Moving

[lynxreign]

As many of you know, I'm planning to move to MA next year. Now I hear MA is requiring that all residents buy health insurance if it isn't provided by the employer. If employers don't provide it they have to pay a fine of $295 a year. Is this a joke of some sort? $295 a year? I should just incorporate and not provide me insurance.

Anyone think I need to worry about this new, wacky law/give-away to insurance companies? Should I be reconsidering my move?

Comments

[head58.livejournal.com]

You know, running though in my head all the prescriptions we're on, plus the coverage for Ali's sleep machine, plus various medical and counseling appointments, I think we actually get our $500 worth of insurance each month, if not more. But we're pretty heavy users.

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

I haven't even been to a doctor since 1863.

[head58.livejournal.com]

You're Stonewall Jackson?

I hear they've gotten a bit better since then. Less sawing and whiskey. More prostate exams.

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

When you get shot puttin' down the damn rebs, sometimes you need a doctor.

[artemis44.livejournal.com]

Me too - though my insurance bill is a measly $90 a month now, I can't imagine living without it - even pre-preggers! And even if it weren't for the blood pressure meds and other things that get my money's worth for me, all it takes is one snakebite or drunken fall down a flight of stairs to have a trip to the ER! (no, neither have happened, but they *could*!)

[lynxreign.livejournal.com]

Well, I have been tempted to do some dunken snakehandling on the landing lately, but I've been putting it off.