re: #34 BeachDem

Damn, I feel terrible that you’re going through all that—which sounds a lot like “thoughts and prayers” but I will try to find out anything I can about the tax scam/sole proprietor stuff and get the info I find to you asap.

I can definitely relate (and agree how much it sucks.) Most of my career has been freelance, and I’ve always had really crappy, high deductible, doesn’t cover much of anything, private insurance. The only time I had decent insurance was during a long-term assignment where the company let me buy into their group policy—particularly fortunate because that was in effect when I had breast cancer.

The only advantage I’ve seen becoming an old has been getting Medicare—even with the Medi-gap policy and prescription policy added in, it’s still cheaper than the crap private insurance I used to have.

Damn! I was fortunate that I was covered under my ex’s insurance, but I can’t be on it now. I feel the same way about Medicare, but I’m sure by the time I can use it, it will be all fucked up as well.

Thanks in advance for anything you may find that you post.