It’s hard to believe someone would lose coverage because they were two cents short on a payment that approached $330.
I was surprised to find that unions were the recipient of many of these health plan waivers. Typically we think of unions as having very comprehensive plans.
I don’t necessarily buy the theory that the Dept. of Health and Human Services gave waivers only to favored constituents. More than 2 million people have mini-med plans and HHS had to give waiver to mini-med plans (and those that cap benefits) or the enrollees will lose coverage which would make the Administration look bad at a crucial time.
My wife’s Blue Shield policy was terminated this month because their on-line payment portal/server did not forward her premium payment for six days. After an hour of back and forth between me and BS they finally admitted their error and reinstated my wife. The kicker is she is healthy and does not use services except annuals. They need people like her to stay solvent.
These media stories drive me crazy. There is so much unreported that the reader needs to know in order to understand what is going on.
For example, he has VA coverage and is obviously over 65, therefore Medicare eligible. And yet he is using COBRA coverage. Did he just retire from somewhere? How can COBRA coverage cost $330 a month for someone that age? It is too low. Or is COBRA just in the name of the benefits administrator and this is a Medicare Advantage plan?
These stories just stoke populist anger and contribute nothing to the discussion of how to regulate health insurers.
Nevertheless, I’ll bet they’ll get their coverage restored before I even finish proofreading this post, because neither the carrier nor the benefits administrator wants to tangle with the local TV station.
It’s hard to believe someone would lose coverage because they were two cents short on a payment that approached $330.
I was surprised to find that unions were the recipient of many of these health plan waivers. Typically we think of unions as having very comprehensive plans.
I don’t necessarily buy the theory that the Dept. of Health and Human Services gave waivers only to favored constituents. More than 2 million people have mini-med plans and HHS had to give waiver to mini-med plans (and those that cap benefits) or the enrollees will lose coverage which would make the Administration look bad at a crucial time.
“Pampered politicos” get waivers? What’s going on here?
Coverage cancelled over a two cent error? I wonder what lower-level bureaucrat made that stupid decision.
Kids having kids is a recipe for disaster.
Ditto Nancy’s comment.
My wife’s Blue Shield policy was terminated this month because their on-line payment portal/server did not forward her premium payment for six days. After an hour of back and forth between me and BS they finally admitted their error and reinstated my wife. The kicker is she is healthy and does not use services except annuals. They need people like her to stay solvent.
These media stories drive me crazy. There is so much unreported that the reader needs to know in order to understand what is going on.
For example, he has VA coverage and is obviously over 65, therefore Medicare eligible. And yet he is using COBRA coverage. Did he just retire from somewhere? How can COBRA coverage cost $330 a month for someone that age? It is too low. Or is COBRA just in the name of the benefits administrator and this is a Medicare Advantage plan?
These stories just stoke populist anger and contribute nothing to the discussion of how to regulate health insurers.
Nevertheless, I’ll bet they’ll get their coverage restored before I even finish proofreading this post, because neither the carrier nor the benefits administrator wants to tangle with the local TV station.