Damn insurance companies
May. 28th, 2026 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silver_chipmunkI got up this morning around 11:00 and started to get my breakfast ready, when my phone rang. It was the CPAP machine vendor, another AI but this time saying it could put me through to the scheduling department. So I did that and got a real person.
We got through the preliminaries, and then she informed me that there was a note on my record that my insurance didn't cover it. It would have to be out of pocket and that would be around $800 plus the supplies. So I said forget it.
Then I made breakfast and coffee, and called my insurance company. It turns out there's an optional rider that I don't have. I need to get the rider added to my policy and then it will cover it. To add the rider, I have to call the Office of Labor Relations. She gave me a number to call.
That number didn't work. Rang about ten times then hung up automatically. So I looked it up online and got a different number that put me through to a phone tree. It said to dial 0 for a representative so that's what I did.
I got put on hold and finally got the message that the lines were so long that I should press 1 for a call back, which would come sometime in the next three business days(!).
So that's what I did. No call back yet.
I texted the Kid to tell her everything. She texted back and was supportive.
So that left me pretty pissed off, so I decided what to do for the rest of the day. I lay down for awhile, but finally decided to go out. So I showered, and washed my hair, and dressed and went out to the Busy Bee.
At the Busy Bee I got my usual lavender cream latte, and settled down to read The King's Name. Then I saw my reading glasses were broken, the thin rim of the frame that holds the lens in on the left side. It looked fixable though, so I just was careful with it not to let it get worse broken. or let the lens fall out, while I read there. It worked well enough, and eventually I got a smoked salmon sandwich, which comes with a nice salad.
I stayed reading until 5:30, then went home and got out the glue and carefully glued the frame. Then I puttered on the computer.mashfanficchick called, and we talked for a bit.
At 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB and we had a very nice time til 8:45, with a small break at 8:30 for me to call Middle Brother. He is fine, and had a great time at his barbecue on Memorial Day, plus he went to McDonald's yesterday for a McFlurry.
After we finished talking I inspected the glasses, and the glue seems to be holding. I'm going to get another pair anyway though, I had meant to get a spare set, and these can be them now.
I went to the bedroom and read more of The King's Name, until pet feeding time, when I fed the pets and started here.
mashfanficchick just called briefly. But now it's time for bed.
Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The solution sounds as though it should be easy, though possibly expensive.
3. The Busy Bee.
4. Lovely weather to walk there.
5. Good books.
6. Middle Brother had a good time Memorial Day.
We got through the preliminaries, and then she informed me that there was a note on my record that my insurance didn't cover it. It would have to be out of pocket and that would be around $800 plus the supplies. So I said forget it.
Then I made breakfast and coffee, and called my insurance company. It turns out there's an optional rider that I don't have. I need to get the rider added to my policy and then it will cover it. To add the rider, I have to call the Office of Labor Relations. She gave me a number to call.
That number didn't work. Rang about ten times then hung up automatically. So I looked it up online and got a different number that put me through to a phone tree. It said to dial 0 for a representative so that's what I did.
I got put on hold and finally got the message that the lines were so long that I should press 1 for a call back, which would come sometime in the next three business days(!).
So that's what I did. No call back yet.
I texted the Kid to tell her everything. She texted back and was supportive.
So that left me pretty pissed off, so I decided what to do for the rest of the day. I lay down for awhile, but finally decided to go out. So I showered, and washed my hair, and dressed and went out to the Busy Bee.
At the Busy Bee I got my usual lavender cream latte, and settled down to read The King's Name. Then I saw my reading glasses were broken, the thin rim of the frame that holds the lens in on the left side. It looked fixable though, so I just was careful with it not to let it get worse broken. or let the lens fall out, while I read there. It worked well enough, and eventually I got a smoked salmon sandwich, which comes with a nice salad.
I stayed reading until 5:30, then went home and got out the glue and carefully glued the frame. Then I puttered on the computer.
mashfanficchick called, and we talked for a bit. At 7:00 I Teamed the FWiB and we had a very nice time til 8:45, with a small break at 8:30 for me to call Middle Brother. He is fine, and had a great time at his barbecue on Memorial Day, plus he went to McDonald's yesterday for a McFlurry.
After we finished talking I inspected the glasses, and the glue seems to be holding. I'm going to get another pair anyway though, I had meant to get a spare set, and these can be them now.
I went to the bedroom and read more of The King's Name, until pet feeding time, when I fed the pets and started here.
mashfanficchick just called briefly. But now it's time for bed.Gratitude List:
1. The FWiB.
2. The solution sounds as though it should be easy, though possibly expensive.
3. The Busy Bee.
4. Lovely weather to walk there.
5. Good books.
6. Middle Brother had a good time Memorial Day.
