I would like to continue to express how happy I am. So as you know I don't have medical insurance. So since the beginning of the semester my dad has been asking me if I applied for medical insurance from school. I of course kept forgetting and/or wasn't motivated to and I missed applying to the deadline which was yesterday (for fall or annual coverage. I can still apply for spring/summer coverage). Shoot. Anyhoo, after reviewing the policy it turns out to be an utter waste of money to apply for this student insurance which doesn't cover acupuncture, vision, dental, private nursing duty, etc. etc. and I would have to pay $140 a month and also meet a $1400 deductible (much better than the $3500 deductible I had to meet for the medical insurance I had from law school....vomit). Anyhoo, after discussing it with the rents everyone was in agreement that it wasn't worth getting and we'd rather pay out of pocket for the services I need (score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my life has come full circle on some level....on a side note, my parents' insurance covers my mom's acupuncture treatments.....!!!!!!)

I am extremely happy paying cash for my $60 foot xray, my $78 vision exam at Walmart, $120 for my contacts, [don't know how much it costs] for my lenses, $60/month for acupunture + $10 - $30 a month for herbs, $150 for a chest x ray, $$$ for my gynecological exam and $$$ for my heart checkup.   I'd rather take the $2600++ I will have to pay towards insurance towards directly paying for services and having it count towards something.

I will however be looking into Obamacare as required by dad....

I am the bomb diggity....