My Adventure Up To Now

Like many Americans, I started early--shortly after midnight on October 1, 2013. I didn't get very far. For the first couple of days I kept running into the problem that many people ran into--I had to create answers for 3 security questions, but the drop down boxes that should contain the questions I can choose to answer were blank.

Eventually, that got fixed and I was finally able to create an account. Yay!

Then it came time to start applying. I answered questions, fairly straight-forwardly until I got to the part where it asked if I want assistance paying.

Here's my situation: I am currently not working and not really able to work until my treatment is all done. I suppose I could do something, but my interview suit doesn't fit, and I don't want to work in small town Wisconsin. I am living with my Dad so my expenses are rather low. My plan is to just finish up my treatment and return to Seattle where I can get a job in my field again.

But, while I'm in Wisconsin, I won't be employed. So I thought I'd see if I could get a subsidy. I told it what my income was and what I expected to make in 2014, but the site lost track of that amount and went off just the small amount from savings and investments.

As part of that, I had to answer some questions. These questions came from Experian, I think. One of the questions was what kind of car did I buy in 1999 and one said, "Our records indicate that you purchased pet insurance within past 2 years. What is the name of the pet?" or something worded like that. It had 4 pet names and "none of the above".

At the end, it said that my identity verification failed and crashed out.

After that, I decided that I wouldn't request help paying for the health insurance. I'll just pay it like I do now. I have no income now, but my career when I do work is successful and I'm not hurting as bad as a lot of other people in Wisconsin--especially the small town where I live where nobody makes any money even though they all work pretty damn hard.

But the point I wanted to make is that I almost got to the end--where I had to verify my ID before crashing.