The Big Green House

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

 

Elementary, my dear peabrain

As I�ve mentioned before, we�ve put Science Girl on my insurance. It�s an awful lot of money each month � not much less than what it would cost for her to pay privately, but enough so that it�s worthwhile. Until we actually tried to use it, that is.

Since we are not yet married, we filed for domestic partner status with my employer and The Large Insurance Company we deal with. They made us jump through a bunch of hoops (and are still doing so, actually � some of our paperwork got �lost� somehow, but that�s another story altogether), but eventually we were able to satisfy them. Or at least we thought so, when they started deducting huge amounts from my paycheck.

Since SG needed to refill a prescription today, she called the pharmacy to place her order before we went over to pick it up. It should have been very simple. Instead, the pharmacist told us that she wasn�t covered by my insurance. We called my employer�s main office, we called the pharmacy again; there were a lot of phone calls made. The upshot of it is, some muppet-headed drone with the IQ of a sparrow at The Large Insurance Agency created SG�s account under my last name and with my social security number.

I mean, I understand that accidents will happen, but you�d almost have to be trying to make this one. Let�s examine the situation for just a moment: we�re trying to get domestic partner coverage and we don�t live in West Virginia, so chances are WE DON�T HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME. If we did, we�d probably already be married & not having to mess around with this stuff. All of the many, many pages of paperwork we filled out had Science Girl�s last name on them. You don�t have to be Sherlock fucking Holmes to figure it out.

Well, anyway, we finally got it all sorted out. Not in time for SG to get her prescription refilled today, but she�ll be OK until tomorrow.

Also, the last burner on the stove gave up the ghost today. We were afraid that we�d have trouble replacing it, since it�s an odd shape; all four burners are in a row, thusly OOOO
rather than in the usual configuration
OO
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However, SG was able to find a similar model which will just about fit in the space available AND includes a built-in grill. And we can get it installed next week, which is much quicker than we thought would be possible.

So, despite a fair amount of aggravation, the day looks like it will end on a happy note. Cross your fingers.

bmarkey 5/20/2003 08:42:00 PM