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I thought insurance didn't pay for you to give

Posted By: Lily on 2006-06-13
In Reply to: Could your hubs become a patient of a home health care agency and then you could work for them - giving his care? Friend did this. nm

care to family members. That's what all my insurance policies said.


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My husband just signed up for group life insurance with work which will give him 10x his salary if

he dies which will leave the kids and I with almost a million bucks if he dies.  Of course I would much rather have him here more than anything.  He had just 150,000 in insurance but for some reason just opted for this group thingie.  When talking last night I asked him if he died if I could marry again and this man got so upset with me I thought he was going to cry!  He told me absolutely, positively NOT that I could not remarry ( am 31!).  He is 35.  LOL


Poor guy.  Leaving me all this money and I supose the thought of me sharing his wealth with someone else makes him sick!!


I told him he could go ahead and marry if I should happen to die.  I want my kiddies to have a great mom and person who loves them very much. Wouldn't you agree?


How do you feel about your spouse or partner remarrying if you or he dies??


 


It's hypocritical to not give your workers health insurance but sell it to the public to line
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You should give some thought to
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I didn't see it. I won't give in to the fact that

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If you didn't say "puter" I would maybe give you some help.
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Hmm.
I appreciate the thought, but actually you didn't
You just became patronizing.

Let's review the original post. My question is: How is MT Reference different from MT Stars?

1. If there's a privacy statement, I can't find one at MT Stars. I'll stand corrected if someone provides a link. I can't find a TOS, either.

2. MT Stars is also registered through a proxy service.

3. MT Reference only requires e-mail address to register, and no registration is required to use the links. MT Stars requires e-mail address to post, but nothing is required to read.

Where's the beef?
When you kids want money, don't give it to them and say, 'I thought you said
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I thought about learning it as well, but I didn't.

You can actually reset your computer from qwerty to dvorak, then just change out the key locations on the keyboard instead of buying a new keyboard.  I just really don't feel like relearning anything right now.  The fastest typist in the world uses the dvorak keyboard, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. 


I thought they didn't pay for spaces.
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I didn't get that impression; just thought you were
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Aw come one give her a break. She said she was sorry and is willing to refund. Give her a chance to

do what is right.  If she fails to do what is right, then go about this in an adult way and not act like such a child.  "you suck"  That is so immature.


She is responding to you and you are eating her alive.  Why would she put herself out there to be treated like this if she didnt mean it. 


I am really astonished at how people can act on here.  Would you treat people like this in person?  If you do, I cant imagine you having very many friends. 


Remember we are all "HUMAN." 


 


Well of course we know that now. Back then we didn't because he didn't allow unfettered access.
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right we children didn't tattle to the administrator did we. BTW, didn't you think we were &#
because some half-witted idiot said everyone was jealous because some other anonymous poster said they were going to be a doctor. Didn't they call it doctor envy. Oh yeah, that was all about you wasn't it busy-body MT. You with your degree and premed but yet you still post here and acuse others of jealously. I dunno but you and dano seem so close, I can't put my finger on it but I would say you could be computer clones. Jealous indeed. Children indeed. I think you are blowing your covers) dano and busy body MT. This whole "jealously" thing makes me think that you may be one and the same poster.
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sorry I didn't have time to thank you, but I didn't forget!!

Didn't you tell me?!?!? No, Liza, you didn't tell me. Hooray for you! lol
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A simple google search will give you your answer...I'd give you the answer,
but how would that help you learn to research on your own...and I'm in a rush to get to the next post. 
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Insurance

If you don't have insurance (dental, vision, prescription, chiropractic, and some locations medical) and don't have a lot to spend on insurance, ask me what I signed up for if interested.


There's a lot of information to tell and I don't want to ramble on if no one's interested.


Talk to ya later,


Andrea - Medical Transcripionist (Nashville, TN)


How can MQ take away the insurance

when the MT is paying for it also?  Does that not count for anything?


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I didn't mean they were taking it away. What I meant is taking it over not making quota. Sorry.
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Please let me know if you carry it and how I can obtain it?


Thanks...


 


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I bought a policy from State Farm.  It cost me $257 for the year.  I really have never heard of being able to cover it from home owner's policy, not unless it is for a small amount.  My policy consists of $250,000.


I would call SF and ask them about it.


 


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Are you a contractor for the hospital?  First, you need to make sure you know what limits they are requiring.  If they are requiring E&O ins., then they should have something in writing about the limits.  This is expensive insurance.  I used to be a CSR for an insurance agency. 


It's not something that can be obtained through your homeowner's insurance.  Homeowner's insurance is occurance-based general liability (and property) insurance, whereas E&O insurance is claims-made liability.  Specifically it covers you if you get sued because of an error or an omission that you do that causes harm to someone. 


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