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10-04-2005, 02:36 PM
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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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10-04-2005, 02:41 PM
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Re: Health Insurance for Poker Players
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The downside is that it's costing me 415 bucks a month. [/ QUOTE ] This is insane. [ QUOTE ] The upside is that they will pay for Lasik eye surgery [/ QUOTE ] 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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10-04-2005, 02:41 PM
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Re: Health Insurance for Poker Players
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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10-04-2005, 02:44 PM
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Re: Health Insurance for Poker Players
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[ QUOTE ] The downside is that it's costing me 415 bucks a month. [/ QUOTE ] This is insane. [ QUOTE ] The upside is that they will pay for Lasik eye surgery [/ QUOTE ] Well in that case. Get the surgery as soon as possible. Then cancel the insurance and find something much much cheaper. [/ QUOTE ] 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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10-04-2005, 02:45 PM
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10-04-2005, 02:45 PM
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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? [/ QUOTE ] Apperently professional gambling does not fly well as a healthy lifestyle.
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10-04-2005, 02:52 PM
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10-04-2005, 03:02 PM
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Any ideas for best places to go? [/ QUOTE ] 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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10-04-2005, 03:03 PM
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Re: Health Insurance for Poker Players
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[ QUOTE ] Apperently professional gambling does not fly well as a healthy lifestyle. [/ QUOTE ] it's not like he part-times as a rodeo clown. [/ QUOTE ] 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]
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