Re: I need encouragement

[Guest guest]

COBRA is telling me than even if we pay now, it is retroactive to his

termination date. IOW we will be paying for days when we won't have

coverage.

Also, I lost my September surgery date and have to start all over.

At $835/mo, we will now probably pay more for the insurace than if we

pay out of pocket. But I have kids and need the coverage. We can't

change to a less expensive insurance because it will become a pre-

existing condition with a new insurer. The idea was to keep this

insurance until after the operation and then change to a much cheaper

one, especially since hubby may be unemployed for a long time.

Now that I'm on record as being denied, it complicates the whole

procedure.

But the real problem is that I've been working my ass off, literally,

to get to this point for three long years now. As you all know, I

have had to struggle to totally reinvent myself. I thought he

understood how important this was to me. I told him repeatedly he had

to call and doublecheck during his 3 weeks notice before his

termination date. But he brushed me off, thinking he's right, and

didn't even give me the respect of taking 10 minutes to make a simple

call to the HR dept.

And that makes me sad and angry and not like him very much. And I

have to admit, I wonder if he just doesn't respect me, or if he is

subconciously trying to sabatoge me.

I would have never done this to him.

Still pouting,

Vicki A.

> Vicki,

> That's what I was thinking too. He has 60 days before he

will no

> longer be able to keep the Cobra. It is much easier to pay one

month at

> a time then play catch up. Good luck.

> Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

> SRVG 7/16/01

> Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

>

> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 01:23:48 EDT fbayuk@a... writes:

> > Vicki, unless he signed something saying he wasn't interested, he

can

> > still

> > elect Cobra for 60 days. So just send the check and all is well.

> >

> >

> > Fay Bayuk