That's Done

[ithildin]

I just gave a month's notice on my job. As of January 9th, I'll be gainfully unemployed and on my way to Utah with ninjababe. She starts at her new job (she got a transfer) on the 19th.

Now I need to see about purchasing medical insurance since I'll be without, and arrange movers and turning off utilities and stuff.

Comments

[mprice.livejournal.com]

If you have insurance through your current employer, I believe you can keep that coverage through COBRA (http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm) for 18 months. You'll probably have to pay the whole premium, though.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm going to CORRA my dental, but not the medical. It's crap insurance and it's way more than I can afford.

[mprice.livejournal.com]

Keeping dental is always a good idea.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Yep, and I know I'll need a root canal next year, plus old fillings are due to start being replaced.

[mprice.livejournal.com]

If you have the insurance, I suggest having a permanent bridge put in instead of having the root canal. The roots of the tooth become brittle over time and eventually it will have to be extracted.

I wish I had known this when I had a root canal done in 1980. Now I have a gaping hole where the tooth once was because the root actually cracked. That was when I learned that 20 years is about it for a tooth with no nerve. I had insurance for the root canal and none when the extraction (which was an "adventure" unto itself) was done.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Already had one done this last year, but will keep it in mind for the next one.