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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:39 PM Original message |
I talked to a health insurance broker tonight, because I'm in the market. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what made her so certain? nt |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. She's a salesperson ... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. You are very right. That's why I was never successful |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I quit my last job over sales ... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. You were threatening her livelihood, and with so few jobs in this country now |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. She 'assured' me she voted for Obama. But she flat-out said it ain't |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. :-) Good for you! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It wouldn't be so bad with a left wing government. Such a government would nationalize her employer. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. True, but people are sooo ignorant nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Isn't that what this healthcare fight is about? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. Im sure the insurance industry has many contingencies already planned |
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WestSeattle2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Absolutely they do! Sure, they'll cover every condition and |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. When people talk about how insurance industry workers will lose their jobs... |
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SoCalNative (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. "Her trying to demoralize turns my teeth to stainless steel and my heart to stone" |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. LOL! |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. "...my teeth to stainless steel and my heart to stone." |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Keep us posted on how this works out for you. I even qualified for an 'extra healthy' |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I was asked the dreaded "pre-existing" condition question, and |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The disparity in the rates between states is REALLY interesting. I know |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. They denied you because you are unemployed? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes. Being unemployed puts me in a different risk group. So, they said they would sell me |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm sure she wanted to sign you up with a contract with all of the 'usual' provisions... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
13. She's probably right. The insurance companies rule Obama & are spending millions if not billions |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Gee I wonder if federal employees are exempt from insurance |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No. |
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phillysuse (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. I just got off the phone with an insurance broker also |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Wow. And I'm too old, have a pre-existing condition, or just not |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-25-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. the State of Washington has some type of pool in which those cases are grouped together. |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
29. To cover pre-existing conditions |
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