health insurance *headdesk*
Apr. 20th, 2012 06:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
goddessfarmerSo.... I just got divorced.... therefore I need to find my own health insurance. For this, we have the internet. (Truly, we do)
I found a website called ehealthinsurance.com. I put in my details, and they gave me some choices, all with Anthem BC/BS. I picked one. Then I filled out the long form with lots more details. A week or so later, I got an email from eHI and a letter via usps from Anthem saying that I was "ineligible". So I called the phone # for Anthem and requested reconsideration. They said I had to do that in writing and that I should send supporting material. It took me some time to get the supporting material together, but I mailed my appeal yesterday. TODAY, I got another email and letter saying that my application had been reconsidered and was approved. WTF? I sent an email back to eHI, basically asking what was up, and a little while ago, they called me. They told me what the premium is (only an arm, not an arm and a leg too, but then, it's a pretty comprehensive plan) and that it was effective April 1. Um, that is not so useful, since I still have coverage..... so in order to change the effective date to May 1, I need to send them a signed letter.... thankfully they will take a scanned PDF with my signature on it uploaded to my application/account on their website.
To sum up: I am very happy with the people/organization ehealthinsurance.com. Anthem is still Anthem and a PITA.
I found a website called ehealthinsurance.com. I put in my details, and they gave me some choices, all with Anthem BC/BS. I picked one. Then I filled out the long form with lots more details. A week or so later, I got an email from eHI and a letter via usps from Anthem saying that I was "ineligible". So I called the phone # for Anthem and requested reconsideration. They said I had to do that in writing and that I should send supporting material. It took me some time to get the supporting material together, but I mailed my appeal yesterday. TODAY, I got another email and letter saying that my application had been reconsidered and was approved. WTF? I sent an email back to eHI, basically asking what was up, and a little while ago, they called me. They told me what the premium is (only an arm, not an arm and a leg too, but then, it's a pretty comprehensive plan) and that it was effective April 1. Um, that is not so useful, since I still have coverage..... so in order to change the effective date to May 1, I need to send them a signed letter.... thankfully they will take a scanned PDF with my signature on it uploaded to my application/account on their website.
To sum up: I am very happy with the people/organization ehealthinsurance.com. Anthem is still Anthem and a PITA.
