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a blog by Kim Russell

August 13, 2013

Welcome, Coughy DeSquirts!

I received an envelope in the mail today emblazoned with “10.01.13 – AN EPIC EVENT IS COMING TO NEW JERSEY” and featuring photos of healthy multicultural (and uninsured) young people. I thought it was promoting some sort of 5K that I’ll laugh at or maybe a festival. But no. It’s Health Care Reform, kids! It’s coming to my Garden State!

Good. Everyone should have access to medical care and nobody should have to go broke because they get sick.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Are you required to get health insurance?”
“Yes, but don’t worry. We’ve created a website…blah blah blah”

Oh, I’m sure everyone will follow the law and get health insurance! Just like all parents buy their kids school supplies and teachers’ spouses never have to drop $100s at Office Depot so they can buy notebooks for kids who own iPhone 5s and $250 sneakers, but can’t find $20 a year for school supplies.

This happy letter came from Horizon Blue Cross. They even had a special URL for me : GoNJReady.com/Kimberly

And get this…the website welcomed me by my very own super-unique and not-popular-at-all name!

So custom! So clever! So … hackable.

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Go to GoNJReady.com/YourNameHere for fun. If you want a space in your name, use %20, like this:

GoNJReady.com/Walter%20White

Posted In: I live in New Jersey, I love the Internet · Tagged: healthcare reform, nj


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I've been blogging for over twenty (2 decades! 2-0!) years and I'm apparently one of the few over-50 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun, and unprofitable. No big. However, if you're from Disney, Doritos, or Dave Matthews Band, I'm open to talk about selling out.

I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dog Murphy. I'm an adult who likes Disney but not a Disney Adult. I used to work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia, but since March of 2020 I'm a work from home hermit. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

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