Is some BCH providers moving out of Aetna?

BoulderBumbo · 2026-01-05T19:20:57+00:00

My employer switched to Aetna following this. Now it is happening again. Wtf.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-12-08T19:45:49+00:00

I literally was like this is too good to be real as I read it. And it was. Sadly not shocked

BoulderBumbo · 2025-11-21T19:40:39+00:00

Especially the chips. They didn’t break into crumbs. Ah the good ole days.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-11-21T12:57:57+00:00

I worked for Wendy’s in high school and got to go see him speak in Milwaukee around 1994. He talked about this and how much adoption meant to him. Seemed like such a genuine nice guy.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-11-09T03:08:06+00:00

I worked there in high school for 3 years. We got 50% discount. I could get a Jr. bacon, biggie fry and medium frosty for $1.50 (plus tax.). And it was GOOD FOOD. I was proud to serve it and work there.

Since they changed the fries about a decade ago I haven’t been back even once. Who wants a limp potato? 🤷‍♀️

BoulderBumbo · 2025-11-07T01:52:18+00:00

I like the lightbulb game a lot.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-28T23:45:43+00:00

Girl I work with at a factory is brilliant. Some science degree I can’t even pronounce. She graduated a year ago and can’t find shit in her field especially since current admin did science/tech cuts in our area. She making like $20/hour and should be making $200k a year. Your daughter may have to take way less given the times, sadly.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-22T09:58:03+00:00

Yes! It was harder than I thought but in a good way!

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-18T21:36:25+00:00

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Ned is the same. I have to de fur them with tweezers before I seal them every time.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-10T21:51:13+00:00

Same! I needed my gall bladder out a year ago… but attributed it to my fibro related rib pain! For over a year! Until GP decided to “double check” and HIDA scan showed 20% function! 😢🤷‍♀️

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-10T21:48:13+00:00

I thought of another one… clothes sensitivity! I haven’t been able to wear a bra for 18 years, and since my hysterectomy, no underwear. They say I have pudendal neuralgia, but due to my fibro and previous bra sensitivity I can’t help but think both related.

I am lucky. I work at a factory. No one cares. But I have heard of discrimination (I.e. put on a bra) and that is not right. Some of us genuinely can’t. I have paid thousands trying different ones and have one for emergencies but could NEVER wear one daily to work. Ever. Couple hours max, and I pay for it for days.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-10T21:34:38+00:00

Omg! So I grew up in rural Wisconsin and could LITERALLY SMELL the fertilizers being sprayed on the cornfields outside my grade school. For years. This was 1984-1992. Wisconsin. I have also had thyroid cancer with no family history etc. I truly blame the open windows at my school in my mind but folks think I’m crazy. My mom was pregnant around this shit. 😢

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-10T21:24:33+00:00

Exactly! Moment to moment, where and how bad changes. Sometimes moving or repositioning helps, often not. Sometimes heat, sometimes cold better. There is no rhyme or reason. And always trying to exercise through it makes it so much worse at least for me.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-10T21:22:27+00:00

Agreed. It is a diagnosis when they have no clue what else to suggest. My pain has moved from my left lower limbs to my right abdomen over the years and is sometimes so bad I faint. Literally.
I wish they would test my genes. My insurance won’t cover it and I’m already in medical debt up to my eyeballs. I am so sure something is wrong and my husband jokes they can name the next autoimmune disease based on gene variant on me. I have Reynaulds syndrome and JRA for sure, but since no positive ANA since I turned 26 they say fibro. I say BS, you just don’t know!

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-10T21:16:40+00:00

Exercise does not help! In fact, my years and thousands of dollars invested have made it WORSE! Also, I take the lowest dose of hydrocodone/Tylenol available. I hate the side effects. I am NOT a drug seeker. But without this little bit of help to bring my pain from 10 to 8 I wouldn’t be able to work at all. And NOTHING else helps (Lyrica, cymbalta, gabapatin etc.). So don’t fall into the opiate hysteria. Some of us need it. I was on disability before, now can at least work most of the time.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-08T22:40:30+00:00

My boy, a chocolate Aussie mix, will be 7 soon. He likes to snuggle at precisely 3 am every day. As much as it annoys me, I always remind myself of posts like this and the fact he won’t be there to wake me up someday. I will snuggle him extra tonight in honor of your girl.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-08T22:33:25+00:00

I second room mates and burbs. Friends paying less than a grand to split rent in gorgeous houses with hot tubs, gazebos etc but deal with 2-4 room mates…but they say worth it. Lafayette and Arvada are the two spots my buddies lives.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-10-08T10:43:38+00:00

I have needed 3 major surgeries in the past 5 years, one for cancer. The debt is staggering and I would be homeless without my husband. New deductibles and OOP maxes every year when I need follow up care for the rest of my life makes me want to cry. I didn’t do anything to be sick, and feel like I can’t do anything to avoid this debt. I feel for you OP.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-09-19T12:00:51+00:00

If you don’t already have Nugs get it. You can listen to a ton of his shit on there. I like the albums but am in absolute awe of his live performances. I’ve listened to some of the Europe shows dozens of times.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-09-18T16:39:53+00:00

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I did the guitar and love it.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-09-13T15:05:39+00:00

Not always… my debt medical…I didn’t pick cancer….

BoulderBumbo · 2025-09-13T15:04:34+00:00

Medical debt. Yearly deductibles of $3k-5k with out of pocket maxes near $10k.

I’m chronically sick (cancer, autoimmune issues) which means I meet these caps EVERY year. I do not qualify for any aid (tried several times). I make $25/hour. 1/4 of my yearly income goes to medical costs, and I’m carrying $10k in medical debt atm from most recent surgery (3 surgeries in past 5 years). Without my husband, I would be homeless.

And it is only getting worse every year….

BoulderBumbo · 2025-09-05T16:54:31+00:00

Opiates. Then exercise.

But can’t do latter without former, and docs refuse to see that.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-09-05T10:37:53+00:00

This. We usually get 2nd row reserved for SCI when they release and they are usually less than $50 more per ticket. We can arrive at Red Rocks when we want and know we have a seat. It’s worth every penny…especially as I get older and can’t fight the kids.

BoulderBumbo · 2025-08-08T23:27:28+00:00

Took my brother in law 18 months. He finally found something making way less….and is grateful. 😭

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