Sunday Morning Post: (V.1, #14) - Thirty Years On
This will be
a short one today, as there is a brunch to attend. This month marks the 30th anniversary of when I started working in some semblance of the health care
insurance industry.
I was living
with friends in Maryland and temping for National Automatic Sprinkler Industry
Welfare Fund when there was an opening in their claims department. At that time, the Fund processed medical
claims for their unionized work force. I
believe in the years since I left in 1999 that part has been outsourced to Blue
Cross.
Warrior
Queen and I longed to return to the Philly area and we got word that Union
Labor Life was starting a new office in King of Prussia. Here I started out as a claims processor and
moved on to quality assurance. ULLICO later
had some difficulties and they sold our operations to a company I won’t name,
in the spirit of “If you can’t say anything nice...”
I have been
at Health Advocate since 2011 and believe this was where I was always meant to
be. I had medical claims experience and
always questioned why the insurance industry behaves the way it does. Why does it cover so and so, but not such and
such? For years I felt like I was on a
Don Quixotic quest to find common sense in the health insurance industry.
It took years
of searching, but I finally arrived at the conclusion that there is no common sense to be found in the
health insurance industry. We’re all on
our own.
Well, I’m
glad I got that off my chest…
I insisted on
celebrating the anniversary with a nice buffet brunch at The William Penn Inn,
which is just up the street (a few miles give or take) from our house.
It is the
most chi-chi place we go to for special occasions and this, I believe, is one
of those occasions. So…brunch, anyone? *
*Sorry, but
we’ll have to do separate checks.
(Thank you
for reading. On to brunch!)
posted by todd gunther | 8:05 AM
5 Comments:
Congratulations on 30 years in your chosen profession! Enjoy brunch but don't overdo the mimosas -- remember, you've got work tomorrow!
Happy workiversary, and that's looks like a swanky, swell place for brunch!
Indeed a hearty congratulations !
What does a health advocate do?
You are a braver human than I, to work in the health insurance industry. You deserve much more than brunch for lasting this long there.
Hi Debra, and thank you. Actually I avoided the Mimosas this trip. they would have been too sweet with the syrup I would have with my waffles.
Thank you, Bob. It is a very a nice place for celebrations.
Thank you, Spo.
Thank you, Old Lurker. Health advocates have many functions. My particular job is to assist people with claims disputes and educating them about the pitfalls of the health insurance industry.
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