Comments on: Insurers to continue practice of canceling insurance for the sick http://www.msmaze.com/links/insurers-to-continue-practice-of-canceling-insurance-for-the-sick/ A Guide Through the Maze of Multiple Sclerosis and Health Policy Issues Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:00:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ann Pietrangelo http://www.msmaze.com/links/insurers-to-continue-practice-of-canceling-insurance-for-the-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Ann Pietrangelo Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:44:34 +0000 http://www.msmaze.com/?p=959#comment-198 Thank you for your comment, Patrick. We've got to keep getting our stories out there because, difficult as it is to believe, there are lots of folks that do not believe it to be true. Sorry you couldn't comment over on Care2 -- you need to set up a profile to leave a comment, unfortunately. I appreciate you taking the time to come back to MS Maze to share your story. Best, Ann Thank you for your comment, Patrick. We’ve got to keep getting our stories out there because, difficult as it is to believe, there are lots of folks that do not believe it to be true.

Sorry you couldn’t comment over on Care2 — you need to set up a profile to leave a comment, unfortunately. I appreciate you taking the time to come back to MS Maze to share your story.

Best,
Ann

]]> By: Patrick Leer http://www.msmaze.com/links/insurers-to-continue-practice-of-canceling-insurance-for-the-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Patrick Leer Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:31:05 +0000 http://www.msmaze.com/?p=959#comment-197 This happened to us in 2004, and we had heard about it for years never quite believing it.! I believe I first read about it in early 90's in a book called "Mainstay" about MS caregiving. Not only did they cancel but canceled retroactively for over 7 years demanding repayment for years of medical providers who in turn came after us for overdue medical bills. Lawyers turned us down simply because to fight it would spend us into bankruptcy long before we ever saw a courtroom. One law professor even kindly offered me her law class for one semester for the 'leg work' for me and experience for them. Anyway long story short, I fought the fight myself taking almost a year and over 1,000 "billiable" hours were I an attorney. I even had to buy temporary insurance for the interim. In the end, insurance company suddenly explained it must have been a 'glitch' when they were updating their systems. Yeah right! No apologies, nothing. Difficult to comment on your other site hopefully here is OK. Caregivingly Yours, Patrick This happened to us in 2004, and we had heard about it for years never quite believing it.! I believe I first read about it in early 90’s in a book called “Mainstay” about MS caregiving. Not only did they cancel but canceled retroactively for over 7 years demanding repayment for years of medical providers who in turn came after us for overdue medical bills. Lawyers turned us down simply because to fight it would spend us into bankruptcy long before we ever saw a courtroom. One law professor even kindly offered me her law class for one semester for the ‘leg work’ for me and experience for them. Anyway long story short, I fought the fight myself taking almost a year and over 1,000 “billiable” hours were I an attorney. I even had to buy temporary insurance for the interim. In the end, insurance company suddenly explained it must have been a ‘glitch’ when they were updating their systems. Yeah right! No apologies, nothing.

Difficult to comment on your other site hopefully here is OK.

Caregivingly Yours,
Patrick

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