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ScreamingMeemie

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4. I know some here will laugh at me, but...

Reply to Pretzel_Warrior (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2013, 04:29 PM

Nov 2013

it was exciting and joyous for me.

To actually be able to search for an affordable plan that gets me into the door of a doctor's office for the first time in 4 years! This was followed by finally finding a dentist who would take on the tooth that no other dentist would touch because of my blood pressure. For the first time in a very long time, I felt like I mattered again this past October. Before that, I was ready and waiting to die...

Melodramatic? Perhaps. The truth? Yes.

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One thing to remember: the drudgery of shopping for health insurance [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 OP

Sure, it's a PITA. MineralMan Nov 2013 #1

I wholeheartedly agree. But we are a nation of whiners Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #2

I know. We have little patience for anything, it seems, as a MineralMan Nov 2013 #3

I know some here will laugh at me, but... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #4

Yes. Obviously those who have been shut out of the system or Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #5

My comment was not meant as a slam. I was merely stating that ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #7

Oh, I definitely didn't take it as such. :) Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #9

I just went on Medicare the first of this month. Prior to that I had to enroll Grammy23 Nov 2013 #6

Great story! Thanks for sharing. I think it's incumbent on all of us to realize Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #11

Personally, if I was buying private insurance I would prefer to talk to a human JaneyVee Nov 2013 #8

Totally! Most of my transactions (such as things like my 401k rollover, Oregon College Sdisbursement Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #10

But the application CAN be done over the phone for anyone who prefers to. n/t pnwmom Nov 2013 #12