Insurance through my job😅
Let me start off by saying I was EXTREMELY luck to get Medicaid as long as I did. About two years due to being out of work for a year.
But, alas, my Medicaid is ending. And I’m so upset that I’m going to have to get insurance through my job. It could be worse, I guess. But I don’t want to pay premiums to also pay copays. $63 for just me or $236 for me and my husband per pay period is crazy work.
My husband isn’t even offered insurance through his job so it could be worse(?). But, now I have to get him some insurance because that’s only fair. But that’s so expensivvvvve. I just wanna be rich at this point.
Also, why is it per pay period. Almost $500/month for two freaking people is insane.
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