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insurance-fed up - mt2

Posted: Feb 16, 2012

I have had to use this insurance several times for MRIs. This insurance pays for NOTHING. I sure hope with the switch in suits and the new name change we can get a cheaper deductible when the benefits package comes up again in June. This is just horrible! This is eating up my paycheck fast.

Every change at M-muddle - OABO

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has been for the worse. I don't like being old but glad I have Medicare.

"M-Muddle" ---- I LIKE that! hehehoho - GossipGirl

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had iM-Moral suggested by a friend n/m - SOSDD

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n/m

Another excellent name - old and burned out - NM

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:)

OH it's been like that for years don't get me started sm - missindale

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but it isn't just MQ this time. I mean you pay these BIG premiums, especially if you have a family, and then with the deductible, it's like WHY DO I HAVE THIS? and I've been in big arguments with a lot of Republicans about it, but if they had my insurance, they'd feel differently. I am really hopeful that we will see some improvements with the new plan that is supposed to take effect this year.

My ins. paid very little for an ER visit I had last year. - Now the hospital is billing me for it. (sm)

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I'm not going to starve myself or miss a rent payment by sending them all the money at once. I just send them what I can spare. The bill was around $700, and I can only afford to pay them $40-$50 per month. So, that's what I'm doing. They want their money, they're just gonna have to wait for it. Just like WE have to do.

I agree. New insurance is cr*p. - My cat has better healthcare than I do! nm

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Before MQ/MM got rid of Kaiser I had to have an MRI... - Kiki

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All I had to pay was a co-payment of $20. They want me to have follow-up MRIs every year for a suspicious cyst on my brain. Can't afford to do that; their crappy insurance most likely won't pay a dime for it. So, I just dropped to PT, as the insurance used to be the only thing worth staying FT here for.

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