Comments on: Modern Society

By: yami

yami — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 18:18:00 +0000

Oooh, that’s good advice. I’ll have to look into that - since I’ll be spending most of the gap time in countries with proper health care, I’m not too worried about breaking bones and exploding my appendix, but I’d hate to suddenly come down with something that gets counted as a “pre-existing condition” and screws me for forever.

By: Rana

Rana — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:05:00 +0000

On the health care…
Two things — look into the coverage that should be offered to you as a grad student. They might be willing to start it early.
Second, if you have to go to an outside provider to cover the gap, don’t do the tempting thing and use up the last of your existing coverage to go to the doctor. If they find anything wrong with you, you’ll have to note it on your application, and it will affect the rates (if it’s not excluded outright as a “pre-existing condition”). Get the coverage and rates locked in first.

By: rebecca

rebecca — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 04:08:00 +0000

yo! it really sux the way small companies/their employees get screwed w/ the whole health insurance thing. viva socialism but in the real world working for a big company has its perks, blah - my COBRA premium is 255 for my HMO. right health care sux! at least i’m working for a non-profit health insurance company and not a super evil profit-hungry merger behemoth

By: yami

yami — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 17:34:00 +0000

Only on the internet. I need one that hangs on my door. I used to have a dry erase board, but cards are cooler than marker-drawings.

By: wolfangel

wolfangel — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 16:32:00 +0000

Isn’t the comment box really your basket?