Retiree Hires Attorney to Keep Her Coverage

“I was promised lifetime insurance by my employer (USA Today). In May, my employer farmed out billing to Aetna and refused to take my check,” said Coline George of Camarillo, California. “Aetna had no record of me. The only informed person I talked to said that Aetna only did my employer's COBRA account.” ...

... She couldn’t get Aetna to acknowledge her payments and was convinced they wanted her off the policy. It seemed no matter where she sent her payment she felt she was getting the run around. Finally, she hired an attorney to make sure her payment was accepted and acknowledged to ensure her coverage was not cancelled for non- payment of premium.

“In June, I hired a lawyer to get my employer to accept my check.

This is a perfect illustration of the bad faith dealings of health insurance parasites that make it clear that they cannot be reformed. HR 676, accept no substitutes.

Aetna is not my parasite, but I could not resist this one.