I wish I had corn to Reddit in June of 2023 before signing on with BF but I didn’t. So here we are. My last creditor still “in negotiations” is Bank of America and i just received a hand delivered summons today. My enrolled debt for them with BF is $28k and They are suing me for $31k+. I’m waiting for the legal team contracted under BF to write up the response to the summons and the finance team to continue towards a settlement but I am panicking. I read that 90% of the suits BoA peruses goes to default judgement bc the defendant doesn’t answer. Any advice or similar experiences would be appreciated because I obviously cannot afford $31k….

I have had a policy with lemonade for nearly 2 years now. They have been pretty decent about instantly approving a claim but my first one was denied a year ago due to a preexisting condition they swore up and down was listed in my dog’s history, that wasn’t. After a denial and appeal, it was still denied. I ended up dropping the fight with them on it. Now, my dog has a cyst that is needing removal now, but was discovered before I put him on insurance but the vet has deemed it needing to be removed now - then, they weren’t worried about it. It is mentioned in his health history with the vet, so I fear they will label this a preexisting condition as well. But lemonade told me via phone that they would do a reapproval, but after sending in the estimate - I was met with this.. can someone help me understand why the value of the estimate matters more than the type of service requested to be approved? The estimate is $1,306. I’m so PO rn. The estimate literally says it is for a surgery. I would understand if it was a normal appointment and under 3.5k.. Like I literally do not have the funds to do the surgery without knowing I won’t get reimbursed. Is this normal with other carriers?? 🙃

I was referred by my PCP to a physical therapist and was going regularly to appointments where I was only charged a $15 copay. However, after one of my appointments where my PT used a new technique (biofeedback training), my insurance is saying that service is denied and trying to charge me upwards of $400 for this one appointment. My insurance provider is United Healthcare. When I go to their website and try to "estimate cost" of this procedure (code #90912) it says that it should be covered by my $15 copay. However, when I called United to ask why it was denied, they said that there was a form called a PRA that they sent to my provider and it was not returned, so they didn't have enough information and denied it. I was told by the provider, my PT, that she never got this form and I also reached out to the billing department for the medical group, Sutter, to have them try and follow up with insurance or look into it, and was told that they would and I'd hear back within 30-45 days. Now my insurance is saying that, since they denied my first appeal, I only had so long to appeal that and the deadline is approaching. The "patient advocate" told me that either myself or the provider has to write a letter to United Healthcare Escalation center and ask for a secondary appeal, but was super vague on what exactly to say or write. I called back Sutter, since it had taken so long. They said they had 30-45 "business days" to review it, but they'd mark it as highest priority. I don't think I should wait for them, but am unsure what exactly I can say to get United to resend these forms that my provider says she never received. Any guidance?

I got into a car accident almost a year ago. The person I got into the accident with was insured by State Farm, the accident was in late May, she opened the policy at the beginning of May. At the time of the accident when I called State Farm to attempt to file a claim with their party’s insurance, I was told they couldn’t find the policy in the system. Upon following up numerous times State Farm ultimately denied coverage and I had to open a claim with my insurance. I was not at fault if that matters… My vehicle was totaled out, I paid my deductible and bought a new car with the check issued by my insurance. My insurance was unable to recover my deductible from the driver or State Farm and ultimately sent the file to collections. After the file was sent to collections they were able to recover the deductible, however are unable to tell me who made the payment. Fast forward a year later I get a call from State Farm regarding the accident. Apparently the driver was covered at the time, and they’re offering a settlement. I called my insurance to inquire if they knew the driver was covered and they sent over a copy of State Farm’s written statement denying coverage… accept the person listen under “Our Insured:” doesn’t match the name of the driver which is the same name on the policy information. My question is, I already signed the release for the settlement but this something worth following up on? I spoke to State Farm to ensure the party was actually covered and they confirmed she was. Or should I just wait for payment and let it be?

Hello all, I am desperately trying to find health insurance coverage for my pregnant wife. She graduated college in December and went from a CNA to an RN with a start date of March 10th. Her HR told her that she would have a new open enrollment and that she could let her coverage lapse and gain new coverage when she started as an RN. This was before we knew she was pregnant and we were going abroad for a while and so we did not renew the insurance for 2025 thinking that we would just start it again in March. We thought that because she was still employed, there wouldn't be a waiting period for when she got her coverage but we found out today that she won't be covered until June. She is due in August so we definitely need tests done before June. We got denied on Pennie for a qualifying event (PA marketplace), short-term policies don't cover pregnancy, and I am under my mom's coverage so I don't have a policy she could come to. Please, if anyone has any insight into this, PLEASE help!

Hi everyone. I brought my 5 and 9 month old kittens for a wellness exam this morning to show there are no pre-existing conditions to Trupanion. The vet ended up noting that there was a very small amount of tartar on just one tooth of each cat, and it was so mild she didn’t even know if it was just food residue or tartar. It also took her multiple tries to even see it. She did however note that the dental score for my cats are both 0, meaning there is no sign of disease or tartar (?). Trupanion is now saying that for the rest of my cats lives, any dental issues (other than accidental breaks) won’t be covered since it is a pre-existing condition. I’m at a loss for what to do… I know cats often need extractions and I chose Trupanion for their dental coverage. It is so frustrating that because of that one finding that was so mild, nothing will be covered. Does anyone have any experience with this and any advice? I’ve read somewhere that someone had their vet write a note saying it was not a pre-existing condition. Has anyone else heard of this?

Hello, I have a very unique situation here lol. I am moving out of state where I will no longer need to use my vehicle. However, I don’t want to get rid of it and my girlfriend and I have planned to let her use it until her lease ends next year to move with me. So - the car is hers essentially in every way but legally and since I am still financing it I know I have to be on the auto insurance. However, the car is going to be used by her primarily and stored at her FL address. I explained the situation to GEICO and they said they couldn’t insure this situation since the car would not be stored at the owner’s address. Is this going to be allowed by any auto insurance or am I screwed aka need to find an alternative way to handle this situation? Thanks,

When I turned 18, my dad made my start a Roth IRA with Ameriprise because I had an unexpected source of income coming in that he wanted me to put away. Well, since then I have continued to put money into that account and I talk to my FA semi-regularly. Well, I am now 22M and going to be making some real money soon and after some research, I see a lot of people saying to avoid FA for a Roth, especially Ameriprise. I am glad my dad had me do this when I was 18 but now I am wondering if I should move my Roth to something else. For full disclosure, I have put in $19,000 total, and it has grown about $4,000 in that last 4 years or so. However, I do not really know where to begin. Should I move my Roth away from Ameriprise? How would I move my Roth? Where do I move my Roth? I have seen mentions of Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab and others. How would I choose one? Don't services like these also charge some sort of fee? Thank you so much for the help.

Hi, I’m new to this sub. My husband got brinks security system before we got married, few months ago I was going through our monthly budgets and saw $65 for brinks subscription for the cameras barely working and not recording anything when something important happened. For example somebody broke in to my husband’s car and camera didn’t record then I called them and they asked $1500 for cancellation because it’s 5 years contract.. I hung up and was planning to take it to small claim court but some other major life events happened and I didn’t think about it until yesterday when somebody hit my husband’s car in front of our house where the camera supposed to record but it didn’t.. I’m so mad and want to get rid of entire system from our house and don’t want to have any legal attachment to them anymore. How can I do that without paying $1500? Would small claim court fix this? I’m willing spend few hundreds if needed. Location: Augusta, Georgia Thank you in advance to all of you.

My dad's car was hit by a city trash truck in upstate New York. He was stopped at an intersection and it hit him as it completed a turn onto the road he was on. He was not injured, thank god. My dad was driving an old (2006) SUV that was still in great shape with low miles that he adored. The front bumper and fender on the driver's side is smashed but it is still technically drivable. His insurance (State Farm) is offering him $4100 to surrender the car, or just over $3,000 if he wants to keep it as owner retained salvage. My dad is very upset because he loves this SUV and feels like he should be made whole since this accident wasn't his fault at all. I think the amount they're offering is generous given the age of the car and I've explained this to him. He wants to keep it and fix it himself (restoring cars is his hobby). But it looks like NY will still assign this a salvage title and he thinks this is unfair. Does he have any other options here? He did not get a rental car as State Farm suggested but has been driving his brother's car instead. He has taken time off his part-time job to deal with this situation, so I suggested he add up the time off work plus any mileage and gas bought for his brother's car and tell State Farm about this too. He's just really upset and I'd like to help him with tips on anything else he can do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!