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as AuntPP below says, for sure check with the hospital's financial help (it goes up to 400% of the fed pov level - like the ACA). but i think you should fight the ins company. what grounds did they give for refusing to pay? In IL we have several orgs that will help you fight ins company denials. i've also heard your HR (depending on size of emp) can also fight.

in general and always with ins companies: fight every angle and every decision.

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quitting for fucking sure.

i just did one of these for my detested job. when they asked what i liked most about my job i said "proximity to the lake front bike path".

hate. this. shit. (also: my job)

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This story made me feel healthier (yes, I'm already healthy) just reading about it. California is leading the way.

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Well sure, but nobody has any freedom there.

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And now I am dead of the Cute.

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But wine! And tapas.

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It is hard to imagine that 22 years ago, Nancy Landon Kassebaum was a Kansas Senator.

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The gun maggots love it when it happens on a Friday so they can rush to the dildo emporium to buy the same make an model of the gun used in the shooting.

Gives them bragging rights at their next kkklavern.

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What a lucky accident of birth, to be where I am

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Which is one of many good reasons why we need a universal, automatic, country-wide health system.

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Ironically, the more horrible these insurers make our current system, the more likely we are to do something radical and end it to start fresh with something else.

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Just remember that Medicare only covers about 80%, so you probably want to get a supplemental plan (or go with a Medicare Advantage plan). Even 20% of the costs of a major illness could bankrupt you. Medicare has a great site that explains the plans. Each different plan gets a letter and the coverage is the same no matter who you buy it from, so buy by cost. Plan F is the best. You can get it with a high-deductible to lower the monthly costs. And don't forget prescription coverage. If you don't sign up when you turn 65 but do later you will have to pay a permanent penalty. Dubya signed off on that.

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It used to be. It had been turning blue for a while and went 100% blue in 2018. So there are still Repub shit holes there, but they're fading. Or being arrested for animal abuse.

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It's hard to fight an insurance company. I had Blue Cross refuse to pay for my ruptured disk. They claimed it was a pre-existing condition even though I had not clue it was coming and it had never been diagnosed. Our Insurance Commissioner at the time was a Repub whose donors were largely insurance companies. Someone started a class action suit for similar cases. After 8 years BC settle for about 20 cents on the dollar (and only after demanding tons of documentation that was hard to find years later). Crime does pay.

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They don't want a stronger country. They want richer rich people.

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Especially where mental health is concerned.

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