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[jinasphinx]

Worrisome but probably useful article about medical insurance and postpartum depression: Congratulations, You've Been Upgraded.

Probably only interesting to me: WebMD article says that ibuprofen aggravates psoriasis. Argh! I take ibuprofen for a few days every month, as I would imagine most women of childbearing age do.

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[lirrin.livejournal.com]

God, that insurance thing is freaky deaky.

I just had to go self-insured because my COBRA ended and my hubby doesn't have insurance in his two-man shop. The good news? Because my COBRA ended and the way the law works, they could *not* refuse to take me, nor can they impose any "pre-existing conditions" limitations on me. We pay $228/month for three of us, with a good sized (though smaller than I thought!) deductable. Reasonable out-of-pocket limits should we ever have a major catastrophe (heaven forbid, but that's actually why we got insurance. I can pay for my colds and flu, but not if one of us is laid up in the hospital.)

Why is Insurance a for-profit racket anyway? Why is that allowed??

I don't take ibuprofen, I take acetaminophen, caffiene, and aspirin. Mmm, Excedrin Migraine. Yummy. *heh* (I'm lucky enough not to have cramps that require medication more than like once a year. Well, okay, I'd trade cramps for migraines, thanks...)