Bad Mood DudeNot only have I just discovered that my last employer canceled my health insurance without giving me a shred of information about COBRA first, but the IRS wrote me a second little note asking for the 2005 tax return I filed with HR Block.
So, insurance: no notification, no heads-up, just the pharmacist handing me my card back and saying, “You insurance has been canceled. That will be $170, please.”
And, tax return: HR Block advises me to print out my entire 2005 return (on file of course, online, where it’s been all along!), print out new forms from the IRS, and MANUALLY TRANSFER all of the information before signing it and mailing it off.
I’m supposed to have a lovely getaway this weekend as a guest of friends, but can you guess how excited I am to drive 10 hours round trip with no health insurance? Hmm?
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09.19.07 at 07:44 PM |
Oh, Mindy, I am so sorry that happened. It’s amazing what companies will do to get out of COBRA. I went without insurance for 18 months because my former employers said that I didn’t pay on time. Of course, they didn’t tell me when the payment was due and didn’t answer my phone calls to them asking precisely that question, but I didn’t have lawyers and they did, so I couldn’t do much. I hope that you have more resources than I do in that regard.
Maybe one of your peeps out there is a lawyer? Anyone?
09.19.07 at 10:26 PM |
Mindy,
I am so sorry to hear about the insurance. Tim and I are currently without insurance as his employer has never offered it and now my new employer does not offer it as well. And here I sit with 2 boys playing tackle football and Catherine playing soccer. I just hope and pray that no one gets hurt while we figure out what the hell we are going to do.
09.20.07 at 02:09 AM |
I think that your new nickname should be Lucky. It’s just one shitty thing after another.
When my daughter graduated from college last year my insurance plan cut her loose. She has been without insurance for 16 months now. She finally has a job with benefits and she is eligible for insurance in October, I think. She told me she wasn’t sure she was going to take advantage of it since she has been fine without it and I wanted to reach through the phone and slap some sense in to her. How do you get them to understand that accidents happen all of the time and that if you can get insurance, take it.
09.20.07 at 03:01 AM |
Oh how sad I was to read this.
So many are without insurance of any kind.
My constant prayers are with you................
I send you lots of love and hugs across the miles.
I love you dearly.
Jeanne
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