurance. Finally I got a decent employer that offers coverage I can afford.

Of course, having insurance in America just means you pay a lot more in an average month for the plan than you would for medical expenses, and the plan doesn't actually cover anything until you reach your deductible.

Ugh. I wish "Obamacare" really was the socialist takeover of healthcare that all the Teatards keep saying it is.

[Left]

So I may have an ovarian cyst. Nothing I can do for now until my annual at the end of the month, or probably even for the next 6 months, so I deal. I'm talking to my friend in England, and he wanted to know how much I had to pay the doctor. So I totaled my bills from my last visit, and had to explain that the way our insurance system works, you get bills from every provider: your clinic, your doctor, your lab, and your specialist if needed. My last biopsy was over $500, WITH insurance, while I paid $235 flat without.

I thought he was going to go through the roof. He just had to be treated in the hospital for Crohn's Syndrome. 2 weeks and he doesn't owe a dime.

I know this shit is no secret to any of us, but...FUCK.

I observe that going through the county seems to give me better access to treatment then the people I have known with insurance...mostly.
Not always, but mostly.
For instance, the county psych doesn't carry any ADHD meds or benzodiazepines, period, and if you need such, well, you get to pay out of pocket all the way.

However...
When you take a low-end, high deductible plan, and pair that with a low-wage job...well...
Girlfriendo wasn't able to get a colposcopy done, we have no idea whether her cervix is behaving itself.

Incidentally, if I were to pay retail for all my pills and pills and pills and inhalers and inhalers we're talking about $700 a month.
...When I was ordering illegal pharma from Vanuatu, that went down to about $500...but NO, they don't gouge people on medication costs here in the United States!

And one more thing that really and actually pisses me off? the reason I can't get combivent.
The cost of said med went from about $70 to $220
WHY???
They changed the fucking propellant!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I so so seriously hope that the single-payer thing gets implemented in Oregon. My kids are on OHP and by then I'll have insurance through the university anyway, but fuck. We need single-payer in the worst way.

[Suu]

My school insurance is not great. And naturally, I've already been treated out of network, so I need to stay there for one more colpo/biopsy and deal with the cost. This cyst is just another setback. I really hope it doesn't need to come out. I have no idea how I will pay for it, but holy fuck does it hurt. 

[East Coast Hustle]

I so so seriously hope that the single-payer thing gets implemented in Oregon. My kids are on OHP and by then I'll have insurance through the university anyway, but fuck. We need single-payer in the worst way.

I seriously might move back if that goes through.