I’m so happy to be returning to Queercents this week! I’ve been recovering from knee surgery and am coming out of the pain-haze. For the past three weeks I’ve been taking my new health insurance policy for a spin. The coverage I chose seems to be sufficient and I’ve been able to visit excellent doctors. As the explanation of benefits come pouring in my mailbox, my PPO is covering what I anticipated. My out of pocket costs have not been shocking.

As I may have mentioned in the past, my father works in the insurance industry. My family values the benefits of being insurance. A Wiki respondent said it concisely ‘œYou transfer your risk to an insurance company in exchange for a premium.’

That said, you can purchase insurance for just about anything. It covers basics like health and property insurance. It can also be unconventional like ‘œstar employee insurance‘ which covers business owners against loss of a great employee or ‘œanimal immortality‘ for highly trained performing animals.

Here’s a humorous spoof that is actually a plausible idea — coming out insurance. If one of you Queercents readers can make it happen, you’ll be rich. I know my dad would have paid a pretty penny to offset his expenses for my dance lessons, theatre tickets, and quirky fashion experiments.

When Nina forwarded the link to me I laughed and laughed! I’m not one to forward links to my e-mail list, but I sent this one to my family of friends quicker than the beat of techno music. If it humors you too, pass this post along and help our Queercents family grow!