Or Why I Won’t Ever Change Insurance Agents I know who my insurance company is, but if you were to ask me who my insurance is with, I wouldn’t tell you a company name, I’d tell you the name of my insurance agent. I don’t worry about the company. I don’t worry about claims being handled quickly or appropriately, because I know my agent is on top of it. All it takes is one phone callread more…
I’ve written before about how it costs more to be poor in this country, but beyond having to pay more often for lower quality items, one of the biggest reasons it costs more to be poor is healthcare. Let me be honest here. I work in healthcare. I work for what is known as a managed care organization or MCO (which is different than an HMO, but not to the layman). My company combines both ourread more…
Last week, some very good friends of ours (who live less than a mile from us) had their house broken in to. A few days later, one of their cars was broken in to. While no one currently thinks the events were related (there have been a rash of car break ins in the neighborhood), it combined for an emotionally and financially stressful week. On Friday night, we showed up on their doorstep with a bucketread more…
