handoflixue comments on Open Thread: September 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: handoflixue 07 September 2011 05:59:51AM 4 points [-]

I'm both transgendered and diagnosed with depression, and I've had good luck getting insured via Rudi Hoffman. I don't recall what the name of the insurance company was, and I haven't heard the final OK since the medical examination, but I don't foresee any difficulties. I was warned they'll most likely put me down on male rates (feh) despite being legally female, but I can deal with that even if I don't like it.

Comment author: [deleted] 07 September 2011 06:01:29AM 2 points [-]

Same broker. Did you mention the depression to him explicitly?

Comment author: handoflixue 07 September 2011 07:03:48PM 2 points [-]

Yes. I'm not taking any medication for it, which might have affected it.

Comment author: [deleted] 07 September 2011 07:46:23PM 2 points [-]

That question never came up in my conversation with him, oddly. So I'm left wondering what the decisive difference is. shrug