I will try to make it brief but can answer any additional questions. My wife and I started the process to have a baby. I was insured with Kaiser Permeante (KP) and went to my KP OB. I requested a specific genetic test to be completed (in writing). The DR ordered the wrong test, and instead of the largest panel I received the smallest panel. The records that were sent to me with the results have the name of the largest genetic test despite it actually being the smallest genetic test. I did not realize the error until a couple of months later when my wife and I had selected donors and had to go to a genetic counselor to ensure we did not have any of the same diseases. I was unable to move forward with me selected donors because I did not have the appropriate genetic test. At this time, I was no longer insured with KP and was now insured with BCBS. I went back to KP a requested they proved the correct test, they were unable to without drawing blood again. I proceeded with obtaining the correct genetic test under my new insurance. While waiting for the results both of my two donors were no longer available for purchase and I am now in the process of locating another donor. My wife and I are black, and we are only interested in a black donor. There is a national shortage of black donors and the two donors that we selected were high quality donors (attorney and a doctor). KP has acknowledged their mistake (in writing) and reimbursed me for the cost of the incorrect test. Can I sue the doctor for ordering the wrong test?

I have two cats, Fox and Ollie. They are brothers and turn four in September. I got Nationwide Pet Insurance in July 2024 for the first time. I did not notice at the time, but their plans didn't match. Fox's was $189 for the year, Ollie was $190. I called to change the renewal policy so it was the same, and to add Behavioral coverage. I wanted to match Ollie's coverage to Fox's, add behavioral. Fox's renewal, with NO CHANGES, increases by $125/YEAR in July. The woman on the phone said it's "because he is a year older." Lady, he will be FOUR this year. FOUR. Current: $19/mo > $29/mo So, recommendations? They are two boys, indoor, vaccines up to date but no recent vet visit. I'm mildly concerned Ollie has a behavioral issue but no diagnosis and running off vibes and tiktok diagnosis, not real doctors. I am going to wait to take him to the vet about this until I have the right insurance policy JIC, but SHOULD I even have cat insurance?!?! Otherwise, they're two healthy young cats. Indoor. Thoughts?

Is it even legal for Healthy Paws pet insurance to increase premiums at almost 200% in CA? This is outrageously high!! Anyone experiencing the same? #healthypawspetinsurance

Seeking advice. I had an accident very recently where the other car hit my car while doing improper lane change. Even the police said by seeing the dash cam video of my car that the other person was at fault, I called my insurance company in order to report the accident but they filed it as a claim without confirming with me first. Even though I told them I don't want to use my collision coverage as the accident was not my fault, they still filed a claim without confirming with me first. The claim was closed next day without any pay as they suggested to contact the other person's insurance because I am not at fault. Now I am afraid that this claim will increase my insurance rate from now on, what should I do now? How much it might increase? Is there any way to remove it from the record? Any kind of suggestions will be appreciated.

Hi, My one year old cat had to go to the vet this week for a limp. I processed his paperwork and submitted a claim toward his deductible and Spot denied it. Looks like he needs surgery and it’s going to be costly- I’m worried they will deny this too. Am I able to switch insurance companies now if I’m having issues with spot? Or would a new company just not cover this at all? This is my first pet with insurance and I’m frustrated.

Location: Washington state, US I have a structured settlement with Navient from 2020 that keeps my payments at a specific rate for the duration of the loan. With the transfer to MOHELA processing payments, they have not been charging me the correct amount. I have notified the contact that I’m required to coordinate with several times. She has responded each time but it has not been fixed. I have only been submitting the agreed upon amount which means I am under paying and also cannot set up auto pay. I’m concerned this could impact my credit, but also if I miss a payment the settlement goes away so I really want to be able to autopay. What can I do here? Are there any legal repercussions from their side of the agreement if they keep over charging me? Or is this just my burden to deal with?

I live and work in California for reference. I left my job to seek treatment for substance use disorder and Kaiser is claiming that they cannot excuse me since I did not participate in their outpatient program. I met with a doctor every week and he prescribed me medication to detox at home from fentanyl and methamphetamine. However they claim that this is not considered to be under a doctor's care and will not sign documentation for those dates. Over the course of 28 days I detoxed three times and relapsed three times before they sent me to a third party inpatient program. I am new to the Kaiser program as of this year and they recommended I go through their detox at home and outpatient program instead of directly to inpatient in spite of my long history of substance abuse and my multiple stays at detox facilities and residential facilities. Currently I am unprotected for these 28 days but I am wondering if this is legal?

I have a BCBS of Illinois community health plan, and I've been looking to find a dermatologist that's in network and when I go on the website look under the "in network" tab, everyone I call says they do not accept my insurence. This isn't the first time I've dealt with this either... Even when I call and get a list from that it's the same story. Am I doing something wrong? By the sounds of it a lot of the offices I call make it seem like they asked to be removed from these lists and never were.

Hello, I have a few questions how to handle my PCP or Labcorp messing up with my insurance details. I had a bloodwork taken at my primary care and apparently they sent it to Labcorp. But Labcorp billed my insurance with the incorrect details apparently - my name and Member ID, group number are wrong. I got a mail in Feb asking for insurance details but the return address was not online on their website, so I thought it was phishing. I called the Billing department and asked them if they needed my insurance details, and they said "it is pending with insurance and there is nothing you have to do but wait". I don't have this call recorded. Today I got the invoice number and it says the below: "Reason for Bill: We attempted to file a claim with insurance. According to BLUES NJ: HORIZON BCBS, the patient name or subscriber number did not match their records. This balance is now the patient responsibility" I don't want this to impact my credit score but I don't want to pay $1000 since my PCP or they made mistake that I had nothing to do with. I will call them tomorrow morning but I have a few questions. 1. Since they dumped the responsibility on me, can I sort of force them to refile with insurance? What do I do if they refuse? 2. How long generally do I have to sort this out (not paying) so it doesn't impact me. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I'm just pretty pissed right now so apologies if I sound rude.

I'm on my mom's blue cross blue shield medicaid IL insurance and for some reason I was kicked off last month and now it says I'll be back on next month. My mom isn't sure why that happened. When I tried to make an appointment yesterday my bcbs insurance ID wasn't working when it always has. But I NEED to go to a hospital some time soon. Will my medicaid ID work or are they together? If it doesn't work does that mean I'll have to pay out of pocket if I go before next month.