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- Best insurance for parents traveling from India to US Hi Blinders, I’m looking for the best insurance for my parents who are in their 50s and 60s and generally healthy who will be traveling to the US for a couple of months. I don’t mind paying a premium as long as it’s easy to use it if there is a need. Easy to use 1/ ideally I shouldn’t have to pa
- vote How are you sleeping? For those who are in tech, specifically in engineering roles, how are you sleeping? Are your sleep habits healthy? For those of you that are over 30 years of age and sleep pretty good on most nights, can you add what is helping you sleep? Is it a partner that cuddles you? Seeing your kids happy? Ex
- vote Kaiser HMO or Aetna HSA for maternity? Hi My husband recently switched jobs and has an option to enroll into Kaiser HMO or Aetna HSA. We’re located in south bay area and are expecting baby this year. Based on your experiences, are Kaiser institutions reliable compared to either El Camino Mountain view or Sutter health Fremont (which are
- Tested +ve for covid Tested +ve for covid… Can you suggest some better health insurance in USA for international student. As I have a coverage through company but my roomates are the one who graduated this term and non of them have no income or insurance 😣 I know it sounds horrible but not where to go and ask for this
- Tourist insurance for visiting parents There seems to be many options but very little feedback on if anybody actually used one and found it to be useful. Any one here found a plan that they were happy with? #insurance #medical #healthcare #insurance #medical #health
- Suggestions for best insurance for parents coming to US for treatment I'm trying to see if my parent's cancer checkup could be done in US(they live in India). Ofcourse can't add them as dependents in employer insurance and individual insurances are either too expensive or very limiting or both. Tried to see if travel insurance would be enough but doesn't look like it
- LinkedIn Insurance Providers/Coverage? Considering a switch over to LinkedIn, but can't find any info on who their healthcare and dental insurance providers are, or which family members can be covered. Anyone know? TC: 255k YOE: 4 years #insurance #linkedin #dentalplans #healthcare
- vote Booster before 6months from 2nd dose (Pfizer) I’m about 5 1/2 months into my 2nd dose. I’ve a big travel coming up involving flight travel and meeting family. I’ll only be eligible after my travel. Are folks getting booster before completion of 6 months from 2nd dose? Fckd up on the poll option, plz ignore ‘Booster Shot’ Thoughts ? TC: $12
- vote How much do you have in your HSA accont? I have close to 20k in HSA which is linked to betterment investment account but cant withdraw other than medical claims. Does it make sense in maxing it out year on year? #insurance #medical #health
- Roblox Fertility Does Roblox have fertility assistance? If so, how much or how many ivf rounds do they cover? #roblox
- Fertility benefits at Microsoft What’s the fertility benefits at Microsoft? How much do they reimburse for fertility expanses? Thanks Tc: 400k 7 YOE #microsoft
- Retire early and health insurance I'm 53 and struggling with cancer. Feel like should just retire to focus on wellness and less stress but cannot as I'm single and Obamacare is not accepted at the hospital I have to go to for treatment. I was thinking of marriage of convenience with someone but that seems extreme. Will I be forced
- Charged for annual health checkup? Went for my annual health check recently and was told I won't have to pay anything for it( I even called and confirmed apart from checking the website myself). Doc just asked a bunch of questions like do you have any allergies, checked bp etc and sent me on my way after setting up an appointment for
- vote I don't think I can retire in the US (TC$220k) - change my mind My household income is around $220k, we have 2 kids, my wife and I are in our late 30s in Seattle. We bought a house in this crazy market and are just done with student loans - only to start paying $3k+/month in childcare. I was quite surprised to learn that nursing home costs $6k-9k A MONTH... and
- Compare medical insurance between Adobe and oracle Hello, I work for Adobe and my wife works for Oracle. So I have option to buy medical insurance from Adobe or Oracle. But I can not see too much difference. Don't know if somebody can give me some suggestion about where I should go.#insurance #medical #health #oracle #adobe
- Cancel trustmark policy? I am on f-1 visa and have taken trustmark ltc policy since last year november. Now since its in the news that the non immigrants are excluded from this ltc law, is it safe to cancel the policy now? Anyone who has taken this decision lately?
- Visitor insurance for elderly parents, healthcare for uninsured Location: Bay Area We recently had a baby and my parents want to come live with us for a few months to help us out and be with the grandkid. Both of my parents have chronic issues, especially my dad has heart issues and takes medication. He recently also had an issue where he had to go see urgent c
- Medical insurance in between jobs Say I am leaving my current job on a Friday, and I am starting the new job on the very next Monday....will I have any insurance over the weekend, via my current job? My current insurance is Kaiser
- Next options for Counseling psychology / social work career in USA? Hi all, My spouse has a MS in psychology degree from India. She's currently a counseling psychologist practitioner in India with multiple clients. We're worried about the timezone issues once she moves here to the states. Her clients may not be able to accommodate the USA time shifts for sessions.
- Which insurance to take for parents visiting USA for few months? A bit concerned due to COVID.
- Men with hypothyroidism? I am suspecting I have hypothyroidism symptoms due to my blood tests but not sure yet. Any men here that have it? I am under 30 but I still might have it. TC: 89K #insurance #medical #health #thyroid
- Cost of top-tier private health insurance What would be the ballpark cost of top-notch private health insurance, say in the same category as the one offered by Google or Microsoft (not the steaming pile of dung that is Amazon’s) Anyone has experience with this? I always had it through employers. I know they put some monetary value on it,
- Health insurance for parents visiting USA (temporary) Hi! My parents are visiting US from India for 3 months - is there a reliable health insurance (temporary for 3 months) I should go with ?
- vote Do you think you will catch covid 19 in the next 3 months Given everyday 0.5% of the US population is detected, plus many that are not tested, plus it is still in the exponential phase...
- Covid test for Parents Parents arrived today from India. I wanted to get them tested today itself given the exposure through out the journey. But i learned that according to cdc guidelines they need to wait for 5 days at least to get the right result. Just checking if everyone else is following the same ?
- Looking for 2nd opinions for health Benefits Hi, New hire at apple, moved from Canada. I’m signing up for an Apple Plus PPO (equivalent to Aetna choice POS II) with Aetna since I heard they have better and more in network in the South bay (correct me if i’m wrong). Honestly i’m super overwhelmed, I have a brand name treatment that I’m takin
- Best drinking water What is the best way to filter drinking water? Any downsides to RO from puronics? Is fridge filter sufficient? Any others?
- Worried about COVID I’m supposed to travel on Wednesday and need a negative test on Tuesday. As a result, I’m worried about omicron messing up my travel plans. I don’t actually care about having COVID.
- Health insurance between jobs Hi! Left Expedia 3 days ago, start new job in a few days but new job insurance likely go into effect in a month. Just had an injury and will likely need surgery. 1. Any tips about the insurance for this gap period? Should I urge new company to start my insurance earlier or use COBRA to extend Expedi
- Fertility Benefits at Snap Hi! Can anyone at Snap help clarify the fertility benefits offered to FTE US employees? I'm particularly interested in the specifics of the surrogacy benefit.. restrictions on the reimbursement, what's eligible etc. Please feel free to PM me if you'd prefer!
- iud tips/advice? (birth control) EDIT: I will be seeing a gyno soon. this post is to see if other women have advice on what to ask/say to the gyno so I get the most out of it want an iud since i can be forgetful abt taking the combo pill every day. so far my thinking is - skyla or kyleena bc smaller and less hormones - ask to have
- Wtf Dental insurance 🦷 So I have been thinking what good is the dental insurance for. At Microsoft it only pays $2500 per year. I just got a root canal done and it cost me upwards of $5k. That’s just one tooth. So looks like dental insurance only pays for basic routine checkups, X-rays, cleanings. That will reach $2500.
- last rites to be done in usa or origin country . Question to immigrants If you are an immigrant who came here to pursue job and settle down, what do you prefer ? It’s the question I keep thinking about many times, how much of inconvenience I would cause to my family and kids . If they decide to transport my body to India , it would be so expensive , not to mention tha
- Bruh I’ve been sick for almost a month now with rotating symptoms First it was nausea, then heat flashes, headaches and now I’m sneezing and my nose is super dry. I got tested for Covid two weeks ago and didn’t have it but I feel like I have it now. I’m boosted but damn idk what is going on. What’s the longest you’ve been sick for and how did you start feeling be
- How does health insurance work in remote companies? I've only ever worked in office, where health providers are local to the office or state. How does it work if I'm the only employee the company has in the state? Do they provide me insurance that has in network coverage in my state? Do I get the same insurance as everyone else, may not be local to m
- vote Indians who moved to US, some questions about doctors. Do you also find the doctors here in US hopelessly horrible? I mean, none of them seem to give advice based on experience or with intentions to actually help fix the patient's problems, but seem to treat patients as on-call incidents, are more focused on writing BS notes and copy-paste suggestions f
- Good dependable tourist insurance for visiting parents? There seems to be many options but very little feedback on if anybody actually used one and found it to be useful. Any one here found a plan that they were happy with? #insurance #medical #health
- HSA contribution: advise Is it advisable at all to contribute to HSA account from our bank account (post tax) to meet the yearly limit after the cutoff to change the contribution pretax from paycheck?
- Costco glasses any good I have $200 VSP allowance for glasses. I want to try to fit my glasses in that budget. Does costco accepts VSP (atleast bay area)? If so, are they as good as the standard optician quality? #insurance #medical #glasses #vision
- Fertility clinic recommendation Looking for Fertility clinic in Bay area where they explore other options/diagnostics before considering IVF/IUI. Consulted RMA network once. They are pushing for IVF without doing any hormone or diagnostic tests to determine the root cause. Looking for clinic which can provide medication/treat
- Prescription glasses stores recommendations in the Bay Area I have VSP plus insurance, my power is pretty high, can someone recommend a place which does high index glasses and the cost is reasonable - by reasonable I mean around $200 after insurance for high index 1.7 or 1.74 glasses. After all these years I haven’t found a good place yet, what has worked fo
- Health insurance while moving employers Hi All I'll have last day at current employer on Feb 3rd (Thu) and joining Amazon on Feb 6th (Mon). I'm on Kaiser right now and plan to pick that with Amz as well. Can anyone help on what date does insurance coverage stop and start again in above scenario? My wife has some medical treatments going
- vote Travel Insurance recommendations ? Parents coming over from India, anyone know any good travel insurances to buy? I’m looking for something comprehensive (not necessarily cheap). I’m ok to pay more upfront but get good coverages low deductible and copays. Also how was your experience seeking care or filing claims?
- Post your physical age to mental age ratio since other ratio questions are taken I’ll go first: 0.8
- Onemedical benefit I tried OneMedical with the free trial to get vaccinated and found it to be pretty nice. Heard that there are some companies that sponsor the annual membership for this? Please share if your company has this benefit. Curious to know.
- Travel insurance for parents visiting US (Bay Area) from India Hi Bay area folks, What travel and #medical #insurance have you had good experience with w.r.t. visiting family. Specifically for elderly parents or relatives visiting from India. Have you purchased this in India or US? What are some good providers and costs vs benefits? Does the Indian coverage wor
- Healthcare Pay Scale & Career Prospects I've a call with hiring manager in Philips Healthcare. I am been interviewing/finding interesting positions in larger medical device Industry. To name a few : Medtronic, J&J, Verily, Philips, Intuitive Surgical, Abiomed, Abbott, Boston Scientific. I wanted to know from people in this industry about
- vote Which health insurance is most prestigious? HELP!!!
- Dermatologist visit with Google's Anthem ghip plan Hi, I need to visit a dermatologist for some skin allergy. When I try to check the cost estimate, it shows that I need to pay full cost as I am in deductible phase. Does that mean Anthem gHip plan doesn't cover for dermatologist? #google #healthcare #insurance
- Nike maternity leave Anyone know details around maternity leave at Nike? How long you get and how to maximize? TC 250