Oh, you know, stuff
I can tell I'm in my mid twenties. People all around me (okay, on Facebook) are: getting cars, houses, and spouses. And one child. I am... getting more school. And... spending money. Which is cool with me. But the biggest drag right now of being a student at 24 is... I'm nearly 25. And that's the age I get kicked off my parent's insurance.
I've been paying my share of it, but it's a good plan. I've been doing my research and I'm not impressed with the plan available to me through UW. First of all, with no employer paying part, it's more expensive. But for being more expensive, it has waaaay fewer benefits. Some of the restrictions seem to me (at this late hour) a bit ridiculous. Such as... you have to fill prescriptions at the on campus pharmacy. And go to the doctor on campus. When I get sick, I don't feel like walking 6 blocks, waiting for a bus, sitting on a bus for 30 minutes, walking another 5 blocks (up several flights of stairs), waiting for some bullshit person who weighs me and is convinced the scale said I'm 100 pounds and is also convinced that my sore throat is caused by an STD (thanks, when I tell you I'm in a committed relationship and haven't seen my boyfriend in several months... I'm a 24 year old graduate student. Give me some CREDIT)... having to pay the lab fees for a test I said I didn't think I needed and then repeating the trip home, where you wait for the diagnosis to travel back the same route to go to the pharmacy.
*sigh*
Gotta be a better insurance plan.
Really? Really? Dude. (That's my PNW slang coming out).
I've been paying my share of it, but it's a good plan. I've been doing my research and I'm not impressed with the plan available to me through UW. First of all, with no employer paying part, it's more expensive. But for being more expensive, it has waaaay fewer benefits. Some of the restrictions seem to me (at this late hour) a bit ridiculous. Such as... you have to fill prescriptions at the on campus pharmacy. And go to the doctor on campus. When I get sick, I don't feel like walking 6 blocks, waiting for a bus, sitting on a bus for 30 minutes, walking another 5 blocks (up several flights of stairs), waiting for some bullshit person who weighs me and is convinced the scale said I'm 100 pounds and is also convinced that my sore throat is caused by an STD (thanks, when I tell you I'm in a committed relationship and haven't seen my boyfriend in several months... I'm a 24 year old graduate student. Give me some CREDIT)... having to pay the lab fees for a test I said I didn't think I needed and then repeating the trip home, where you wait for the diagnosis to travel back the same route to go to the pharmacy.
*sigh*
Gotta be a better insurance plan.
Really? Really? Dude. (That's my PNW slang coming out).