I am self employed and looking to move off of Kaiser due to hard time getting into see specialists or simply limited number of them. I've had a couple things happen where I was in a tight spot due to how totally booked Kaiser was.

I ended up paying out of pocket to see providers outside of Kaiser many times over the years, so I thought I may as well see people for whom these visits might count towards a deductible.

If you purchase an individual plan through Connect for Health site, have you preferred either network? For what reasons?

I did look up my providers. I saw one specialist I may need to see is on Anthem but not on Cigna, so I may decide to pay more to get Anthem.

Would love to hear your experiences with each. Anthem does require PCP. I don't think Cigna does.

I have a team offsite in January, and my boss wants to do something that screams Boulder to the people coming from NY. Any ideas? Group of 50. No Accesibility needs. Prefer if it’s something after 3pm

my bday is coming up, what’s the best bday freebies boulder has that actually work

i’m looking for a full treatment, cleaning, massage, gel, maybe acrylic

My TV had subscriptions left on it from the previous owner. My cat tipped it over this morning. It was the last thing I had after being robbed by a contractor. It's just very disappointing as it was one of the only things keeping me sane on a discouraging job/ housing search with no family or friends in the area. I honestly have had the worst luck lately, like, am I cursed? Subconscious sabotage?

Anyway, if someone is selling one for cheap, please let me know! Thank you!

I’m really just trying to get a solid foundation under me. I’m 27 currently on probation and I need a little help. I’m not a S/O. I have experience in hvac lumber electrical and some plumbing I have manufacturing experience maintenance experience can use most power equipment, lifts etc. I’ve even done line cook jobs in the past please give me some leads y’all. Really need a break

My apartments have had some sort of issue with water for the last several months. The bills just keep going up. They’ve acknowledged there’s a problem and are “trying to work on it.” Meanwhile my water bill is almost $500 this month. As a single parent who struggles to make Christmas work even during the best of times, this won’t work. It’s wild they expect us to just keep paying while they just “work on it.”

Is there anything I can do? Or do we just keep paying money hoping corporations eventually get around to fixing something?

We just bought a reverse osmosis filter and are looking to have it professionally installed. The challenge is that the counter is granite and would need a hole drilled for the RO spigot. Any recommendations for a quality plumber that would have experience doing this work? Several that I've called have balked at drilling the hole...

Edit: Thanks everyone for the replies. Probably going to take a stab at doing it myself. I'm pretty good with DIY, just nervous about being liable for repairs.

Both departing and arriving back in Boulder, RTD had backup busses ready to go. I think we even arrived on scheduled, despite a standing-room-only packed bus.

So, thank you, RTD drivers and operators, for getting us all home this weekend. I still want a train for Christmas, but I really appreciate when you step up with great bus service.

Going off at 5am… what’s the deal? Should I grab my family and go? Or did one of the homeless set it off?

Has anyone else had a questionable experience with them? I'm perplexed that their reviews are so high. They originally were Little Britches and the practice was purchased by another dentist and rebranded - Rock Pediatric. I try to give people an honest try and we stayed with the practice for one visit, but there was a lot of shadiness going on.

When it was Little Britches, we were under their care for about 2 years and there were no teeth concerns. When we saw Rock Pediatric, dentist said the kids had a couple cavities that needed fillings. This sounded odd to me, because previously there were no cavity hot spots and we were always told brushing is going well, kids teeth are clean and in good health.

I thought ok, maybe something happened in the last 6 months. So I ask for an estimate ie how much will our insurance pay and what will we be responsible for. This next part also seemed shady, the receptionist handed me a post-it with a figure. In all my previous experiences with most reputable dentists, they can run an estimate insurance claim and see how much it will cost. Then they give me an itemized sheet with billing codes and estimates on what I can expect to be responsible for.

I decide to get a second opinion. I ask Rock Pediatric for the x-rays, but our 2nd opinion dentist says the x-rays are too low quality to ascertain info. So 2nd opinion dentist does new x-rays and determines that cavity fillings are not needed. We have since stopped going to Rock Pediatric.

And now, after almost a year since our last visit, Rock Pediatric has sent me an invoice for that last appointment a year ago for amounts not covered by insurance. It just seems so odd and again shady that they're sending this one year later.

Any insight or similar experiences?

What’s the best place in or close to Boulder to eat Vietnamese style (Nem Cha Gio) rice paper fried spring rolls (not the egg rolls that you find more often in Vietnamese and Thai restaurants)?

Found a ring in the parking lot closest to the dog park. It doesn’t seem to have an inscription or any identifying markings, so send me a quick description or picture and I’ll get it back to you!

Don't get me wrong, I like TJs for a few things, but who's waiting in line? Is this a regular occurrence?

I am searching far and wide for the Greater Boulder Area's best mozzy stick. Please give me your best candidates, my esteemed fellow redditors.

If anybody suggests Fat Shack I will know you've never had a good one in your existence.

This might be a long shot:
I have an 8:15am flight this Wednesday, Dec 4. Anyone driving to DIA that early? I can arrange for RTD from either downtown or Table Mesa but just thought I'd ask. I'm in NoBo.
Thank you!

Our dog ran away from his sitter at 10:30 pm tonight. We would appreciate any help we can get to find him tomorrow. Last seen near Howard heuston dog park. He’s a 35 lb mini labradoodle with Merle coloring (black and white spots). Will answer to Finn but may be spooked out, so please be cautious as we don’t want him to run when found. Please, we need any help we can get.

The past few weeks have been rough for a lot of pets, at least in my circle. For myself, I have only had special needs pets since living in boulder and I’ve never felt good about the emergency care…like to the point of anger and frustration.

Sadly, in the past few weeks we’ve had to see more emergency care and CASE has been a different experience. Is it perfect? No. Nothing sadly is in these situations, but the staff has been communicative without being annoyed (I’m a sitter to one of their patient while another friend of mine was there too) with working with the circumstances we’re facing.

I’ve sat there with my friend during every visiting hour and have watched the tech handle each pet there with love. Could it because I’m there? Sure. But no. It wasn’t. You can tell when somebody is caring like that.

If you have a pet that needs immediate care, I really do suggest CASE. Again, I’ve been here too much and this is the only emergency care I’ve not come away from angry. And, being in so much pain lately, I want to be angry. Trust me.

ETA - in the comments I’m hearing a lot of amazing things about VEG. My emergency care has been elsewhere but hearing such great things about VEG I want to put this here too in case you are in the unfortunate situation of needing emergency care for your loved one.

I’ve just started my second day here and have witnessed 3 accidents on 30th.

Heads up to anyone in North Boulder, there's a mountain lion in the Parkside Park area that lunged at me and my dog this evening. I saw 2 sets of eyes while I was walking away, so I think there might be a cub as well?

Please keep your eyes peeled, and make sure your dogs are leashed and harnessed, especially the little ones! Thankfully I was able to scoop mine up quickly, because I seriously doubt that a 10 pound mini schnauzer would have won this fight.

Hello boulder! I visited one of your awesome breweries, twisted pine, during a work trip and had an incredible spicy beer called "ghost face killah". Along with the beer, that trip was special as it was unfathomly successful and it changed our company trajectory for decades... As a christmas gift I would like to gift my boss a 6 pack to help commerate the night before our meeting, but I live halfway across the county. Does anyone have ideas on how to get this brew? I am tired of giving gift cards and meaningless gifts... That brew would have special meaning for my boss and he deserves something special. Mods, please remove if this post is not allowed.

It's a Christmas miracle

Which churches have more of a younger (Millenials and younger) and more liberal membership group in Boulder?

I enjoyed 4 experiences this last week with the AB1 - all great! They were running two buses last Saturday and this Tuesday. Last night at DIA, there were 5-6 AB1 busses going back to Boulder.

I've been burned by AB1 a few times during Thanksgiving over the past few years, but this year RTD is excelling! They really stepped up to the travel demand last night, and I assume they'll have a whole fleet of buses running again today and tomorrow.

Wishing everyone safe, smooth travels!

Kind of spud quality but I was holding my dog at the time. I don't know if you can see but a couple of them are missing antlers or pieces of antlers - I assume from harem battles.

Grew up playing golf in the south when I was younger. I’d like to get back into it (40yo now), but I’m not sure how the scene is around here. Is there a culture I can get in on? Do people play in the winter?