health insurance

Up until November 14th of this year, I was living pretty good, at least as far as health insurance went. I got my prescriptions for free (and I was on birth control for a while, so that was really nice), got in to see my Primary Care Provider whenever I wanted, and got lab tests run all the time. I didn't have to pay a cent for it, and my mom only had to pay like $3 a month for it.  Read More »

I never cared much about health insurance growing up. It was always there, but I was never one of those kids who was always breaking something. In the military, it was always there too, but I never cared much about having it. I mean, who wanted to go to those military quack doctors anyway; you go in coughing up blood and they send you out the door with some tylenol. Now, really!  Read More »

I've been pretty ill for the past... oh... six months or so. By "pretty ill" I mean I am usually physically unable to eat. I have no appetite whatsoever and randomly get nauseas or start puking my guts up even when I haven't eaten anything in the past couple days.  Read More »

I am in the system. I get $624 per month from SSI (supplemental security income). I am on Medicare, Medicaid, and I'm trying to get into Voc Rehab to help me pay for school because I'm tapped out of student loan money. I will lose Medicare in October. I go to the lab once a month and get my blood analyzed for $600, and $1200 twice a year for extra labs.  Read More »

It is quite ironic that the top seven causes of death increase funeral cost. One would think that no health insurance would bring about lower funeral cost.. It is simply not true.
I like to refer to it as the sudden death shocker. The sudden death shocker increases your funeral cost because you are in shock at the time of death of a loved one and you incur higher funeral costs.  Read More »