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There are some short-term insurance policies out there that cover you betweens job but do know that

Posted By: WanderingMT on 2007-07-24
In Reply to: I shopped around and found an insurance, although it is very - joan

they will not constitute as having "real" insurance thus the same has having had no insurance for those few months. I stupidly got a short-term policy for three months until my new insurance would kick in and it ended up not meaning anything to my new insurance. I had to wait a year for my preexisiting. This was Regence Blue Shield and others could be the same way. If nothing else, get a cheap high deductible plan ASAP to kick in right away if you dont want to take the Cobra.


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Savings. LOL That's the way you'll make up the difference. Sadly, disability insurance (LT or ST) has never covered 100% of missing pay.
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Thanks for that tip.
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His policies seem to show that,

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BCBS. Individual policies.
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Which companies have written policies against it?
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Long short forms vs short short forms

Carla,


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In most Expander programs you would opt for a short short form as you have to type the whole short form before you can expand.
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Most likely will not cover
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ps CTA meaning to cover their a**.
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They can't "tell you when" to work, but if they need someone to cover certain hours ...
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cover with thiamine and (s/l) serafellon for alcohol abuse

Got no help on word board.  Running out of time.


 


Thanks in advance


No extra pay here either- IC gotta cover my client's account.
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