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From: Cliff on 25 Jul 2010 12:02

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/07/13/cancer-patient-loses-coverage-over-a-penny/
"Cancer patient loses coverage over a penny"
[
It seems like the Mother of all health care horror stories: an unemployed single
mom suffering from leukemia almost lost her health insurance because she
underpaid her COBRA premium by a penny.

Larosa Carrington of Colorado Springs, Colo. was treated shabbily by Discovery
Benefits, the administrator of her COBRA benefits. Since she never received a
bill, the laid-off college admissions counselor was forced to calculate how much
she owed on her own. By Carrington's reckoning, she figured that $165.15 was the
correct amount and sent the payment to North Dakota-based Discovery Benefits. In
response, the company sent her a badly written, legalistic letter saying that
"the amount of your payment was not enough to satisfy your initial premium
payment ... so your coverage has not been reinstated with your insurance
carrier."
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]
From: Sharx35 on 26 Jul 2010 00:24


"Cliff" <Clhuprichguesswhat(a)aoltmovetheperiodc.om> wrote in message
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>
> http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/07/13/cancer-patient-loses-coverage-over-a-penny/
> "Cancer patient loses coverage over a penny"
> [
> It seems like the Mother of all health care horror stories: an unemployed
> single
> mom suffering from leukemia almost lost her health insurance because she
> underpaid her COBRA premium by a penny.
>
> Larosa Carrington of Colorado Springs, Colo. was treated shabbily by
> Discovery
> Benefits, the administrator of her COBRA benefits. Since she never
> received a
> bill, the laid-off college admissions counselor was forced to calculate
> how much
> she owed on her own. By Carrington's reckoning, she figured that $165.15
> was the
> correct amount and sent the payment to North Dakota-based Discovery
> Benefits. In
> response, the company sent her a badly written, legalistic letter saying
> that
> "the amount of your payment was not enough to satisfy your initial premium
> payment ... so your coverage has not been reinstated with your insurance
> carrier."

Must have been an Nobama supporter working at Discovery Benefits!


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