I do the same thing for all my bill payments.
However, I am also currently getting COBRA coverage (until 8/1) A prerequisite was automatic payment - NO OTHER OPTION. I had to do it..and believe me, that money is pulled at 12:01 on the first of the month.
Right now, I’m getting all of my ‘annual’ checkups done. The big tests were done last year before my layoff date.
I went to my annual physical on the 6th with my favorite doctor. If you think we have it bad, listen to their side for awhile. I told her if she decides to go ‘boutique’ that I want to sign up. She looked at me very seriously and responded “I will keep that in mind.” This pos system we have is going to force doctors out. She doesn’t know if her family will be covered next year. She and her family are covered on her husband’s policy currently. No one knows.
I will have to pick up retiree insurance on 8/1. But if IBM can throw their retirees onto the exchanges, it will only be a matter of time before they all do it.
“However, I am also currently getting COBRA coverage (until 8/1) A prerequisite was automatic payment - NO OTHER OPTION.”
I can see why you wouldn’t like that; I wouldn’t, either.
“This pos system we have is going to force doctors out.”
If it doesn’t, it sure won’t entice young people to go into medicine.
“But if IBM can throw their retirees onto the exchanges, it will only be a matter of time before they all do it.”
Much of ObamaCare was designed to give these large companies a “level playing field” with foreign competition by removing these costs. The auto industry in particular comes to mind; they have to charge so much per vehicle to pay for costs associated with people who retired 20 years ago.