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      mollysue
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      Hi Charlie,

      I'll go Monday and see what I can do to get the ball rolling. I do appreciate your help and I never would have thought that my former employer would not want me to have cobra. Why wouldn't they? I'm paying all of the premium. We here in WI are a bit naive ya know. Must be all of the brain freeze from below zero winters.smiley

      Thanks to you and to all. I needed to hear what you all had to say. I do like this group!

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Charlie,

      I'll go Monday and see what I can do to get the ball rolling. I do appreciate your help and I never would have thought that my former employer would not want me to have cobra. Why wouldn't they? I'm paying all of the premium. We here in WI are a bit naive ya know. Must be all of the brain freeze from below zero winters.smiley

      Thanks to you and to all. I needed to hear what you all had to say. I do like this group!

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Thanks Janner,

      I'll go to my former employer Monday. I'll find out what the hang up is on cobra. I'm sorry you lost your job as well. That really is hard to deal with…at least it is for me. I talked with my sister and she said insurance companies can deny you for what ever they want to. She has her own business and one of her employers was denied for allergies.

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Thanks Janner,

      I'll go to my former employer Monday. I'll find out what the hang up is on cobra. I'm sorry you lost your job as well. That really is hard to deal with…at least it is for me. I talked with my sister and she said insurance companies can deny you for what ever they want to. She has her own business and one of her employers was denied for allergies.

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Charlie,

      My former employer told me I would get my cobra papers within 90 days and that I would get it in the mail. So you are saying I should call or visit them and ask them to expidite the process?

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Charlie,

      My former employer told me I would get my cobra papers within 90 days and that I would get it in the mail. So you are saying I should call or visit them and ask them to expidite the process?

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      My job was done end of June. I am still waiting for the cobra paperwork to come. I was trying to find a reasonable policy. I'm from WI.

      thanks,

      mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      My job was done end of June. I am still waiting for the cobra paperwork to come. I was trying to find a reasonable policy. I'm from WI.

      thanks,

      mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Janner,

      I thought that if you had insitu or stage 1 melanoma you were considered a low risk and something like 95-100% of no reoccurence if it had been 2 yrs.  I didn't think I was at a much greater risk than anyone from the general population.

      thanks,

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Janner,

      I thought that if you had insitu or stage 1 melanoma you were considered a low risk and something like 95-100% of no reoccurence if it had been 2 yrs.  I didn't think I was at a much greater risk than anyone from the general population.

      thanks,

      Mollysue

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Linda,

      I'm talking about health insurance. I had the same policy thru work for 20 yrs and then my employer decided they didn't want any people with my job title and we are all gone just like that. Now I have to find family coverage for my family.

      mollysue
      Participant

      Hi Linda,

      I'm talking about health insurance. I had the same policy thru work for 20 yrs and then my employer decided they didn't want any people with my job title and we are all gone just like that. Now I have to find family coverage for my family.

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