MontanaMama
MontanaMama's JournalBorder collie patience.
When you just want your mom to put the kitchen to bed so we can go outside to play frisbee in the dark and the snow. Please.
Maybee held still for one second
so I could take this pic. It’s rare that she holds still…life with a border collie. They are busy.
Hope everyone is having a day of peace and tranquility. 
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It's 8:45pm here in western MT.
The snow is flying, the wind is howling and the UPS truck just pulled up. These folks work so hard. We expect lows of -21 tomorrow with wind chills below -40. Our roads are a shit show. Letter and parcel carriers don’t stop. If you see them, please thank them.
Maybee update. She just turned a year old. A Scorpio like me.
She is a gamer. Anytime, anywhere. I curse the snow but she doesn’t…she will fly to catch a frisbee in any weather. She keeps me moving….such a great friend.
Just got the health insurance premium increase for 2023
for my family of three. Drum roll.......My new monthly premium is $2201.00 per month with a $4800 per person deductible. I'll pay $26,412 per year plus the deductible ($31,212) before insurance will cover anything but a single well check or mammogram. This is criminal but this is what small business owners are in for in Montana. I went on the Healthcare.gov site to see if there was anything there...nothing. Premiums and deductibles are more. I'm not eligible for tax credits so this is where we are. This monthly premium is more than my mortgage, power, water, internet and garbage combined.
To pour salt into the wound, I just found out through our insurance broker that the repuke State Insurance Commissioner, Troy Downing denied a 4% premium decrease by Pacific Source (my insurance plan) because he thought there should be more parity between the companies offering insurance plans on the individual market. More parity? The other two companies offering insurance are all far and away higher than what Pacific Source is offering. I would be money this is a sweetheart deal between the republicans in power in our state and Blue Cross Blue Shield which is known for screwing people over in Montana. I called Troy Downing, our State Insurance Commissioner, and was told someone would call me back. So far, no phone call.
I am livid. I'm fighting tears and I don't know what to do. This feels like extortion.
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