http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/26/health-insurer-drops-cancer-suffering-vet-two-cents-short-on-premium-payment/
QuoteRonald Flanagan, a veteran suffering from Multiple Myeloma – a particularly deadly form of blood cancer which Ronald suspects may be the result of his exposure to Agent Orange when serving in Viet Nam – was in the doctor's office getting ready for a bone marrow biopsy when his wife rushed into the room and announced, "Stop. We don't have health insurance."
While Ron had been preparing for the procedure, the office staff had informed Mrs. Flanagan that the family's health care coverage had lapsed. Confused, Ron's wife, Frances, got on the phone with an administrator at Florida based Ceridian Cobra Services to get an explanation.
It turns out that Mrs. Flanagan had made an error in her November premium payment, shorting the insurer two cents.
Quote from: Suu on January 28, 2011, 10:57:43 PM
http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/01/26/health-insurer-drops-cancer-suffering-vet-two-cents-short-on-premium-payment/
QuoteRonald Flanagan, a veteran suffering from Multiple Myeloma – a particularly deadly form of blood cancer which Ronald suspects may be the result of his exposure to Agent Orange when serving in Viet Nam – was in the doctor's office getting ready for a bone marrow biopsy when his wife rushed into the room and announced, "Stop. We don't have health insurance."
While Ron had been preparing for the procedure, the office staff had informed Mrs. Flanagan that the family's health care coverage had lapsed. Confused, Ron's wife, Frances, got on the phone with an administrator at Florida based Ceridian Cobra Services to get an explanation.
It turns out that Mrs. Flanagan had made an error in her November premium payment, shorting the insurer two cents.
:facepalm:
We're really going to have to eat these bastards, one day.
Hopefully whoever made that decision at the insurance company gets hit by a fleet of buses.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 28, 2011, 11:51:33 PM
We're really going to have to eat these bastards, one day.
We'll put them on the grocery list when the food runs out.
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/28/ayn-rand-took-govern.html
Just saying.
i would presume that the process to drop someone's insurance is automated, no?
not having read more than the posted synopsis, i would think the reason to get upset is if they didn't immediately reinstate it such that the operation could go through once a human was put into the loop...
Quote from: Iptuous on January 29, 2011, 05:38:45 AM
i would presume that the process to drop someone's insurance is automated, no?
not having read more than the posted synopsis, i would think the reason to get upset is if they didn't immediately reinstate it such that the operation could go through once a human was put into the loop...
Ever meet anyone in the insurance racket?