My husband and I signed up for BCBS of Illinois PPO+ plan through his work this year. I started seeing a physiatrist who was in network. When my claim was submitted, they only approved a discount from $360 to $219 leaving me having to pay $219 out of pocket. I previously had United Healthcare from my last company and with that insurance my physiatry appointments were only $30. I have read through our policy agreement but have to admit, I have no idea what I am reading. Can someone help explain what is different between my currently BCBS plan that only approves a discount vs other plans who only make you pay the co-pay? Thank you!

Last night I received a cancellation notice from progressive for “debris and hazards needing removal” and they said I needed a complete roof replacement. My roof is 13 years old but is in really good condition. No branches or leaves on it. No missing shingles. No hail damage or peeling. They didn’t even give me a chance to rectify the situation before sending me a refund check. The inspection report is bogus. The guy took the pics from the ground. I’m shopping around now but scared to get another denial by another inspector. I have high credit and pay everything on time. I have only ever had one claim and it was in 2024 and the adjuster said there was minor wind damage and we just needed to replace a few shingles which we did.

I’m looking for employment in the financial sector and I got on a zoom call with a financial services company, companies name is Axium. They’re an independent broker using Primerica as their custodian. He kind of explained they’re like a marketplace for financial products now . 401(k)s, annuities, mutual funds, even rocket mortgage. As well as life insurance. But I have concerns because I’m a child of the 90s and I remember Primerica having a bad rap. Seems like they don’t have the same practices they used to. But I’m wondering if it’s worth it to take this employment, and if I’m just making something out of nothing. Does anyone have firsthand experience with Primerica as a client or employee?

I have had Embrace pet insurance for my dog and cat for 10 years and they have always been Awesome and I have a 90% Reimbursement Rate on covered claims . They have covered many claims and have helped alot . I do pay a hefty monthly price to have this peace of mind. I’m use to an annual increase that’s incremental but a 55% jump from 220 a month is just outlandish in my opinion to 340 a month now . Have you experienced a High Rate Increase also?

The accident occurred on 3/20 and was told they’re taking 100% fault. It all happened so fast, but I was on my way to work in the morning driving 45 in a 45 (it’s also dark and raining). I’m coming up to a 2-way crossroad where the guy’s road had a stop sign and mine didn’t. When I got close to the crossroad I see that he’s rolling up to the stop sign and I assume he’s stopping..because there’s a stop sign. Instead, he keeps rolling into the middle of the lane where I proceed to slam on my brakes and instinctively veer to the left to avoid him but I end up completely smashing the side of his car at 45 mph. I ended up missing that Thursday and Friday and returned to work on Monday since I was told I wouldn’t have to do much work. He ended up not even having a scratch while I have to go to the ER because I was so rattled and didn’t really know the extent of my injuries besides not being able to hear out of my left ear due to it ringing and sounding really muffled. I get a CT scan at the ER and was told that they couldn’t find anything major, so they sent me home with some muscle relaxers and a note for “light work no lifting” for work. A couple days later, I started feeling the extent of my injuries. Taking a deep breath, laughing, coughing, anything that expanded my rib cage or moved/put any pressure on my shoulder blade hurt really bad. My neck was stiff from the whiplash and I could crack my neck in ways I never had. My ear was still muffled with loud ringing and was very disorienting. This affected my sleep, work, daily activities like driving, working out, or even cleaning my apartment. It has been a week and a half since the accident and I’m still feeling all that pain. Albeit, not as significant and alarming as last week, but I still have a muffled left ear with some ringing, pain when my chest expands, shoulder blade pain, anxiety whenever I drive(which is a huge part of my job), sleeping issues, and as silly as this sounds, has destroyed my happiness. I got engaged the weekend before the accident and wanted the celebrate with friends the weekend after, but I wasn’t even able to leave our apartment to celebrate because of how much pain I was in. His insurance has offered me $2,500 for pain and suffering but I feel like that’s a slap in the face. I explained my situation to an attorney and he said it looks like they can make a decent case but said he couldn’t give me a number on how much he thought the case would be worth. So my questions are, can someone give me a ballpark estimate on how much I should negotiate for? & Do I need an attorney involved or is this a situation where I should fight the claim and negotiate myself? TL;DR I got in a high speed accident and his insurance is accepting 100% fault. I got out lucky but am still experiencing injuries like whiplash, some bruised ribs, shoulder blade pain, and muffled hearing. His insurance offered $2,500 and I don’t believe that’s enough for what I’ve gone through. How much could I counter offer for and should I get an attorney involved? Edit: I apologize, I did end up going to a primary care doctor last Friday but he told me the pain I experienced is common and went over the CT scan that the ER did and said “everything looks fine here”. I have an ear, nose, mouth appointment this Friday. Edit 2: I’m sorry if these seem like stupid questions, I’m just really young and don’t have any help outside of my mother.

I have a Chase credit card that I rarely use. The account is set to auto-pay and usually, the only charge each month is a single subscription for which that card is set up as the payment method. I recently logged into my Chase account and noticed that I am being, and have been for years, charged $16.99 a month for an HBO Max account. This totals in the ballpark of $1,000. Here's a brief summary of what's happened so far. **Background:** * I had been subscribed to HBO Max years ago, but I was pretty certain I had canceled that subscription around 2020 * Still not wanting an HBO Max subscription, I logged onto my account with the intention of canceling it * As I had originally expected, my account did not have an active subscription * I then attempted to log in with all other email addresses I have, but none of them were associated with HBO accounts **What I've tried:** I contacted HBO support who attempted to locate the account. I shared: * All known email addresses * The account information of the card being charged * CC statements showing the charge on my account HBO support was unable to locate any active account associated with that payment information and then basically washed their hands of the matter. They instructed me to dispute the charge with my financial institution and have not given any guidance on how to move forward with HBO. This doesn't feel right. Given the fact that they can't locate the account, it seems to me that they have been erroneously charging me for an account I don't have for years. I would certainly like that money returned to me, and it doesn't feel like my financial institution should be responsible for this. Granted I should have paid closer attention to my financial accounts, but I was being charged for a service that I didn't purchase and that was never provided. **My question:** What course of action would give me the best chance of getting all, or at least some, of my money back? Should I pursue this with HBO further, file with a consumer protection agency, or just dispute with Chase?

Hey all, Ran across something weird today. I was notified by my son’s pediatrician office that his provider was not covered under our insurance plan. We have been going to this provider without issue and picked this provider based on the fact that when we searched him on our insurance website, it listed him as in network. I contacted my insurance company, and they reported to me that on initial search based on NPI, he was a covered provider. I called the billing office back and they said to give the insurance company the tax ID to search. I did this, and my insurance said the tax ID was not covered, but when the tax ID and NPI were provided, it was listed as covered. My insurance called the billing department, and they told my insurance that they do not accept my insurance plan, only certain policies under my insurance provider, but not my specific plan. The medical office told me they would be resubmitting the prior claims since they should not have been processed as “in network” and that I would be responsible for payment since it’s out of network. I can’t make any sense of this. All prior claims from the visits were processed and covered by my insurance, but now the medical office is claiming that they have always been out of network? Why would they have been billing my insurance if they were in fact out of network? Any help or insight would be helpful!

Received my 6-month renewal notice for Progressive and suprise (:smile:) a 20% increase. Problem is I use Snapshot, have 4/5 average, which I thought yields an additional discount, not an increase. I called. Progressive claims rates go up/down all the time and can not give me specific reason for this increase. My 4/5 average Snapshot is already included in new rate. Is this practice common, follow *their* Snapshot rules - get increase ??

Me and my husband bought a house and got scammed into a home warranty with a company called home warranty services and Mepco in January of this year. Our bank flagged the first charge as fraud but we let it through and decided to go ahead and cancel I was reassured that it was done given a cancellation number and told that a cancellation letter would be on its way in the mail and through email (it never came)fast forward a month they didn't pull anything else from the account thankfully but I get bills and late payment calls saying my payment is late when I answered the calls I explained I canceled over a month ago was reassured by agents that it's over and just to ignore the calls because it's an AI... fast forward to now another month later I get another bill from Mepco and I sign into my account through them and it reads the policy is still active I've emailed home warranty services and plan on speaking to a manager tomorrow but I feel like an idiot for falling for this in the first place what are my next steps if they don't cancel it???