25 is so ... boring. 17's wild, unpredictable and flexible. Okay, NSM with the flexible.
Which is why we have flexible 17-year-olds.
I've been out of the abbey two days, I've beaten a lawman senseless, I've fallen in with criminals. I watched the captain shoot the man I swore to protect. And I'm not even sure if I think he was wrong.
Book ,'Serenity'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Aug 04, 2005 11:03:39 am PDT #5815 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2005 11:04:45 am PDT #5816 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which is why we have flexible 17-year-olds.
In Michigan. In California we have flexible 18-year-olds.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2005 11:06:07 am PDT #5817 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah. Square.
Eh, I prefer to think of it as pentacular.
Cass - Aug 04, 2005 11:10:44 am PDT #5818 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, yeah, I don't mean to be dismissive of how wrong it is and what a pain it will be for you to deal with it. I'm just all "Look on the bright side" for some reason.Didn't come off as dismissive at all, I am just grrrr-ranty and frustrated because I checked about ten days ago to make sure the cards were coming and was assured that they were. Frankly, it's good for me to have the silver lining pointed out when I am in CassSmash mode. Especially since I can't afford to get too hurt until this is worked out.
I knew there was a reason that I filled as many random scripts as I could right before my old insurance ended. Told the Dr. that I wasn't sure if the new insurance would be set up without issues and better to have things like extra migraine meds and not need them then the alternative.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 04, 2005 11:12:09 am PDT #5819 of 10002
What is even happening?
Cass, is there any chance you could say, "This is not acceptable. I need someone to call BC/BS and get the prescription issue worked out."
Daisy Jane - Aug 04, 2005 11:23:25 am PDT #5820 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Blue Shield said, if you need your prescriptions right away, you will need to pay for them in full and then send in your bills to Blue Shield to be reimbursed.
Ugh. This happened to me at the ad agency. We switched companies, and because of their screw up, I didn't get a card for months. I caught the flu during that time period, and had a fever of well over 101. Dr.'s visit, prescriptions, everything had to come out of pocket until I got the card. Really not cool, and I just couldn't deal with it while I had the flu. It also kept me out of work for much longer than I should have been, because ifin I'd been covered, I'd have gone to the Dr. the 1st day instead of waiting for them to untangle the mess/get enough money to pay for everything. What I'm saying is, sympathies.
In slightly different news, I actually got heat-sick today. I've never had that happen. I'm guessing it had to do with the ozone alert, because usually heat just doesn't bother me as long as I keep water in me. A guy on the job site said I wasn't looking too good, I told him I felt fine, took 2 steps up the ladder and nearly fell backwards. They sat me down with a couple of cold towels and sent me home.
ETA: Not Cass, but
Cass, is there any chance you could say, "This is not acceptable. I need someone to call BC/BS and get the prescription issue worked out."
Usually not. Even if the co. calls, BC will just say rules is rules and shrug.
shrift - Aug 04, 2005 11:32:30 am PDT #5821 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
In California we have flexible 18-year-olds.
Do you have flexible Dick Graysons? Because that's what I really wanted.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2005 11:33:18 am PDT #5822 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have flexible Dick Graysons? Because that's what I really wanted.
You should come here and we could go on a quest.
Wolfram - Aug 04, 2005 11:35:21 am PDT #5823 of 10002
Visilurking
This is SOP for health insurance companies. BC/BS won't commit to shelling out an indeterminate amount of money for prescriptions just because the company faxed over a correction. The two weeks really gives them some time to make sure everything is correct before making payments, because it's not like they're going to have much luck chasing down insureds who got benefits they shouldn't have, to pay those benefits back. They'd rather make the insured lay it out and then get reimbursed when the coverage situation shakes out.
If anyone should pay for Cass's prescriptions for those two weeks, it should be her company who screwed up the initial application.
Jessica - Aug 04, 2005 11:43:35 am PDT #5824 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If anyone should pay for Cass's prescriptions for those two weeks, it should be her company who screwed up the initial application.
That's basically how my insurance snafu was resolved (the HR director was a month off in the date she told me my insurance would be active, leaving me with an unexpected extra month of COBRA to pay, so I was told to give them the receipt and they would reimburse me for half of that month's costs).