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Holy CRAP (F/U to insurance debacle)

PiscesFishPiscesFish
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The head of HR (it's a two-person department at our firm) just sent me an email to apologize for my being "accidentally" dropped from the company insurance plan right after I told my boss about the baby!  

 Umm, thanks for stepping in NOW, after several weeks of my cc-ing you on repeat emails that this was going on.

I am very tempted to write her back and tell her what the people in my chain of command had to say - basically, told me to either leave the Coach bag at home and go to a free clinic or to put my prenatal care on Visa, but STFU either way.  I'm going to let that cool off for a day before I try to respond.

Ugh, this company just disgusts me more and more with their unethical behavior!  I can't wait to quit. 

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  • Annierose1Annierose1
    This is the second time I've heard of a company dropping someone from insurance after finding out they are pregnant. I can't believe that! It seems like that would be illegal. I would be checking my rights as a pregnant woman if I were you. We do have seperate rights, just so you know!
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  • JessiRayeJessiRaye member
    Please tell me they are going to fix this, right??? I used to work in HR (primarily payroll and benefits) and ANY time the company made an error with someone's coverage it was fixed immediately...and any claims that crossed in the process of getting it fixed were taken care of. What a PITA! I'm sorry you are having a crappy time with this!
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  • PiscesFishPiscesFish

    imageAnnieRose321:
    This is the second time I've heard of a company dropping someone from insurance after finding out they are pregnant. I can't believe that! It seems like that would be illegal. I would be checking my rights as a pregnant woman if I were you. We do have seperate rights, just so you know!

    Thank you so much for saying that!  I was getting flamed to hell and back on Working Moms when I asked for advice. Indifferent

    It is illegal by federal law what my employer did, but I think most employers assume that most pg women won't have the balls and/or wherewithal to stand up and call them on their crap!

    My best friend is expecting also; she was asked to please check her email during her maternity leave (illegal also) and her boss suggested it might be "fun" for her to study for some professional certifications "while the baby's napping".

    So many of these companies need to just get their heads out of their butts.

    Mom to a beautiful boy and girl!
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  • Mrs.EmmaLouiseMrs.EmmaLouise member
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    I am very tempted to write her back and tell her what the people in my chain of command had to say - basically, told me to either leave the Coach bag at home and go to a free clinic 

    Um.  WTF.  People are so rude.  I would wait a day, cool off.  Weren't you the girl whose boss overheard you bad mouthing the company because of how they handled it?  I'd probably hold off on saying anything else negative about the company.  Effed up, or not.

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  • bunnie712bunnie712 member

    I still can't believe that happened to you.  Definitely taking a day to cool off is a good idea before responding.

    So did they reimburse or fix the claims?

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  • PiscesFishPiscesFish

    imageJessiRaye:
    Please tell me they are going to fix this, right??? I used to work in HR (primarily payroll and benefits) and ANY time the company made an error with someone's coverage it was fixed immediately...

    It took over a month of me "annoying" both our benefits department (which is outsourced) and our HR department daily, culminating with my having to physically go to HQ and tell them, "Please let me know whether you're going to fix this, or whether I need to retain an attorney about this matter" before the issue was resolved.

    Clearly, this was no "error"; the fact that I had to go through this ordeal clearly indicates those MFs knew what they were doing... If you're in your 20s and 30s and our company hires you, you're either a single woman, or a married man. 

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  • JessiRayeJessiRaye member
    imagePiscesFish:

    imageJessiRaye:
    Please tell me they are going to fix this, right??? I used to work in HR (primarily payroll and benefits) and ANY time the company made an error with someone's coverage it was fixed immediately...

    It took over a month of me "annoying" both our benefits department (which is outsourced) and our HR department daily, culminating with my having to physically go to HQ and tell them, "Please let me know whether you're going to fix this, or whether I need to retain an attorney about this matter" before the issue was resolved.

    Clearly, this was no "error"; the fact that I had to go through this ordeal clearly indicates those MFs knew what they were doing... If you're in your 20s and 30s and our company hires you, you're either a single woman, or a married man. 

    That is terrible! Again, I'm sorry. I didn't see your initial post so I assumed that it was truly just a weird error. Now the comment about the free clinic and putting your prenatal care on Visa is making more sense to me. Good grief!

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  • StaceyLyn78StaceyLyn78
    Can someone link me to the original post?  I missed the story.
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