Oh, hello economy. Have we reached bottom yet?

[icarus]

Oh. Joy. WG received a letter that his insurance claim has been refused. The insurance company insists that he has to file with L&I.

WG's been pacing and worried all day. There has been no other topic of conversation today.

He spoke with the union trust people immediately. They were surprised at his company's insistance that you have to report injuries for L&I within a 72-hour window. The woman there said, "I had some pain in my hand that I ignored at first but it kept getting worse. I was able to report it to L&I."

Now WG has to file an L&I claim after the fact. He's going in to the shipyard to talk to human resources tomorrow.

Meanwhile, the head of my work, the tutor program, has called a meeting for 10:30 tomorrow. This will be our first ever meeting.

I have a feeling I know what it's about. I was reviewing the applications for next year's tutors this week. Today I was told to put that on hold. We won't be hiring new tutors for next year.

Yesterday, I read that economic indicators had improved. Companies were restocking their inventories. First quarter profits were better than expected. It is time for the economy to turn around, please.

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[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

I'm so not letting WG see this comment until after he's talked to them. Because he's utterly paranoid and understandably scared. That CT and bone scan cost $4,000. We're fucked if this doesn't go through.

[bruinsfan.livejournal.com]

I can't necessarily say anything upbeat about insurance paying out, but one thing I can reassure you about is that taking a long time to pay extensive medical bills is neither unheard of nor damning.

Back when I was a kid my dad had major surgery and a year's worth of subsequent rehab before he could come home, to the tune of $50,000 after insurance that we had to pay on a nonprofit office manager's salary and disability stipends. We kept our house and kept food on the table. We weren't able to pay a lot off at once, but the hospitals were willing to work with my family as long as we kept making good faith payments in amounts we could handle.