and just like that, it happened

Two days ago, my husband called me and said he now had health insurance at work that he could add me to. The premium was high (and honestly more than we could afford), but we agreed to do it because of some issues I’ve had over the last couple of years that have gone untreated because we could not afford to pay out of pocket. I was SO friggen happy because anyone who knows me can tell you how important it was to me to finally be able to make an appointment with a doctor to get tested, diagnosed, and hopefully treated. I was waiting to say anything about it on here until all the paperwork had gone through and I received my health card. You know, the whole “I’ll believe it when I see it” approach.

As it turns out, I was right to be paranoid. My husband got laid off today. That’s 2 days after they receive his paperwork to add me on insurance. 6 days ago his boss called a meeting and told all the employees that the company was still doing good considering the economy downturn. 6 months ago my husband he got a $2/hr raise (One of only a few who did). And yet, today he got let go? TWO DAYS after he added me on his health insurance.

I’m convinced that’s the reason they let him go because his company pays half of the premiums for it’s employees and spouses…and all of the foremans will tell you that my husband is the hardest working employee they have…so it’s the only thing that makes sense. When the two insurance agents were there the other day talking to him about our options they kept telling him he’d be better off getting an individual policy for me because it’d be cheaper that way. (Of course, they didn’t know I was uninsurable). I thought it suspicious then as to why the agents would try to convince my husband NOT to buy their product.

Anyway, I might be wrong and it has nothing to do with the fact that he added me on his insurance, and even if I’m not wrong, there’s nothing we can do about it. It is what it is. We’ll be ok. I mean, I had to take a 25% paycut a while back just to keep my job, so we’ve made a lot of budget adjustments since then in preparation in case anything worse happened, such as this. So, we’ll be ok, but would be grateful for all the prayers/thoughts/good wishes anyone’s willing to offer.

By the way, he’s an electrician, so if there’s anyone local (Lee County, Fl) who knows or hears of any openings, please let me know.

I’ll admit when I came home from work I wanted nothing more than to drive through Dairy Queen and just dive into as much ice cream as I could possibly eat. I didn’t though. and I really, really, really, really, really wanted to. So that was a huge victory for me today.