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I can't help with the family situation, but have you considered "catastrophic" insurance through a professional group like the IEEE or ACM? They have plans as
by redrobot5050 18y ago
I can't help with the family situation, but have you considered "catastrophic" insurance through a professional group like the IEEE or ACM?
They have plans as low as $90/quarter that have a $5k deductible. Not good if you come down with frequent colds, coughs, flu, etc. It is good if you're in a car accident and fracture your leg in 2-3 places. Or slip on ice and hit your head, etc.
- white 18y agoI thought that professional groups don't have such plans anymore.
- redrobot5050 18y agoIts entirely possible. My first company did not offer health insurance. The president just made sure to pay himself enough so that he could secure health insurance for the rest of his family. He advised us to take our (start up wages) and buy catastrophic disaster insurance. Or relax, because our car insurance also covers medical bills, so if we're in a car accident (most likely scenario) we're covered. [He then also told us (off the clock, and again this was 2004) that if we voted for John Kerry, the health care reform would put our company out of business. ] But yes, in the past 5 years they could've gone away.
- mace 18y agoI never knew ACM, IEEE and others offer insurance. Here are the direct links to their benefits page: ACM: http://www.acm.org/membership/insurance http://www.acm.org/membership/insurance IEEE: http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/financial-advantage/insurance.html http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/financial-advantage/insur...