Smile Like You Mean It
Yesterday was my first day at a new job with the Museum of Civilization. Everything flew by in a blur. The day was jam packed with introductions, tours, and other administrative stuff that I was shocked to see five o’clock roll around. Things look fairly interesting though and the people here are pretty cool. If I can survive the two hour commute each day, I should do just fine.
A good chunk of my day was spent with HR where I was signed up for the company pension, collective agreement, and health benefits. Now since Darcy and I had been living together for over a year, I was already covered under his government plan. That includes dental and so I had made an appointment a while back to look into the possibility of getting my teeth fixed. Through his plan, 50% of orthodontics would be covered. After 3 months of working at the museum, I will get my own dental plan that covers 50% of orthodontics. That means that come May, I might be able to get orthodontic treatment entirely paid for by the wonderful people at the Great West Life.
Now some of you may be wondering what the hell I’m talking about. You may see me on a regular basis and never have noticed anything wrong with my teeth. I have a slight overlap in my upper front teeth stemming from when I was a child. The baby tooth had taken too long to fall out and my adult tooth had started growing behind it. It’s nothing huge, but it has always bugged me.
At my appointment last November, I was told it would take about 6 to 9 months with one row of braces up top to fix the problem. Now that I know I can afford it financially, the only thing left to wonder is how much can my career afford to have braces on my teeth for 6 to 9 months?
A good chunk of my day was spent with HR where I was signed up for the company pension, collective agreement, and health benefits. Now since Darcy and I had been living together for over a year, I was already covered under his government plan. That includes dental and so I had made an appointment a while back to look into the possibility of getting my teeth fixed. Through his plan, 50% of orthodontics would be covered. After 3 months of working at the museum, I will get my own dental plan that covers 50% of orthodontics. That means that come May, I might be able to get orthodontic treatment entirely paid for by the wonderful people at the Great West Life.
Now some of you may be wondering what the hell I’m talking about. You may see me on a regular basis and never have noticed anything wrong with my teeth. I have a slight overlap in my upper front teeth stemming from when I was a child. The baby tooth had taken too long to fall out and my adult tooth had started growing behind it. It’s nothing huge, but it has always bugged me.
At my appointment last November, I was told it would take about 6 to 9 months with one row of braces up top to fix the problem. Now that I know I can afford it financially, the only thing left to wonder is how much can my career afford to have braces on my teeth for 6 to 9 months?
Labels: Random, The Actor, The Day Job
posted by Nancy Kenny at
1:43 PM
2 Comments:
According to HR, I'm fine.
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Nancy Kenny, at 7:36 AM
You can be covered by two insurance plans (by your spouse's and your employment's), but you are only covered 100% if those two plans are from different companies.
Like my husband and I both work for Fed Gov (different depts), we are not covered 100% on dental because we are both with Great West Life.
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Anonymous, at 3:20 PM
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