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[grazie]

Another aspect to the healthcare debate, since it doesn't seem many people know about this

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[wasurechatta]

lmfao life should come with a manual. Best tag ever.

But I'm glad you posted this.

[grazie]

IT SHOULD

Hey, the more people who know about it, the better.

[sabbato]

This is a good thing to know. My co-worker was bragging about it, in some sense, when she switched from the hotel's insurance policy to TriCare and was telling me that she barely had to pay for any of her doctors visits.

[grazie]

How much is normal? I've only ever had TriCare, but our copay for appointments is 12 dollars.

[sabbato]

For me? My copay is 15 dollars for an HMO office visit, 25 for an HMO specialist. At least that is what my insurance card says. It could be more other places and with different insurance companies. Our insurance is pretty good, so it's not entirely in the norm.

[pathways]

........... shiny. Thank you for this! I didn't know. It amazes me how people can be so scared of something that already exists.

[jeva_chan]

... um. I was on TriCare for a long time. But I'm too old for it now, probably. Like, it applies for children dependents up until you're a certain age and are outside of school? I don't remember.

But, thing is that even with military insurance, my family never really got stellar treatment at the doctor. There was always that, "... oh, they're on military insurance =_=;" from the doctors, but I dunno. That might've been because it was Louisiana. Who knows?

[me_fuckyeah]

That was probably because it was Louisiana. I have never gotten bad treatment because I was on TriCare.

And it applies to dependents, at max, until you're out of college and can no longer be counted as a dependent on tax forms.