Visiting folks in the Chattanooga area, I couldn't help but notice the gigantic new Blue Cross Blue Shield headquarters under construction on Cameron Hill, overlooking downtown Chattanooga. This pic is a 3 image composite (212mb in size), with a 4th image left out which included a gargantuan, humongous (ie. very big) parking garage on the south side of the hill. When the temple is occupied, the gods will command a magnificent air-conditioned vista of downtown, the Tennessee River, and Lookout Mountain, while processing the paperwork and making life and death financial and health decisions for the mere mortals down below who pay their tithes to the gods. Now paying tithes to the gods is optional for a mortal, but woe be it to the mortal who chooses not to pay the tithe. For if it isn't paid, should the mortal fall ill, the healer gods will ignore the mortal, or confiscate all their meager possessions along with all their hopes and dreams of possessions in the future. So the tithes must be paid, lest the gods come and smite thee with a curse.
*Sorry, as a now independent contractor, my monthly tithe to BC would be $225 just for catastrophic coverage with a $2500 deductible, and BC is non-profit. I think I'll withhold my tithe and take my chances with the curse.
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You might want to look into Assurant's high deductable policies. You end up having to do more legwork on making sure medical offices file claims correctly, but they can be good for individual policies, if you are generally in good health.
Ironically, we have Assurant right now but are switching to Blue Cross. And we just came back from Erlanger for some medical stuff, so a very timely topic.
Posted by DSK | April 24, 2008 5:50 PM
Hey..I WORK for the healer gods and they still smite me!
Posted by poopie | April 25, 2008 4:54 PM
Wow! Didn't realize what I was tithing to build this monument to BCBS. Note, it has been observed in the past that companies building such monuments have troubles down the road.
Posted by M. Neal | April 27, 2008 11:28 AM