Jun 022010
As soon as I’m done with this blog post, I’ll be printing out paystubs and bank statements to send in with my Medical Assistance renewal. It’s a ritual that I perform every six months; the paperwork always arrives just as summer blossoms and again when winter is taking hold. I used to take some slight offense at having to lay my finances bare for some anonymous bureaucrat to scrutinize. But that was before I began my own career as an anonymous bureaucrat. Now I understand that this little exercise in hoop-jumping is a small price to pay to maintain my state-sponsored health care. It’s not even that intrusive. I just wish there was a way I could submit this information electronically because I’m pretty sure my printer is almost out of ink.
Why, there may be a way to submit your items electronically very soon!!! Well, soon in government speak, so in the next couple years. Isn’t that exciting?
In fact, you won’t have to submit your assets at all as we will be able to look that up for you, without your written consent based on the privacy practices notice you sign. And same with your income, if I have my way. Now isn’t that creepy?
RE: the electronic stuff: you know we’re working on it! 🙂