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Downhill on skids....
May. 3rd, 2010 09:47 pmWell, the week started out a bit fogged, and got further fogged when I realized I had not paid the VISA last month. This thrills them -- that $39 hit brings them joy, since I normally pay it off every month. I just paid it off, so I have a chance of remembering the next time it's due.
And -- those of you paying attention to the insurance crisis might remember that my health insurance has been increasing an average of $160 a month every six months for the last two years.
Just got another one of those letters. It's going up another $170 a month on July 1st. This sort of takes all the money saved by moving my one expensive Rx to Canada. I will be paying $885 a month for insurance that pays very little for my current treatment. But because of the current treatment, I will not be able to buy insurance anywhere else just for car accidents, etc.
I may have reached the wall. It may be time to cancel the policy and simply swallow the bills from now on. I won't be doing some of the things they recommend you do, like bone density (if you don't do the hip, my doctor considers it useless) or colonoscopy or such exciting stuff. I will join the legion of people who try to eat well and take care of themselves, because there is no alternative. But I have a lot of places I could use that $885 a month, since everything is coming out of savings.
Have been doing a pretty good job of not worrying, and just trying to get well. But this, shall we say, is stretching my ability to stay calm. I think tomorrow I will call Costco and see how much my drugs cost without insurance....
And -- those of you paying attention to the insurance crisis might remember that my health insurance has been increasing an average of $160 a month every six months for the last two years.
Just got another one of those letters. It's going up another $170 a month on July 1st. This sort of takes all the money saved by moving my one expensive Rx to Canada. I will be paying $885 a month for insurance that pays very little for my current treatment. But because of the current treatment, I will not be able to buy insurance anywhere else just for car accidents, etc.
I may have reached the wall. It may be time to cancel the policy and simply swallow the bills from now on. I won't be doing some of the things they recommend you do, like bone density (if you don't do the hip, my doctor considers it useless) or colonoscopy or such exciting stuff. I will join the legion of people who try to eat well and take care of themselves, because there is no alternative. But I have a lot of places I could use that $885 a month, since everything is coming out of savings.
Have been doing a pretty good job of not worrying, and just trying to get well. But this, shall we say, is stretching my ability to stay calm. I think tomorrow I will call Costco and see how much my drugs cost without insurance....
