ErikPeter (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} voxen) wrote,@ 2006-08-21 13:52:00 |
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I'm one of the 40 million Americans who don't have health insurance, which is something I'd like to change.
When I went to the Blue Cross/Blue Shield LA site, I was embarassed to realize I have no idea what the hell I'm doing when it comes to signing up for it. While it appeared to be informative and helpful, the site was a myriad of Flash and words, with no explanation offered for certain things. Like a good cryptologist i'm deciphering the meanings of phrases like "Traditional: 80/20%, 70/30% or 50/50%, In-Network PPO: 20% or $20 copayment with $500 deductible or less". One of the PDF brochures has a mail-in form to accompany a check for first payment... But doesn't actually say what the premiums are.
Does anyone have advice on a cheap plan (and how to actually, y'know, set it up) with catastrophic coverage that might let me get a checkup without raping me financially? (Well, and literally, that would be bad too.)
When I went to the Blue Cross/Blue Shield LA site, I was embarassed to realize I have no idea what the hell I'm doing when it comes to signing up for it. While it appeared to be informative and helpful, the site was a myriad of Flash and words, with no explanation offered for certain things. Like a good cryptologist i'm deciphering the meanings of phrases like "Traditional: 80/20%, 70/30% or 50/50%, In-Network PPO: 20% or $20 copayment with $500 deductible or less". One of the PDF brochures has a mail-in form to accompany a check for first payment... But doesn't actually say what the premiums are.
Does anyone have advice on a cheap plan (and how to actually, y'know, set it up) with catastrophic coverage that might let me get a checkup without raping me financially? (Well, and literally, that would be bad too.)
