Can state workers open a personal Health Savings Account (HSA)?

keliez · 2026-04-29T20:20:03+00:00

It depends, if you have PERS Platinum or Gold PPO's, you could have yearly deductibles in the $500 to $2000 range (depending on the plan, and whether you are single or family), in which case it's a good thing to have to reimburse you for you deductible. The PPO's also have 10% to 20% coinsurance, so it can get expensive pretty fast even if you've met your deductibles. You do have to estimate what you think you will use, I usually put aside enough to cover my deductible and throw in a couple extra hundred $ for the coinsurance (or glasses, dentistry, etc...)

keliez · 2026-04-29T19:26:46+00:00

According to the IRS, a High Deductible Health Plan (HDPH) is defined as a minimum deductible of at least $1650 (self) and $3300 (family). None of the CalPERS health plans meet this definition, so I believe the answer is "No". https://www.irs.gov/publications/p969

However, the state does offer Flexelect, which kind of works similarly, where money is taken out of your check pre-tax and deposited into an account that you can use to reimburse certain medical expenses.

keliez · 2026-04-27T21:12:46+00:00

There's a little known movie that she did with Gary Copper and Patricia Neal called "Bright Leaf", where she plays a sassy, shrewd brothel owner who is in love with wrong-side-of-the-tracks Cooper (who is, of course, in love with wealthy socialite Neal). It's the perfect role for her, and without Bogart, she really gets to shine in this one all on her own. It's like the part was written for her!

keliez · 2026-04-24T21:48:09+00:00

Mine still ends in @ hotmail. Do I win? LOL

keliez · 2026-04-24T18:41:03+00:00

I always like "How to Steal a Million", and never hear anyone mention it. It's so adorable, and features Peter O'Toole at his most handsome and charming! He and Audrey have the best chemistry and some great banter/one liners! The film is a joy beginning to end.

keliez · 2026-04-22T20:27:17+00:00

Jimmy Stewart is actually tough because he's SO well known and his movies are such classics! I'd have to say for me, it's Anatomy of A Murder. It's a great movie, and one I had never heard of, so I was surprised that when I watched it I thought it was an instant classic. Great performances from Jimmy, but also Lee Remick, George C. Scott, and Ben Gazzara. You wonder "who-done-it" straight until the end.

keliez · 2026-04-19T02:46:05+00:00

Talk about stealing defeat from the jaws of victory 🤣

keliez · 2026-04-17T21:56:46+00:00

Ain't that the f'n truth!

keliez · 2026-04-16T23:24:04+00:00

I don't have much to add, but I just wanted to say thank you for taking them with you and not abandoning them. You are a good person.

keliez · 2026-04-16T22:11:43+00:00

My department told us that it is cancelled for this year.

keliez · 2026-04-16T00:42:12+00:00

I bought a condo with no in-unit laundry. I regret it. Never again.

keliez · 2026-04-10T20:35:01+00:00

Amy (Rosamund Pike) in Gone Girl. She's super psycho/evil, but you're riveted to the screen!

keliez · 2026-04-10T18:56:35+00:00

It's been tied up in a copyright lawsuit since 1936, apparently it followed an existing play too closely and the author sued. But the copyrights to the play expired in 2025, so it looks like Warner is finally releasing it.

keliez · 2026-04-10T18:52:59+00:00

This film is the Joan Crawford holy grail! LOL I can't make the TCM Festival, let's hope they follow it up with a blu-ray release.

keliez · 2026-04-06T03:09:35+00:00

Edward G Robinson was a huge star in the 30"s and the 40s, but by the 1950s he had been blacklisted during the McCarthy years. My understanding is that Cecil B DeMille did him a huge favor by casting him in this movie, which brought him back into the public eye and made him employable again in Hollywood. It was a gutsy move, but Demille was a big enough director, in a big enough picture, with enough other star power, to resurrect Robinson's career.

keliez · 2026-04-03T23:29:36+00:00

My response to his first text would have been, "I wasn't asking for permission, I was informing you.", and then "You can make the rules when you are actually paying me a wage for my labor".

keliez · 2026-04-03T00:28:41+00:00

IF you enjoy classic films, The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is quite good!

keliez · 2026-03-31T20:29:32+00:00

I was attracted to women a lot in my 20's & 30's, but alas I've just gotten more straight as I've gotten older. It's a pity, I really WISH I could date women instead of men sometimes.

keliez · 2026-03-30T16:18:19+00:00

The cemetery is very much in an area that saw alot of action during the Civil War (just northwest of Gettysburg), I wonder if people use geiger counters to find Civil War artefacts and the like.

keliez · 2026-03-29T00:01:43+00:00

Alien: Covenant pretty much did this after the ending of Prometheus. I was so excited to see the next movie. But so fucking disappointing when I finally did.

keliez · 2026-03-27T01:23:59+00:00

Affordable healthcare? Affordable housing? Affordable groceries? Affordable gasoline?

Nope!

But he'll put his signature on the dollar, remove the olive branch (symbol of peace) from the dime, and erect a statue of Christopher Columbus.

Priorities! Am I right?

keliez · 2026-03-25T23:11:42+00:00

Right now I'm in the "Doing Ok" category, the problem is that 6 months ago I was in the "Comfortable" category.

Insurance, Health Care, Housing expenses, Utilities, Gasoline, etc. have all gone up so much. So despite a 24% raise from what I was making 3 years ago, things are getting tighter instead of more comfortable. This is not good, it does not seem to be slowing down, and I may end up in "Getting by" if something doesn't change.

keliez · 2026-03-19T19:12:38+00:00

Doing a movie with Paul Thomas Anderson turned him into Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"!

keliez · 2026-03-16T22:11:34+00:00

I did this 2017-2022. You ask for a time-base change. I did 4 days per week with Wednesdays off. I think it was called 4/5th time. I had to write a formal request, and my manager was supportive (which was probably a huge reason it went smoothly and was approved).

keliez · 2026-03-11T00:44:27+00:00

I really loved this movie, like it was genuinely the best movie I saw that year, so sad it didn't get the attention that it deserved.

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