US EditionShe Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, so It Canceled Her Coverage
HealthFirst canceled an ACA plan for owing as little as 5 cents, leaving enrollee liable for nearly $3,000 in medical bills, highlighting risks of nonpayment rules.
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The Seattle TimesAn insurer canceled a woman’s coverage over a nickel
She owed her health insurance company 5 cents — so they canceled her coverage
Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills.A teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, Hill is a single mom who works shifts at J.Crew on the weekends to send her daughter to college. Hill and her mother, who lives with her, had been enrolled in an insurance plan through HealthFirst.Hill paid nothing toward the premiums for the government-subsidized plan, which previously had covered her scans and other appointme…
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She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage
Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. A teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, Hill is a single mom who works shifts at J.Crew on the weekends to send her daughter to college. Hill and her mother, who lives with her, had been enrolled in an insurance plan through HealthFirst. Hill paid nothing toward the premiums for the government-subsidized plan, which previously had covered her scans and other appoint…
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