Quote Originally Posted by Miss Cellane View Post
Well, waiting with bated breath for the reveal tomorrow of my insurance options. Un-or-underemployed for the last 5 years. Currently working a long-term temp job. Just got a letter from the temp agency to let me know I can't get their insurance. But in spite of that, they are legally obligated to send me all the information on their policies. Oh, yea!

Read in the paper today that only one insurance company was willing to provide the low-cost insurance options for my state. So bye-bye any semblance of choice in purchasing insurance. Also that this one company was unwilling to partner with all the hospitals in the state. I guess I am lucky that they were willing to deal with the hospital in my city. Otherwise, based on the list of available hospitals, I'd have had to drive 45 minutes or more. Not sure yet on which doctors will be accepting this insurance. Hope there's someone within 30 or so miles. For people who don't have transportation, this could be a serious problem.

The big question for me is if I will be able to afford even the lowest-cost option. If I can't, I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
If I remember correctly, you are in New Hampshire, right? (I lived the first ten years of my life in Sandown, not too far from the Mass. state line). I think I remember that NH was taking some time to decide if it wanted to expand Medicaid? If they have, and your income in under 15 something K, then you qualify for Medicaid. If your income is over but still not all that hot, then you should qualify for some pretty good subsidies from the government - wait until tomorrow and see how it works for you. I do think that since NH is so small and not heavily urbanized that it might not have the competition that I have in Arizona......hang in there, tomorrow you find out and I wish you the best. Rob