OK, I think I’ve finally figured out how I’m going to get rich in the future…I’m going to start an insurance or pharmaceutical company because I swear that those joints are the biggest money makers in the entire world. I’ve had several encounters recently that have me convinced of this…
1) It all started at the beginning of the summer when Stanford announced that they’d be charging something like $600 to extend our academic health insurance through the summer. Since I don’t get sick often, I figured that I could pass on it and would be fine with just getting an emergency health plan. I found a decent emergency plan on www.ehealthinsurance.com and thought I’d be good to go for the summer. Well, I just got back from picking up some meds that I was prescribed for my upcoming trip to Asia and I almost cried when the lady at CVS gave me the total. Because I passed on Stanford’s summer health insurance plan, I knew I’d have to pay full price for the medicine, but I had no idea of how expensive they’d be. Even worse, I only need to use these meds if I get sick, so I might complete my trip without ever having to use these joints. I know it’s always better to be safe than sorry, but GOOD LAWD!!! If I could do it all again, I would have jumped all over Stanford’s summer plan because, even thuogh it was expensive, you never know when you’ll need to get medicine or have to visit a doctor. I don’t know how people get by without insurance nowadays…
2) A couple of weeks ago, my man Travis told me that we’d have to get vaccinations before going out to Thailand, so I made an appointment with a travel doctor in NYC. Once I got to the doctor’s office, I was surprised to find out that the doctor included a mandatory $150 consultation where he asks a bunch of questions about the planned trip and gives advice. I was like “WHOA!”, but I needed the shots, so I rolled with it. I can’t front…the doctor gave me some good advice, so it wasn’t all bad. Next, we went through the shots that I should and shouldn’t get. He told me that there are several that some doctors would suggest, but that I didn’t need them, so I thought he was saving me money on unnecessary vaccinations. In the end, my visit cost me $400 and I left happy thinking that I’d gotten a deal…until I spoke with my man Travis yesterday and told me that he’d gotten all his shots done in LA for $60. I’m sure that I had a shot or two that he didn’t get, but I couldn’t help feeling like I’d gotten gamed.
In other news, I’m getting started with my fulltime recruiting networking early on with an office visit to McKinsey’s DC office tomorrow morning. Since I don’t know what’s up with Accenture right now, I’ve got my mind set on a full-fledged job search this Fall. McKinsey has always been at the top of my list of potential employers and I hope to make a good impression with their DC folks. According to their ATL office recruiter, I will get to skip the first round interviews this Fall and will advance directly to the second rounds with their Southern Office, so I’m starting off in a good position, but you never know what can happen. I’ll let y’all know how the visit went when I get back here.
Ahhhhhh, only a week left until I fly back to California and it seems like this summer has gone by so quickly. I spent most of the summer in anticipation of geting back to school and jumping back into the classroom, but, now that it’s almost here, I wish I had another month to kick it on the East Coast before having to return to Palo Alto.
1) It all started at the beginning of the summer when Stanford announced that they’d be charging something like $600 to extend our academic health insurance through the summer. Since I don’t get sick often, I figured that I could pass on it and would be fine with just getting an emergency health plan. I found a decent emergency plan on www.ehealthinsurance.com and thought I’d be good to go for the summer. Well, I just got back from picking up some meds that I was prescribed for my upcoming trip to Asia and I almost cried when the lady at CVS gave me the total. Because I passed on Stanford’s summer health insurance plan, I knew I’d have to pay full price for the medicine, but I had no idea of how expensive they’d be. Even worse, I only need to use these meds if I get sick, so I might complete my trip without ever having to use these joints. I know it’s always better to be safe than sorry, but GOOD LAWD!!! If I could do it all again, I would have jumped all over Stanford’s summer plan because, even thuogh it was expensive, you never know when you’ll need to get medicine or have to visit a doctor. I don’t know how people get by without insurance nowadays…
2) A couple of weeks ago, my man Travis told me that we’d have to get vaccinations before going out to Thailand, so I made an appointment with a travel doctor in NYC. Once I got to the doctor’s office, I was surprised to find out that the doctor included a mandatory $150 consultation where he asks a bunch of questions about the planned trip and gives advice. I was like “WHOA!”, but I needed the shots, so I rolled with it. I can’t front…the doctor gave me some good advice, so it wasn’t all bad. Next, we went through the shots that I should and shouldn’t get. He told me that there are several that some doctors would suggest, but that I didn’t need them, so I thought he was saving me money on unnecessary vaccinations. In the end, my visit cost me $400 and I left happy thinking that I’d gotten a deal…until I spoke with my man Travis yesterday and told me that he’d gotten all his shots done in LA for $60. I’m sure that I had a shot or two that he didn’t get, but I couldn’t help feeling like I’d gotten gamed.
In other news, I’m getting started with my fulltime recruiting networking early on with an office visit to McKinsey’s DC office tomorrow morning. Since I don’t know what’s up with Accenture right now, I’ve got my mind set on a full-fledged job search this Fall. McKinsey has always been at the top of my list of potential employers and I hope to make a good impression with their DC folks. According to their ATL office recruiter, I will get to skip the first round interviews this Fall and will advance directly to the second rounds with their Southern Office, so I’m starting off in a good position, but you never know what can happen. I’ll let y’all know how the visit went when I get back here.
Ahhhhhh, only a week left until I fly back to California and it seems like this summer has gone by so quickly. I spent most of the summer in anticipation of geting back to school and jumping back into the classroom, but, now that it’s almost here, I wish I had another month to kick it on the East Coast before having to return to Palo Alto.
woh-ho, that’s a lot of money. i still remember people telling me to go for a medicine degree, but i could never drop my love for mathematics over biology – and here i am, getting ready to shell out huge amounts of money before … maybe i will join your health insurance company ?
have a fun trip to thailand and south east asia
If you are going to Asia, couldnt you get the shots that you need there? I am sure it would be much less expensive.
Good work with your blog.
Looks like the way to get rich is with counterfeit drugs. Did you read that article in the Wall Street Journal about the 45 year old guy who made millions off of his website trafficking prescription drugs all over the world? He even details how he evaded the FDA. There you go Marquis…tip of the day.
Anonymous, I thought about getting the shots over there, but my friends convinced me not to do so because the healthcare over there isn’t guaranteed to be as good as it is here. Also, I’ve heard that some of the doctors/pharmacies out there dilute or sell placebos as full strength drugs to skim profits, so I thought that it’d be worth it to just pay to get the shots done in the US before leaving.
See, why are you trying to get me hemmed up, Candy Lynn…you’re supposed to be my peoples and what not.
I bet you would be the first one at the GSB to be like “I thought Marquis was a good guy, but I can’t hang with that jailbird anymore”…;-)