I currently have a COBRA extension of my dad’s insurance plan, because I aged out of being covered under him. It’s, fortunately, been pretty great coverage (and it should be at ovr $350 a month!) and I haven’t had any trouble with getting transition-related expenses covered.
Unfortunately, my coverage recently changed. Everything’s still covered, I just have higher deductables and copays. Not the end of the world, but obnoxious.
It made me decide to reapply for an individual plan, which has just been a bag of fun…
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We have a non-discrimination policy for our classes which is printed in our brochure and previously read “[we don't discrminiate] on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status.” I’d asked my boss before about including gender identity on the list (after praising him for including sexual orientation) and never heard back, so I assumed he hadn’t done it and I’d have to bug him again before the next session.
But today we got the brochure proof and low-and-behold: “[we don't discrminiate] on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status.” (Emphasis added.)
It’s pretty neat to feel like you’ve made a difference, even a little one.
-R
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