Idaho Politics: Nicole LeFavour to run for US Representative

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Saturday March 10, 2012 · 8:06 PM PST

2012/03/10 · 20:06

This is a pretty cool development for the state of Idaho.

Said LeFavour in a Friday twitter post, “I’m running for Congress because I love Idaho and we can do better.”

She is a really neat lady and would be a great addition to the Democratic ranks in the House of Reps. Read More

Idaho GOP loyalty

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Friday April 08, 2011 · 5:29 AM PDT

2011/04/08 · 05:29

Don't vote lockstep with the Idaho GOP?

Lose your leadership position.

Citing their failure to support GOP leadership on procedural votes, House Speaker Lawerence Denney stripped the chairmanships of Reps. Leon Smith, R-Twin Falls and Tom Trail, R-Moscow.

This is disgusting. There is no room for moderation in the Idaho GOP (heck in the GOP in general). They must have forgotten about their contracts signed in blood.

I'm not a Republican, so I most likely wouldn't vote for these guys even if I did live in their district, but they do have my support (in a way). Whatever that means.

The Ultimate in Male Birth Control

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Wednesday March 09, 2011 · 11:07 AM PST

2011/03/09 · 11:07

Yes. I'm talking about a vasectomy.

What with all the talk about stripping women of their reproductive rights, I got to thinking about the male reproductive system.

After a particularly rough night with our one month old, my wife (who is a stay-at-home mother) told me to "go schedule your vasectomy".

She was only half-kidding but we've discussed it before, and for the long term, a vasectomy is the option we are going to go with to prevent pregnancy. Overall, it is just a better option than my wife getting her tubes tied. We've heard horror stories of women having lots of problems after the procedure, it's invasive and just not an attractive option. The vasectomy just seems more "friendly" (and if we're really itching for another child we could either chance adoption or, as a last resort, try and reverse the vasectomy).

Are there any other Kossacks out there that have thad this done? Care to share some words of wisdom?

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Babies: Hospital costs and Insurance (personal experience)

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Monday February 28, 2011 · 3:51 PM PST

2011/02/28 · 15:51

My wife just recently gave birth to our baby daughter. We've now been waiting with bated breath the fallout from the hospital costs and what insurance doesn't feel like covering. So far I've been able to "monitor" what has been billed to insurance and have a feel for what we're about to get stuck with.

When she gave birth to our son, we were in Seattle. We had Cigna POS (Point of Service) through my wife's employer. The Seattle hospital billed insurance approximately $24,000.

What did we pay?

Wait for it...

$200.

That's it. That's all. That was the cost of the admission to the hospital and Cigna picked up the rest of the tab. For once it seemed like we were the winners in the "insurance co. versus the little guy" fight. Or at least it felt that way (I feel/felt fortunate and very lucky).

With my daughter? Well. Circumstances changed. Fast forward two years, we're on my company's insurance. Anthem BlueCross. Basically an "ok" HMO. And live in Boise, Idaho. As I have been watching the progress on their website, our out of pocket expense, so far, is about $864. On a tab that may get to a little under $10,000.

There is a possibility that it could get into the thousand dollar level, but that is not guaranteed.
Anyone else experience something like this? All I know is we did not fully take advantage of our previous situation.

I'm just glad that we haven't had any "tough" problems regarding insurance.

Yet.

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