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Speaking of health insurance, they redid the benefits plan at work here this week

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Sep 23 '09, 12:23

Moving everyone from what was something like 70 different plans into one. everyone was fearing the worst, but somehow I've got more coverage for a third of the cost (to me). I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it's apparently for real.

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For some reason, I was under the impression that you guys were under single payer -- nm - con_carne Sep 23, 12:38 2
- certain things aren't covered (dental, prescriptions, eye doctor) by our government insurance, so, you can opt to have - Andie Sep 23, 12:40
- see below. We are, but not for everything. -- nm - Reagen Sep 23, 12:39
that's better than what happened with mine at the end of last year. - znufrii Sep 23, 12:36
That's awesome. Sometimes that can happen with older grandfathered plans. -- nm - TFox Sep 23, 12:27 2
- Mop's sarcasm aside, I would note that we're mostly talking about drug plans, dental, optical and a few other things. - Reagen Sep 23, 12:30 1
  - Yeah, I get that, but even still... it happens with good ol American plans sometimes too. - TFox Sep 23, 12:32
For those who have forgotten, Reagen's Canadian, so health insurance generally means... - Mop Sep 23, 12:26 8
- I can't forget what he is. My monitor came with Smell-o-vision so all his posts come with a wiff of maple -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 12:29 3
  - I maple in your general direction. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 12:30 2
    - your posts smell like overheated electronic circuits, so I'm thinking you are a robot -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 12:31 1
      - data table lookup error: riposte not found. exiting with errors. -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 12:32
- dental and optical is not covered ... -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 12:29 3
  - Yeah, the biggest benefit of extended health care is generally the dental and prescriptions. - Subversive Sep 23, 12:34
  - The good health care plans in Canada mean you get to die waiting in a hospital room rather than in the ER. -- nm - Mop Sep 23, 12:31 1
    - or a hallway, depending on the province -- nm - Beryllium Sep 23, 12:31
good news! just in time for the baby -- nm - crash davis Sep 23, 12:26
I want a major medical option - Epiphany Sep 23, 12:25 2
- If we could, we would. The insurance companies suck the money out of employers because they have to cover everyone and thus pass on the risk. - Mop Sep 23, 12:28 1
  - That is how insurance works, after all. -- nm - TFox Sep 23, 12:29

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