Comments on: Open enrollment: Save money with your benefits package

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By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:43:43 +0000

Yeah. I wanted to mention the baby too. Even the healthiest of babies sees the doctor at least 8 times in the first year. for us that was $160 in copays right there. That’s also if they don’t get sick AT ALL!! It’s a really good idea for pregnant women who are having babies in the heat of flu season to get their flu shot now, too. Any little bit of protection helps!

By: castocreations

castocreations — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:57:46 +0000

Thanks for the reminder. Our FSA opens again in December. I totally forgot to re-up last year. castocreations's last blog post..Giggle at Griffin

By: Kacie

Kacie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:46:32 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion! I haven’t forgotten about him, and I know there’s no way I can predict how many times we’ll go to the doc in his first year.

Hopefully our contributions and my little buffer will be at least close to enough.

Fortunately, our health insurance is really good so even an ER visit shouldn’t break the bank.

By: paidtwice

paidtwice — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:30:18 +0000

re: reducing FSA contribution – remember, the baby! the baby is going to cost you more in medical than you think, even if they are the healthiest infant in the world. Babies get sick sometimes and it is scary, especially the first time you go through it, and you visit the pedi more than you think you will. And there are the dreaded ear infections and antibiotics and just all the visits in general.

Just a thought from a mom who said she’d never take her kid to the doctor cause they’d be perfect all the time ;). Even with the second, she ended up spending 2 weeks on a portable bili light at home… yikes that was expensive.

You can’t predict what the baby will cost but I can guarantee it’ll be more than you think. :)

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