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averygoodun42) wrote2012-08-20 03:59 pm
averygoodun42) wrote2012-08-20 03:59 pm
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Just another healthcare expense rant
You know, August just wasn't expensive enough, what with tuition, textbooks, doctors' visits and all that planned stuff (and an unplanned HOA overpayment of significant size). So, instead of spending what I expected to be $59 on blood work, I spent $450.
Of course, as my mum reminded me, that's barely more than we would be paying a month for high-deductible health insurance...
But still. I hate this (insurance) rigged system so very, very much.
However! The tests are necessary and will almost certainly show that I am heaps better and have been a very good girl, indeed.
Also, we don't have to pay the full HOA payment till November. Things will be tight till then, but we'll survive.
(Have I mentioned how much easier life is not paying $430 a month for high-deductible health insurance? Because, you know what? IT IS! It's healthier (far less stressful) to be off "real" health-insurance and actually be able to pay the bills (including paying DOWN debt, instead of racking it up) every month than to be "responsible" and stay covered.
*gives the system the finger and arm*
*repeatedly*
Although I do feel twinges of guilt about being one of the uninsured people who are driving up insurance rates for everyone else, because I do take the uninsured discounts that my clinic offers. However, the system drove me to it, and it's not like we're suddenly well-off now, so the twinges are small and easily supressed.)
In better news, I have managed two days of bicycle riding in a row. Yesterday's ride was far more enjoyable, mainly because it was drier out, so it was far more comfortable, but also because Page was less grumpy. Well, Page and my muscles. However, despite my muscle protesting ("WTF!?! We just did this yesterday!"), I managed the two miles in about 5 minutes less time today than yesterday (10 minutes instead of 15). And I managed to push myself to go a full mile before taking a water stop.
Page was an absolute stinker, though. He even lied about how many laps he'd done. grr.
I think I will probably take tomorrow off where riding is concerned, and do some digging, instead. My backyard, especially around the veggie beds, is looking rather unkempt. I'd like to have a tidy yard going into winter, which, happily, is not that far away.
This morning, when I stepped outside, I stepped right back in to get a jacket. A very light, canvas jacket to be sure, but it was actually cool enough that my shorts and cap sleeve T-shirt were not going to be enough! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Summer is ending! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!
Tomorrow morning I don't have to be anywhere. So tomorrow morning, I will get up reasonably early, eat breakfast and get out into the garden in my bug-suit while it's still cool enough to work.
*squees again*
Anyway, that's about it. I think I'm probably going to go read the rest of the day away, as there's nothing else that's pressing for my attention. I probably should read the first chapters of my textbooks (the big one arrived today), but I think I'll finish off Cannery Row, instead. :-D
Of course, as my mum reminded me, that's barely more than we would be paying a month for high-deductible health insurance...
But still. I hate this (insurance) rigged system so very, very much.
However! The tests are necessary and will almost certainly show that I am heaps better and have been a very good girl, indeed.
Also, we don't have to pay the full HOA payment till November. Things will be tight till then, but we'll survive.
(Have I mentioned how much easier life is not paying $430 a month for high-deductible health insurance? Because, you know what? IT IS! It's healthier (far less stressful) to be off "real" health-insurance and actually be able to pay the bills (including paying DOWN debt, instead of racking it up) every month than to be "responsible" and stay covered.
*gives the system the finger and arm*
*repeatedly*
Although I do feel twinges of guilt about being one of the uninsured people who are driving up insurance rates for everyone else, because I do take the uninsured discounts that my clinic offers. However, the system drove me to it, and it's not like we're suddenly well-off now, so the twinges are small and easily supressed.)
In better news, I have managed two days of bicycle riding in a row. Yesterday's ride was far more enjoyable, mainly because it was drier out, so it was far more comfortable, but also because Page was less grumpy. Well, Page and my muscles. However, despite my muscle protesting ("WTF!?! We just did this yesterday!"), I managed the two miles in about 5 minutes less time today than yesterday (10 minutes instead of 15). And I managed to push myself to go a full mile before taking a water stop.
Page was an absolute stinker, though. He even lied about how many laps he'd done. grr.
I think I will probably take tomorrow off where riding is concerned, and do some digging, instead. My backyard, especially around the veggie beds, is looking rather unkempt. I'd like to have a tidy yard going into winter, which, happily, is not that far away.
This morning, when I stepped outside, I stepped right back in to get a jacket. A very light, canvas jacket to be sure, but it was actually cool enough that my shorts and cap sleeve T-shirt were not going to be enough! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Summer is ending! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!
Tomorrow morning I don't have to be anywhere. So tomorrow morning, I will get up reasonably early, eat breakfast and get out into the garden in my bug-suit while it's still cool enough to work.
*squees again*
Anyway, that's about it. I think I'm probably going to go read the rest of the day away, as there's nothing else that's pressing for my attention. I probably should read the first chapters of my textbooks (the big one arrived today), but I think I'll finish off Cannery Row, instead. :-D