My friend in Texas lost her job a year ago and has been on BCBS healthcare through the market place. She suffers from a severely resistant rheumatoid arthritis and her biologics also caused her serious side effects of gut dysmotility and weak immune system. Just yesterday, she told me that she lost all access to her PCP , gasteroenterologist, orthopedic surgeon and psychiatrist, all of which are part of Southwestern Texas Health resources that have been battling withy BCBS over the contracts and stuff. She is applying for jobs left and right but we know how bad job markets are right now. What on earth is she supposed to do? All the doctors she has been seeing are out of network in other available health care plans.

Location: Winnebago County Illinois. It's hard for me to know where to start with this. On April 3rd I received a letter that there is a petition to revive a judgment from 2009 for small claims. I want to know if there is anything I can do to fight this. or to have it denied. Back in 2009 I woke up one day with a garnishment on my paycheck and found out that a company called Midland Funding LLC. placed a garnishment on my wages for a debt they claimed they were owed by me. When I reached out to the creditor, I was able to get some information and they served papers to an address I've never lived at and did not recognize to a person I do not know. I tried to explain to them that I do not recognize the debt and that it was fraudulent. They said it was too late and there was nothing that they would do about it. The garnishments would continue. I was too broke to afford a lawyer even though they were taking between $50-$80 out of every check. It was still less every check than it would have cost me to get a lawyer, and I did not have any savings. I was in my late 20s and there was not a lot of information back in 2009 for legal support. I also did not have adults around me with experience or advice on what I should do. so being young and dumb I didn't pursue it after about 2013 the garnishments just stopped on their own. I still had the same job, and I figured they collected whatever they thought they were owed. They sent me a notice that they filed a petition to revive and collect $2152.22. What I have done so far: I went to my county clerk's office online to look up the case. I did some Google searches that recommended I fill out what's called a response, explaining why I do not feel that this case should be revived and found some forms online. If possible, I would like some guidance on how to best to fill out my response in a way that would give me the best chance of the judge denying their request, and how I would submit the forms to the court

I decided to delve into my homeowners policy to understand it in more detail because of a current potential claim. I was amazed that the 30-page document that I had from Allstate didn’t include may details beyond our coverage limits. There were 8 “amendments” listed, but only 2 were included. After chatting with a customer service rep, it appears that the information I need is in the “policy jacket”. Amazingly, I can’t get an electronic copy and have to wait 5-7 business days to get a copy in the mail. So much for paperless.

Anyone familiar with this? Or the MassHealth system in general? I am behind befuddled here. Received notices over the weekend that my children’s MassHealth Standard was downgraded to MassHealth Family Assistance. Mine stayed the same. Dads was terminated. We are not married. Dad goes through the VA and does not need health insurance. He is 100% disabled through the VA but still employable ‘outside his field’. The kids have been on MassHealth for at least 7 years now. Dad got a job last year, we reported the income, nothing changed except for his no longer needing health insurance as he didn’t realize the VA was sufficient (we are required to carry health insurance in Massachusetts). I received these letters this weekend and cannot get a live person on the phone. I don’t know if I need to find the kids a new health plan or not. The letter is not clear, at all, as to what my next steps are and coverage ‘ends’ from MassHealth Standard on this coming Saturday. One of my children was born with several medical conditions and we pretty much live at the doctor/specialist. If anyone had any guidance or advice I’d gladly take it!

My ex cancelled my elderly chihuahuas health insurance (the anger I’m feeling is palpable in other countries). I have a 13yr old chihuahua Peanut 🐶He was covered by Trupanion for the last 6yrs or so until my ex let the insurance lapse last month without telling me. I tried to reinstate but Trupanion said I missed the 3 day period. Peanut has lots of existing conditions (galloping heart, epilepsy, pre-kidney disease) that without reinstating Trupanion won’t be covered and someone even mentioned he may be uninsurable, like some places won’t even accept him at all. I’m very panicked. Does anyone have any advice on getting a policy reinstated?

Just wanting to throw this out there - if you are enrolled in a Voya retirement plan, they rolled out this new "AI advisor" service to accounts. It allows you to have a Empower-like interface to where it can calculate your retirement income based on savings from various sources including Social Security. That part of it is pretty nice, no complaints there. Though I am a bit concerned about the visibility of other account data to my employer, though I'm sure there's privacy practices in place against that. But when I was clicking around and not intentionally doing anything, there was a orange notice icon by a bell at the top. I clicked that and it had a dialog stating "Updates Needed for Plan Accuracy" - and that's where it's very alarming. I'm under age 30. I should NOT be in bonds. I DO NOT want to be in bonds. Nor do I want to be invested international. For some reason, this AI advisor tool wanted me to re-balance to be 35% in bonds, and 30% international, with 5% of my contributions going to fees for the re-balancing. So be careful with Voya.

2024 I met my deductible for the first time so I decided to see a sleep doctor. Found the doctor through my insurance portal as in network. Went to my visit, no payment as my insurance is accepted. A few months later I was billed as out of network. I call the doctors billing office and they assure me they are in network, they will resubmit to insurance. I get another bill, doctors billing department reassures me that they are in network, resubmits. Now in 2025 insurance and doctors office confirm that the doctor only became in network for my particular plan 10/1/2024 and my two appointments were in September 2024. Very suspicious. Is there anything I can do to get out of paying? Everybody was on the same page so I am not sure what happened? I suspect the doctor forgot to renew with my plan and so it went into effect the following month of my visit?

Ins: State Farm I got into a wreck that I was deemed at-fault for in May 2024. My auto policy at that time renewed from Feb 2024-August 2024. In August 2024, they renewed me again and raised my rate (obviously). Then in December 2024, I received a letter from State Farm saying they weren’t renewing me (Feb 2025-Aug 2025) for being high-risk and I had to find new coverage. So my question is: Why did they renew me again in August 2024? Why didn’t they just non-renew me at that point?

My insurance denied two claims. I appealed it and they denied my appeal. I received a letter letting me know I can request an external appeal through my employer. I submitted a letter, signed doctor's letter of medical necessity, signed medical records release form and a few clinical studies showing effectiveness of treatment. I received a letter in the mail today from Network Medical Review Co. The letter states: NMR has received a request for external review and has been notified from the plan that the request is eligible. NMR has accepted the request for external review. You, the claimant, may submit in writing to NMR, within 10 business days following the date of receipt of this notice, any additional information that you wish NMR to consider in reviewing your claim. NMR will review all of the information and documents timely received, and will provide written notice within 45 days after NMR receives the request for the external review. I'm not sure if my employer would send everything that was sent to them or if I have to send everything all over again. I sent them the original doctors letter of medical necessity so all I have is a copy.

I have a somewhat unusual situation. I live in FL and my roof is 18 years old. I have been with Geico for 4 years and I recently got my PMI deleted and when I called the mortgage company they said oh we have this partnership with this broker and could get you a discounted policy. Great, did that, saved about $900 for the year, new policy started mid Jan. I told the broker about the roof and didn’t want to switch until they confirmed it was OK and he said yes. Well I just got a cancellation notice for 4/1 due to some broken shingles so will only be with them for 2.5 months unless I submit repairs. I actually already had a few roofers come out earlier in the year. I contacted them and everyone said the repair vs replacement timeline would be about the same. So, I signed a contract for a replacement and permits were submitted a few days ago. They are going to try to get it done before 4/1 but can’t guarantee it. I submitted my contract to the broker and asked for a 30-60 day extension for the cancellation. Seems to me that it would be better to keep the policy on a brand new roof and not refund me the yearly premium around 4/1 if they can wait a month or 2 but whatever. Here is my question. Should I start contacting other companies now? Do I have to disclose the cancellation notice? Will they take notice to the fact that I was with one company for years and this new company for ~2 months. I don’t have any insurance claims on anything in the past 2 decades and that is a database they can search, correct?