Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: my mom just infomed me today that as of april 30 she will no
My mom infomed me yesterday that as of 4/30/08 she will no longer have health ins from secure horizon which use to be united health care last year thru solutia. Something about a law suit that soluita had. My mom is 77 and has all kind of health problems. Is this even legal to just drop her like this? What are her options, its only a month away.
Worried
Check to see if she is COBRA coverage. COBRA may be expensive but it will provide some coverage.
Also, she may want to check into some medicare supplemental coverage, assuming she has medicare.
I also found this article that may provide more insight:
Quote:
Retiree Settlement
The Plan of Reorganization provides for a comprehensive retiree settlement
that was negotiated with the Retirees Committee, which represents more than
23,000 people whom are former employees of Pharmacia and Solutia and their
dependents. Although the settlement includes benefit modifications, the Plan
of Reorganization provides significant current funding of these benefit
obligations, which greatly improves Solutia's ability to meet these benefit
obligations going forward. Under the settlement, retirees will retain their
company-provided medical benefits, although their costs for such benefits will
increase. Most retirees will retain their company-provided life insurance
benefits, although some will experience a modification in the benefit
provided. The settlement also maintains Solutia's rights according to a
separate 2001 settlement and a post-settlement retiree medical plan, under
which the company intends to make certain changes effective Jan. 1, 2007,
including the elimination of company-provided medical benefits for certain
groups of retirees that also are eligible for Medicare coverage. Although
Solutia is communicating directly with retirees regarding this settlement,
retirees may also visit http://www.solutia.com/reorganization/retirees.asp for
further details.
This article was found at http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story /02-14-2006/0004281460&EDATE=
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:14 am Post subject: any options??
Hi,
I had heard of a similar case years back, when one of my friend's insurance ceased to exist due to such a legal case, but the carrier was nice enuff to sell of the coverage to another carrier ( even though the latter was a lesser-known carrier...yet it was beneficial in that hour of crisis)!
Please talk to the CSRs...n make sure whether they have such an option out there. Mandymoore _________________ Register Now to have your Insurance queries solved.
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:23 am Post subject: might be an option here..
What about long term care ?
Is it not a better option than the health-care options that she has at this point in life?
Please note...it might seem a bit costlier to have it right now (keeping her age in mind)...but know that benefits that it has for her in the future!
Also, for the span that it stays there, it seems a more result-oriented option for her. She might just try it out in place of another health-insurance! _________________ Register Now to have your Insurance queries solved.
That is sad for someone to be dropped at that age.Times are hard and I would hope that the insurance company has a plan for all those who are dropped. _________________ http://insuranceexperiences.ampminsure.org/
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 8:54 am Post subject: insurance
Gosh..I don't know what to say about that. I work with the Elderly. SOME people I work with don't have Health Insurance and they have MANY problems. However....ALOT of them qualify for medical Programs, in the area, to get their medical bills covered. I was actually told that a few people ( Elderly) that I work with DID have Medical coverage, at one time, but..their Insurance 'dropped' them because of too many health problems. Can an Insurance company, LEGALLY do this?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 4:11 pm Post subject: insurance
I don't know what Insurance company she had, but,..she has had the same one for a long period of time. I DO know that. I would ASSUME they would know ALL of her Medical problems. But...of course, i don't know all of the 'details' in the decision making.
I know this is being posted two months from the original post so I hope you are still checking. Your mom has several options available to her in this situation.
If she is willing to pay for a supplement she needs to contact secure horizons/aarp and have her explain her situation. If she has a limited budeget she should look into their medicare advantage plans available in her area. Secure horizons have these available in many areas.
Medicare advantage plans are better than having just original medicare and dont cost nearly as much as supplement plans, some are even free depending on what area you live in the just dont cover quite as good as supplements.
Also look into seeing if she qualifies for any level of medicaid through your local depatment of social services dept. There are also medicare advantage plans specially for people who have medicare and also qualify for medicaid. These are called dual eligible plans. Secure horizons is called evercare.
Check out medicare.gov they have a place where you can type in her zip code and it will bring up all supplements and medicare advantage plans in her area along with the costs.
hope this helps.
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I dont think half the people on this thread know what your talking about. Your mom is on Medicare, she will always have medicare as long as she is paying her part B premium. Worst case scenario her medicare will cover her. WIth her being dropped out of a Medicare Advantage she can enroll in another plan or have a Medicare Supplement with no health questions.
If she is really sick look into paying monthly for a sup... This might turn out to be a blessing. _________________ Ramiz A. Hakim
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I am glad someone jumped in their and gave the op a direction to go. Hopefully her mother will continue to recieve some typew of care even if it does cost a little monthly. I know there are probaly alot of pros and cons to my next thought but I think once you reach a certain age that medical and dental should be provided free of charge. these people are mostly all struggling along finacially, it would sure help.
