At the end of 2024 my wife visited an allergist to try and get a handle on her allergies. A boat load of testing later and she needs allergy injections for her horrific environmental allergies to attempt to get control of them. Everything is good with this allergist at this point. It’s the end of December 2024 and the allergist informs her at her appointment at the end of the next month (January 2025) she will owe $1500 to start her year long series of injections. We have a HDHP with HSA so we totally understand that cost because the deductible resets. Well life punched us hard over the next month and my wife has ramped up her attempts to find a new job because she is so unhappy at her current one. Given everything going on and the fact that she isn’t sure if she will continue to have the same insurance or access to the same provider to complete the allergy injections if she gets a new job, she decided now isn’t a good time to start the allergy injections. So she cancelled her appointment 48 hours prior to the scheduled appointment. This provider did not give her any kind of verbal, written, mimed, carrier pigeon, etc policy related to appointments, billing, and/or payment policies for the practice. Nothing. So at the beginning of February 2025 she received a bill from Quest for the bloodwork she had done in December 2024. Two of the bajillion tests requested by this provider were not covered and it was going to cost us almost $700 out of pocket (whole separate issue we’re handling). She couldn’t find an EOB so I told her to log onto the portal to see if she could download it. Well she logs onto the portal and there are $2,000 worth of claims submitted from this allergist in mid January 2025. They were not the claims related to her appointments in December 2024 and they were submitted two weeks before she cancelled her first allergy injection appointment. To make a long story short, the allergist prepped the injection two weeks before my wife’s first allergy injection over the course of 3 days and submitted the claim to insurance for it. The doctor’s office is saying she is responsible for the bill and I’m saying that sounds like fraud for billing for treatment she never received and was prepared without any kind of contract or informed consent to give her the opportunity to prevent this from happening. My wife has spoken with 2 different insurance reps and one was like yeah you’re responsible and the other said I’m referring you to our fraud department. The doctor is entirely unhelpful and has refused to communicate with her on 1. Why there is no practice policy to avoid this situation and 2. How long that injection mixed up in good for and 3. What happens if she stops doing the injections after one appointment. What do we need to know about this? Is this fraud? Should we push to not be responsible for this cost? Did my wife make a mistake somewhere in understanding how allergists operate and missed what is the obvious to the field she should have cancelled her appointment at minimum two weeks before it was scheduled?

nybody here have mediCal? (Govt free medical insruance in the usa for ppl under age 65 and unemployed or flat out broke). My uncle generously cash paid for my mcas doctor. I have a script for cromolyn sulfate, can I use the script at the pharmacy and will medi-cal pay for the meds? Usually people with California state Medi-cal for those under 65 are unemployed or too sick to work but not yet documented and broke like me, so qualify for medi-cal, but those doctors are the worst and most incompetent. My uncle paid a mcas doctor to see me, abd I got a script for cromolyn sulfate. Usually medi-cal will pay for my meds even if i saw a cash pay doctor. Or is it a situation whereby I need to prove that I used lower level meds and they didbt work before I get approved from cromolyn sulfate? Remember I tried to get triamcinolone cream under private insruance (blue cross blue shield), but they said i had to trial lower level creams and then fail those 2x first. Making me waste life energy and jump thru hoops so insurance company can save 20$.

When I turned 18, my dad made my start a Roth IRA with Ameriprise because I had an unexpected source of income coming in that he wanted me to put away. Well, since then I have continued to put money into that account and I talk to my FA semi-regularly. Well, I am now 22M and going to be making some real money soon and after some research, I see a lot of people saying to avoid FA for a Roth, especially Ameriprise. I am glad my dad had me do this when I was 18 but now I am wondering if I should move my Roth to something else. For full disclosure, I have put in $19,000 total, and it has grown about $4,000 in that last 4 years or so. However, I do not really know where to begin. Should I move my Roth away from Ameriprise? How would I move my Roth? Where do I move my Roth? I have seen mentions of Vanguard, Fidelity, Schwab and others. How would I choose one? Don't services like these also charge some sort of fee? Thank you so much for the help.

Hey everyone. Need some insight from anyone who can chime in! So I am with Allstate Insurance. I had a collision with my truck (driving slow, hit a patch of black ice and my truck goes right into a transformer box(those green boxes that you usually see somewhere in a residential area ) and my truck is totaled. It’s been 2 months since I’ve filed the claim and I’ve basically heard nothing since. I have been calling 3-4 times a week, leaving 2-3 emails a week. Basically nothing. Just curious what should I do since it seems like claims never should take this long?

I’m really hoping someone who works in medical billing at a dentist office can help me understand this. For context, I have Cigna Dental PPO. I had an oral consultation today that cost $167. The oral surgeon said I definitely need the bottom ones removed, but said she isn’t worried about the top ones. Then here is an image of what I was quoted after. They said I would either be paying $5809 or $3789 depending on what my insurance says. She didn’t sound confident in what she was saying and was speaking to someone else prior. Then, they tried to make me schedule it with 50% down as if I have $1800-2900 just laying around. I could barely afford the consultation fee. I’m I being got or is this how much people are paying to get their wisdom teeth removed? I’m so lost…

Hi everyone, I am posting here because I have had a very frustrating experience with my auto insurance with statefarm and am looking for some advice. I am currently a graduate student in Florida so things can be a little difficult when it comes to have to budget with this huge bill I have now. Basically I have had statefarm since August of 2024 and the first 6 months of premium was fine, I paid all my bills on time and when it came to January 2025 when my new auto premium renewed I had increased slightly my premium but the difference in my monthly payments were around the same due to the discounts I got. Then somewhere in February I found out I had been dropped from the insurance due to a balance of a surcharge for policy change that I did not pay for. They then dropped me without notifying me so I found this out a little later. Throughout the few months from February from when I found out I was dropped to July (when the 6 months premium ends), I have been trying to reinstate my auto insurance back because I feel a little anxious driving in Florida without having an insurance active. The insurance agent office was super hard to reach, I had to re-explain my situation multiple times because the person most involved with my case was never available to talk, and they always said that they are working on it and that my insurance is still active and will get back to me regarding the balance/bills which they never did. I had to keep following up and finally in June-July ish, they had my policy reinstated. But now I have this giant bill where I have to pay both the remaining balance and the new insurance premium monthly. The insurance agent told me that the remaining balance was about $380 spread over 3 months and I had paid for the first installment already so I should have 2 more months of whatever was remaining of $380. After that first payment, I decided to switch over to another insurance agent because of their lack of communication and how long they took to process things. I think this was my mistake then because after switching over, the new insurance agent said that my remaining balance was about $500 remaining still even after the first payment that I have made towards the remaining balance. Now because of this issue, I have to be paying $300 per month (remaining balance spread over a few months + current insurance premium for the month) and I feel like my previous insurance agent had screwed me over? Is my only option is to just suck it up and pay the $500 like they said? I am just very upset because they also never have apologized to me and made me feel like I was at fault as well. I tried to switch over to another insurance company but I have not been getting better rates (car insurance is ridiculously expensive in Florida) and I rarely drive (last 6 months I have only driven 2300 miles) and I have to be paying an enormous amount ($128 per month) for me to be barely driving.

I got involved with them on my 18th birthday, which was in November. I left at the end of December and told them I was moving to Houston. I got the life insurance policy when I joined since it was required, and I canceled it yesterday. Today, I got a call from the agent who recruited me. I told him I couldn't talk, but he said the contract required me to keep the life insurance policy for 17 months. I hung up, blocked him, and called my cousin since he also joined at the beginning of 2024 (recruited by the same person) and left shortly after. He canceled his policy as well. I told him about the call, and he said the agent called him too when he canceled his policy, telling him the same thing. He told the agent he didn't want it, and the agent said he would be sent to collections or something like that. I don't know if that's true but I don't know what to do.

I'm looking to insure a 2018 Chevy Cruze, full coverage. Was quoted $389 by progressive, and that's more than I can afford monthly. Looking for recommendations on insurance companies that might have cheaper/mor affordable rates

I’m looking for advice on how to get Budget Car Rental to refund me $1050 that they wrongfully charged me for “loss of use,” even though my insurance fully settled the claim. Timeline & Issue: • Sept 22 – I was in an accident with a Budget rental. • Oct 17 – Budget charged me $1050 on my personal credit card for “loss of use.” • Feb (First Week) – My insurance fully settled the claim, and I have a signed release letter from Budget’s claims department confirming everything is paid for. • Now (March) – Despite multiple follow-ups, Budget still hasn’t refunded my money. What I’ve Done So Far: 1. Emailed Budget—Sent a detailed request with the signed release letter proving all charges were covered by insurance. 2. Called Customer Service Twice—Each time, they escalated it to the billing department and told me to wait 5–7 business days. 3. No Refund, No Response—Every time I follow up, I get ghosted or asked to wait again. Why This Matters: I am a student, and $1050 is a huge amount for me to have tied up for months. Budget has been unresponsive, and I don’t know what to do next. What Are My Options? • Has anyone faced a similar issue and successfully gotten a refund? • Should I escalate this via a chargeback, BBB complaint, small claims court, or another method? • Any suggestions on getting Budget’s attention and making them act faster?

I'm having trouble figuring out what is covered and not covered under this plan.... My dog recently had an anal abscess the size of a kiwi so it needed to be removed immediately. Deductible is $250.00, and I'm just trying to see the benefits coverage but am having the most difficult time navigating the Nationwide Pet Insurance website; it's as if they do not want us finding out what's covered to utilize our insurance to the fullest. With this operation potentially maxing out my deductible, I have some other Wellness things I want to get taken care of, such as dental, or to see if I can do anal expressions every few months. Any insight on coverage?