Health Insurance for Poker Players
 

Quick question that someone will know more about than me.

As some know I've been playing for my only source of income for a year now and full time since May. While in school I was covered for health insurance under my dads awesome plan that he got through his job. When they found out I was no longer going to school they gave me the option to extend this coverage, which is a premium coverage that includes everything imaginable, for 36 months.

I've heard good health insurance is semi impossible for full time players so I elected to extend the coverage. The downside is that it's costing me 415 bucks a month.

The upside is that they will pay for Lasik eye surgery, but I'm still wondering the amount you other full time players are paying for good health insurnace.

On a side note, I'd need good insurance because I play rugby as well as many other sports, so don't respond telling me to go with bare minumum coverage because I don't want to chance getting a random injury and not being covered properly.

So, is 415 too much? What is reasonable?

Thanks,
Jon

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The downside is that it's costing me 415 bucks a month.

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This is insane.


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The upside is that they will pay for Lasik eye surgery

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Well in that case. Get the surgery as soon as possible. Then cancel the insurance and find something much much cheaper.

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IMO, $415/month is outrageous.

i read in last month's cardplayer about the situation with health insurance for poker players. what is the deal with that? why are premiums so high? does anyone have any insight?

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The downside is that it's costing me 415 bucks a month.

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This is insane.


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The upside is that they will pay for Lasik eye surgery

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Well in that case. Get the surgery as soon as possible. Then cancel the insurance and find something much much cheaper.

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I knew that was high but I was curious to whether it was high or insanely high. It looks like the latter.

Seems I will be looking into other insurance this week. Any ideas for best places to go?

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IMO, $415/month is outrageous.

i read in last month's cardplayer about the situation with health insurance for poker players. what is the deal with that? why are premiums so high? does anyone have any insight?

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Apperently professional gambling does not fly well as a healthy lifestyle.

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http://www.workingtoday.org/index.html

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nice

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Apperently professional gambling does not fly well as a healthy lifestyle.

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it's not like he part-times as a rodeo clown.

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Any ideas for best places to go?


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A year ago I got a years worth from a company named fortis for a bit more than your paying per month. It had a high deductable, which i wanted. I must say though, that I'm not sure if it was real or it was just a scam because I never had to make a claim.

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Apperently professional gambling does not fly well as a healthy lifestyle.

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it's not like he part-times as a rodeo clown.

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You do realize it was me responding to my own post...and you have no idea if I part time as a rodeo clown [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]