So when I bought my first car under my parents insurance I was paying them $200 a month. I had one minor accident, no speeding tickets however I did have window tint tickets I forgot to pay after I sold the car shortly after. Not paying those caused my license to be suspended so I applied for quotes and got crazy responses like $1100 a month from geico. I see ppl here suggest insurance brokers often as a last resort so that’s what I did. Got 2 diff quotes of $411 and $398. Since I had already bought the car and needed insurance asap I took it. But my question is do I really have to pay 50% of the cars value in insurance annually? Is this really my life from now on? Or will it be a bit better now that I’ve unsuspended my license CAR IS A 2012 ACURA TL SH AWD btw Location: NY 25yo male TL;DR: Bought expensive $400 insurance when my license was suspended. Can I get cheap insurance since I unsuspended it 2 days later? Or not because of my one minor accident 3 years ago

Is it even legal for Healthy Paws pet insurance to increase premiums at almost 200% in CA? This is outrageously high!! Anyone experiencing the same? #healthypawspetinsurance

My wife and I recently opened a BusyKid checking account for my 8-Year Old son. We fell for the advertising for kids bank accounts online. BusyKid (BusyKid.com) advertises that they are a smart way to teach kids banking. For an annual fee of $48 (obviously high for a checking account), they have an app that allows parents to manage the child's money, set amounts they can earn for doing certain chores, etc. Kids even have the ability to send money to charity or invest in stocks. The app is fairly user friendly as well. The app i thought justified the high annual fee.... My son used the ATM for the first time yesterday. I had to show him step by step how to use it. The first question the ATM asks is if you'd like to see your balance. I encouraged him to select yes, so that he can view his balance before withdrawal. Today, we were reviewing his transaction and realized that BusyKid charges $1.00 for a balance inquiry and $1.50 for a withdrawal (on top of the ATM fee). To say that this shocked me is an understatement. I mean this company advertises that is protective of child spending. A fee for balance inquiry? My 8-year old does not have a phone. How else is he to check his balance? For whatever reason, I glossed over these fees when opening the account so thats a shame on me. But still, this seems predatory. For a company that is aimed toward minors, unneccessary fees like that is infuriating. Anyway, that account is closing today and I am going to do everything I can to alert people of this fraud of a company. TLDR: BusyKid charges fees for Balance Inquiries and ATM withdrawals to minors who dont know any better. UPDATE: I want to make clear that I take full responsibility for opening the account, and I wasnt duped into signing up. The fee's aren't hidden, quite the contrary, they are right out in the open as we were emailed a notification of the charges. It is only a $2.50 mistake, and also a little life lesson to myself and son to read everything before signing. Hopefully BK gets rid of those fees because everything else is really attractive for managing a younger kid's money.

I’m new to the private insurance world, so if anyone knows the answers to these questions, I will take any bit of knowledge given. Here’s what I’m working with:  **-Priority health - HMO ($1,300 family deductible) -Through my employer, Corewell Health** **-State of Indiana Anthem - Healthsync POS with HSAS - ($6,000 family deductible) Through my husband’s employer in the state of Indiana**  * ***How do deductibles work? Policy states "You have to meet the deductible before coverage kicks in"?***  \[I’ve had Priority Health since 1/1/25 (Anthem did not become active until 3/1/25). Priority is saying I have met my family deductible of $1,300 but I am positive I have not paid anything remotely that close in office visit copays or on prescriptions. I’m happy about this, but it seems to me that I had some sort of coverage since the deductible is already met.\] * ***Is it beneficial to notify both insurance companies so that they are aware of “the coordination of benefits”?***  * ***Can I pick who my primary insurance is (for doctors' appointments and prescriptions)? Or does it not matter who is primary and who is secondary?***  \[I might be speaking too soon, but despite the higher deductible, it seems like my husband’s insurance, Anthem, is better.\] * ***Insurance math…??*** I recently picked up a prescription, and the pharmacy processed the insurance claims as follows: * Priority Insurance (primary): $15 copay * Anthem Insurance (secondary): $11 copay The pharmacy combined the two insurances and calculated the total copay to be $7. I'm unsure if this was processed correctly. My question is, with two private insurances, shouldn't the prescription be covered in full, resulting in a $0 copay? Additionally, will I still be responsible for paying an office-visit copay for in-network doctor visits under both insurance plans? \[My logic is that if I'm paying full premiums for two insurance companies, I should receive full coverage between the combined two insurance companies."\] * ***Do I have to run both insurances when filling a prescription?*** \-My husband is prescribed disposable insulin pumps, which required a prior authorization. However, the PA process took months to complete due to communication issues between Corewell Health and Priority Insurance. Fortunately, his disposable insulin pumps are now fully covered by Priority Health. Here's the question: Until the prior authorization expires, is he required to file claims through Anthem when picking up refills? Note that Anthem became his new insurance provider on March 1, 2025, through his employer, and was not involved in the current prior authorization. \[There are numerous prescriptions that Priority Insurance refuses to cover, but Anthem will. It seems like having to use both insurances could be a double-edged sword. The primary reason I have two private insurances is to mitigate the issues with prescription plan exclusions. Specifically, one insurance company will cover certain medications that the other will not, and vice versa.\]

I have been driving for nearly 25 years. I have nearly a completely clean record but didn't drive for a while up until a couple years ago. I am looking for any suggestions for sources to get the beat rates possible. Are there Any websites anyone knows of that are noteworthy? And trustworthy? I love my agent but I can't keep paying progressive $2000 a year (discounted 200-300 every 6 months for paying in full) for basic state minimum coverage (no collision etc)

**THE PROBLEM** Our dog is a 7 year old English Bulldog. We had been with Nationwide pet insurance since he was a puppy and LOVED them! They were absolutely outstanding but then in 2024 their premiums went up like 3x-4x out of nowhere. I looked for some new providers and SPOT came in with a decent price (although still much more expensive than we were paying before). Our policy with SPOT started in August 2024 and Nationwide was cancelled the following month so there would be no lapse in coverage. **THE BACKGROUND** In November, he started having difficultly walking. I took him to the new vet he's been going to for the last few years and said it's hip dysplasia and is recommended stem cell treatment (we have stem cells stored with Ardent from when he was a puppy). I submitted the claim for his doctor visit and associated blood work and they denied it saying pre-existing condition. Apparently, in his medical records, back in early 2021 I had taken him into our previous vet because he was vomiting. They were concerned of a blockage (maybe ate something) and took xrays. They had made an incidental mention that bi-lateral his dysplasia was noticed while checking for blockage but that was it. I didn't even know about it. He never had any trouble walking, he was never seen for it, never received any treatment for it, and was never talked about or mentioned again by his previous or current vet. **THE QUESTION** Do I have any grounds or avenues for appealing this denial of coverage? On paper, they are saying pre-existing condition which I understand but he never was seen for it, never had signs or symptoms, never treated for it, and I didn't even know about it. It was an incidental comment 4 years ago while checking for something else. Since English Bulldogs are prone to hip dysplasia, I don't think it would be uncommon to observe some level of it - He was only 3 years old at that time. I live in CA if that matters.

Hi reddit, Today I found out that my pet insurance through Nationwide expired in October 2024. I received ZERO notice. No emails, no letters, no alerts. I only realized after trying to submit a claim for last night’s emergency vet visit for my dog Walter and saw the policy was not active. I haven’t needed to file a claim since July 2024, so I wasn’t logging into my account regularly, but I had no reason to think coverage wasn’t active. I’ve checked everything (inbox, spam, physical mail, account notices/documentation) and there was no warning at all about the “expiration”. I’ve already contacted Nationwide and I’m waiting for a response but I’m an anxious person and looking for any advice or insight while I wait… Some context: -I’ve been a Nationwide customer since 2020 (originally for my hedgehog, RIP) and since 2022 for my dog. Any time there was a payment issue in the past I would receive multiple alerts and I would resolve it same day. -There WAS a payment issue August 2024 which I fixed immediately and I confirmed AUTOMATIC payments were reinstated. I have documentation of that. I recognize I’m privileged to be in a position where I don’t have to closely monitor every transaction, so I wasn’t regularly checking my bank statements. I know that’s not everyone’s reality and I say that not as an excuse but to add context. I’m really upset. I genuinely thought Walter was covered and now I’m dealing with a vet emergency completely out-of-pocket. I’m also panicking that he may no longer qualify for a new plan with his pre-existing conditions that developed while he was covered. Has this happened to anyone else? Were you able to appeal, get reinstated, or have a claim approved retroactively? And for anyone with legal knowledge, do I have any rights if I was never notified that my policy had ended? Thanks for reading if you got this far. I’d really appreciate any advice. TL;DR Found out my Nationwide pet insurance expired months ago with zero notice. Had autopay confirmed active after a payment issue. Facing an emergency vet bill with no coverage. Looking for advice, experiences, or legal insight on whether I can get coverage reinstated or claim paid retroactively

On March 11th, 2024, I had an outpatient surgery procedure done. Flash forward to today, April 8th, 2025 and I just received a bill for over $3000 for this surgery. The bill states that the surgery cost overall was $20,000 and my insurance at the time paid for ~$16,000. I was covered under United healthcare and this coverage ended about 5 months ago. Here are my questions: 1. Why am I just getting this bill now? Is this even legal? (I live in WI) 2. What would be the first step to getting this figured out?

I’m looking for reviews of Physicians Mutual pet insurance and wondering if anyone can answer some questions I have about their sample policy. I’m mainly wondering about their “per incident copay” and “covered incident limit”. I called for more information and the guy I spoke to acted like that was the first he’d ever heard of those terms. So I’m wondering if anyone knows what these copays and limits are or if they even exist? Any info is appreciated!!