Probably not coal fired, but I work at a large insurance company here in CA and everything does move very slowly. Pretty much all decisions are sent to a group so that any fallout generated by the decision can be spread amongst a group of people.

Cover Your Ass seems to be the mantra of management here.

But, they did give me a job and medical insurance even with my pre-existing condition, so here I labor.

Yay!

Yay!

Gods, I'm so glad. It's not like you (or the people who love you) need to be dealing with this stress on top of, like, survival.

During her last endless illness, my mother's insurance company routinely refused every single bill that was submitted to them. My father, looking at what he thought would mean bankruptcy and The End of Days, was told by a hospital billing administrator, "Don't worry. They refuse everything the first time. Just keep resubmitting..." The unspoken message was that the insurer hoped that the hapless patient would pay things that were, in fact, covered, because he assumed that if the bill reached him then it must be his.

In the end they covered almost everything, but the toll on my father's sanity was significant. And that was way back in the mid-80s, and my father had Really Good Insurance.

What a relief. All the best...

Fantastic news!

Coal-fired.

Heh.
I'm sure it isn't that fast, but at least that made me smile.
Are you laughing every day?

Good for the persistence of the medical administrator. I am glad you have someone like that going to bat for you. And sorry you need someone like that to go to bat for you.

Oh, that is good news. Hassle should always be minimised in these situations.

*Long exhale*