WOOOHOOO! I have health insurance!!

[RandomKoolzip]

Great fucking news!

The owner of the place I work took me aside a couple of nights ago and told me that he realized I was a hard worker and that I put in a lot of hours. He also noticed that I'd been there over a year and hadn't gotten a raise.
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Then he dropped the "I" bomb on me: he was going to offer me health insurance...."Come in tuesday afternnoon and we'll have an insurance agent here. Not everyone is getting it, just you and maybe three other people who've been here a long time."

So they explained the plan:

$500 deductable.
Almost across the board 90% coverage.
My wife is covered under the plan.
Prescriptions covered.
Eyes covered.
No dental, but so what.

And here's the kicker: {i]The owner would be paying every cent of it. Not a dollar would be coming out of my paycheck.

I cannot tell you how psyched I am. The feeling of validation is almost overwhelming.


DAMN IT FEELS GOOD TO BE A GANGSTA!

[bicentennial_baby]

1. That is incredibly awesome!!

I'm so happy for you, really! :hug: and i'm happy to hear your kitty is ok too :)

[RandomKoolzip]

7. Thanks! It's been a weird couple of days.

Rollercoaster-esque, really.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. Excellent!!!

[RandomKoolzip]

14. OW!

It's Miller Time!

[Dogmudgeon]

3. Bastard!

Congratulations!

What are you employed to do to get that kind of emolument, anyway?

--p!

[RandomKoolzip]

9. Get this: I'm a line cook.

I work in a restaurant in Chicago.

The owner is a great, great man. THAT is how employers ought to be in every industry.

[GOPisEvil]

4. That's great! However, how sad is it that we have to celebrate this?

Free health insurance rocks!

[RandomKoolzip]

11. I know....

It's like banging your head against a wall, stopping, and then going, "Man, it feels so good not to be banging my head against a wall!"

It shouldn't be this way. Insurance for all and a living wage for all ought to be a given.

[Theres-a]

5. Wow,I'm so happy for you!

I have no insurance,and sometimes it really scares me.Congratulations,now get back to work!(Unless it's your day off,like me!)

[RandomKoolzip]

13. Yeah, it's my day off.

It's "band practice day," also known as "DU day."

[Theres-a]

17. Today is DU day here ,too

And clean the rat cage day,and laundry day.Hey,now you can make FREE doctor's appointments on Wednesdays!

[Trigger Hippie]

6. Great!

I'm getting my health insurance started in September! It does feel great....:woohoo:

[RandomKoolzip]

15. ISn't that a great feeling?

It's awesome knowing that you won't have to sell all your possessions and go homeless just to get treated for being sick. I'm gonna get a check up THE DAY this goes into effect!

[Trigger Hippie]

16. Yeah, I'm gonna go straight to all my docs

when it goes into effect. New lenses for glasses, female doc stuff, dentist, everything. I can't wait!!

:bounce:

[yvr girl]

8. I'm happy that you're getting insurance

But how sad this is something to celebrate.

Is it legal to offer insurance to only select employees? Wow.

[RandomKoolzip]

18. Yeah, it's legal....

Some are eligible because of the amopunt of hours they work and how long they've been wioth the company. I work over forty hours a week and I've been there over a year. When I joined, there was no promise of insurance, so this comes as a very pleasant surprise.

But yeah.....It's like celebrating being able to breathe. Like, shouldn't EVERYONE have insurance?

[Midlodemocrat]

10. That is great news! Congrats!

[RandomKoolzip]

19. Thank you! Danke! Gracias!

[Spinzonner]

12. You'll be able to go out and get sick to celebrate

but start with something minor

[RandomKoolzip]

20. I've got a bacillus in a syringe as we speak.

Now, where did I leave that tourniquet.....?

[arwalden]

21. Congratulations!!

[RandomKoolzip]

24. Thank you!!!!!

I thought about claiming all of DU as my spouse, so that y'all could get coverage, but the salesperson didn't fall for it.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. That's Pretty Cool!

And, the coverage isn't bad. Covering Rx is a big, big deal.

Congrats!
The Professor

[RandomKoolzip]

23. Well, you should know....

I'm sorry to hear about your MS, man. I'm sure Rx for ya is through the roof.

But like the other posters above said....how sad it is that we should be celebrating this? We all should have total coverage.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Ya Think?!?!?

Sort of shameful joy, huh? Not what we wish in a better world, but still. . .

Besides, i've had the disease for going on 11 years. I'm past the point of worrying about it. I have some bad days where the pain is too bad to ignore, but, oh well! Thanks. But, the insurance covering all but $20 of an $1100 a month medicine is a pretty good thing!
The Professor

[Telly Savalas]

26. Suck on that, libruls! Now it's only 44,999,999 that are without it.

It's great to see how our president is steering our nation on the right path. Stay the course!

[tigereye]

27. yay!

what great news, RKZ. Everyone deserves this! I am very glad for you!

[Mrs_Beastman]

28. hot damn

not too shabby

:bounce:

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

29. "I know a cat who can really do the...

KoolZip!"

Great news, daddy-o!