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  1. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance for Expediters; What do You See?

    I got my plan outside of the "Marketplace".... On a side note...I checked one provider and they did only eastern SD where all the people are....I guess its a numbers game....they offered nothing in spares areas...
  2. OntarioVanMan

    Sleep Apnea

    exactly....if the Feds got group rates who'd care?.....:) Factoid: I don't know about other states....I've learned if you stay intrastate only in SD don't need a FMSCA physical to renew CDL.......
  3. OntarioVanMan

    Sleep Apnea

    betcha they'll not be paying retail for the cost of testing....
  4. OntarioVanMan

    Sleep Apnea

    I broke my nose when a teenager and it was not fixed properly....1 passage is reduced....
  5. OntarioVanMan

    Sleep Apnea

    the sidewalls of my nostrils kinda collapse especially more so with age now....the strip help keeps the passage open and I breath less thru my mouth when the snoring occurs... I think people should try other options before opting for the expensive test....not every breathing problem is Apnea....
  6. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance for Expediters; What do You See?

    but you can....I bought mine on the open market...NOT marketplace....now according to my agent Marketplace forces insurance carriers to charge an extra 6% on the policies just for being part of the Marketplace....a reason Wellmark/BlueCross isn't listed with them....IF people are not looking for...
  7. OntarioVanMan

    Sleep Apnea

    I use them Breath Right strips....my problem is in the nostrils collapsing and constricting the airways....1 strip keeps them open and it cuts down the snoring as well....
  8. OntarioVanMan

    How are things going this year?

    if one chose an intrastate driving job....you don't have to mess with FMCSA so much.....less red tape....NO...yearly DOT Physicals driving for the state.
  9. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance for Expediters; What do You See?

    It doesn't appear to to YET....wife is on Medicare and no changes....
  10. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance for Expediters; What do You See?

    I was looking at the exchange....but Blue Cross gave me a better deal....
  11. OntarioVanMan

    Health Insurance for Expediters; What do You See?

    they may not be able to discriminate because of pre existing conditions....but they sure do with age discrimination....the older ya are the higher the rate...
  12. OntarioVanMan

    How are things going this year?

    there are many different ways to use a CDL....so many different types of driving jobs...
  13. OntarioVanMan

    October places, things, thoughts and wishes and some other stuff.

    You sweet talkin hulka love!!! lol
  14. OntarioVanMan

    October places, things, thoughts and wishes and some other stuff.

    Ya did it!!!!....yahoo.....:)
  15. OntarioVanMan

    October places, things, thoughts and wishes and some other stuff.

    absolutely....maybe they'll double him up.....crapshoot....
  16. OntarioVanMan

    October places, things, thoughts and wishes and some other stuff.

    and then there is always the possibility that it may cancel altogether in the morning and you'll be going home empty....
  17. OntarioVanMan

    Oct Locations

    yeah LOL.....and you should see the size of their snowblower!! But it is an automatic....
  18. OntarioVanMan

    Oct Locations

    thats ok....have to do a pee test and watch safety videos yet..then 40hrs as a passenger and 40 with a partner/wing man....and I'll be a certified operator....they have a habit of "borrowing" manpower from each other...DOT yards that is....if Rapid City gets a lot of snow they could ask me to go...
  19. OntarioVanMan

    Oct Locations

    after almost 4 weeks off...I will be back in service tomorrow and leave for Minnesota on Saturday... then a Looooong 6-7 weeks out there till the Christmas Break....middle of Dec for me this year.
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