http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/06/05/the-m-network-vacation-guide-if-you-have-an-emergency/#comment-30403 Alison @ This Wasn't In The Plan Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:53:29 +0000 http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/06/05/the-m-network-vacation-guide-if-you-have-an-emergency/#comment-30403 I always thought that I would just be able to look up any pertinent information on our insurance's website, so really didn't know the ins and outs of our plan. While visiting my parents, we needed to take our son to urgent care and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to look up information on a website that was mostly down for maintenance. Calling didn't work, because it was a Sunday and we couldn't get a hold of a person. We ended up just taking him to the place that was closest. Later we learned that the co-pay for urgent care was high, thus we did make the best choice (paying out of pocket, like we did, was cheaper), but had we known that in advance, it would have been a lot easier and we would have saved some time searching. I always thought that I would just be able to look up any pertinent information on our insurance’s website, so really didn’t know the ins and outs of our plan. While visiting my parents, we needed to take our son to urgent care and spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to look up information on a website that was mostly down for maintenance. Calling didn’t work, because it was a Sunday and we couldn’t get a hold of a person. We ended up just taking him to the place that was closest. Later we learned that the co-pay for urgent care was high, thus we did make the best choice (paying out of pocket, like we did, was cheaper), but had we known that in advance, it would have been a lot easier and we would have saved some time searching.

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