I’m going insane trying to get my dental benefits sorted out with Cobra. I paid my Cobra on 3/8 (first month) and MetLife made my plan active, backdated to 3/1. On 3/12 it was canceled again. 3/15 active again. 3/17 canceled again - MetLife said call Cobra servicer. Servicer sent in a reinstatement and it was active again on 3/19. I log in today and it’s cancelled 3/24 AGAIN. I paid for a month of benefits and I haven’t even been able to use them. MetLife acts like it’s the servicers fault. Cobra just sends in reinstatement notice. Repeat. What do I do in this situation? I have oral surgery in a month and god only knows if it’ll be active or MetLife will decide to cancel it on that day. How do I go about escalating this?

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.

NY - Liberty Mutual Got into a car accident in February. My dad was late to pick me up from work so I had to take the car to get there on time. Otherwise, I don't usually drive at all. I'm not listed as a driver on his insurance. Luckily, we had dashcam footage to show it wasnt my fault. The other driver's insurance sent a check for $2,800.00 to our insurance, but our insurance is refusing to give it to us for "lying" about me driving the car. Are they legally allowed to do this?

I was in an accident many years ago in Michigan. I was told I had medical coverage for life for my injuries through AAA car insurance. I now live in another state and need a surgery related to the accident. I re-opened my old claim and spoke with an adjuster. She said due to the no-fault laws, she would send a billable letter to the doctor so they can bill them direct, but that they don't do pre-approvals guaranteeing any payment, and that I can't pay direct and get reimbursed either. My problem is, no one in my state is at all familiar with this and no one will accept a 'billable letter' or willing to even consider billing a car insurance company. I would gladly pay out of pocket if I could get reimbursed, but AAA says that's not allowed and they wouldn't reimburse me in that case. Am I missing something here? Is there a way to make this work or is it just a way the insurance company has found to make it nearly impossible to actually use the coverage?

I need advice on how to negotiate a bill that I received from my insurance. I had a neck and upper shoulder pain for more than a week and I went to a specialist. He did some routine range of motion checks and just advised to avoid the gym and use a heat pack. Now I see I've got a bill where Aetna was billed $1155 for the office visit and my bill is $375.76 which is around 30%. This seems like a very high charge for a 10 minute routine appointment. Is there any way I can either ask for a reduction on what Aetna was billed or what they charged me? The latter seems less likely since I haven't hit my deductible yet Edit: This is NY state and the appointment was at NYU Langone

I bought a almost new used camry and i almost got into a huge wreck this last weekend, pretty much I was fishing and this drunk idiot sideswiped my friends car with his boat while pushing his empty trailer nearly off the cliff towards the river, thankfully the hitch stayed locked in we were able to drive it to safety minus scratches either way they exchanged information. Afterwards, we were talking about it. I still owe almost 30k for my brand new camry even if I didn't notice who the driver was Would there be any way that gap would cover my car if it were to have fallen or got heavly damaged due to the small cliff? I.had previous vandalism to my car last year and it was a headache through insurance

I’ve had my two dogs insured with Healthy Paws for almost a decade, and at first, it seemed like a great choice, claims were really easy, they seemed like they cared by sending good will messages after a claim etc. Monthly premiums started at around $30–$40 per pet, then slowly crept up—$50, $70, $90. It was annoying but manageable, thought it was normal as dogs aged and there was also inflation. Then, things went off the rails, I think it's because they were acquired by a bigger company (that's my speculation tho). My premium was already high at around \~$250/month for both dogs, but now they want **\~$550/month**— more than double overnight! No new benefits, no explanation, just pure corporate greed. It’s clear they’re taking advantage of longtime customers with older pets, knowing we have fewer options due to pre-existing conditions. It’s a disgusting, predatory practice. They assume people won’t leave, but I’d rather pay another company—even if it costs more—than reward this behavior. **I'd say avoid Healthy Paws at all costs.** Also if anybody had changed insurances at a similar point and were happy after please let me know!

I was on the freeway heading out to go camping. I was going 0 mph. The van behind did not stop and smashed into me between 20-30 mph. I have a rear camera on my truck that showed him looking at his phone. I also recorded as soon as I got out of the car of him admiting to not stopping. My car insurance (GEICO) gave me the option to go through them or the person that hit me. The van was a Xerox van. Their insurance is called American Way. I called them the day of and gave the police report. They said they use a 3rd party called Sedgwick. I paid 30k for my truck less than a year ago. 10k of that was because of all the add ons. The other insurance company said I have to wait 5 days. The rear of the frame on my truck is facing the ground. I’m not sure about the rest of the frame. Most of the people I’ve talked to said they will probably total it. I’ve also retained an attorney in my area for bodily injury. I work from home but, can’t sit at my desk for more than an hour. I’ve been seeing a chiropractor today and retained the attorney today. They said it will likely take 6-9 months and would settle between 20-40k. This is only for medical. Does this seem normal? Will I be able to recoup the loss on my truck for the extra 10k ? It KBB blue books for around 20k but, I paid 30k. I also had my Yakima box on the back and paddleboard which were destroyed. My own insurance said even if I use them for the truck I will still have to use the other insurance to recover the loss on my things that were destroyed and if they repair my truck for finished value. After 20 years of driving I’d never had a fender bender. Should I just go ahead and use my own insurance? Sorry for the rant.

Can anyone give me an idea of what to do? Allstate misrepresented how many sq feet our house is. My spouse (who does most of the bills etc) did not notice this for literally years, and made a phone call as soon as they did. It's a difference of about a thousand dollars a year. Allstate readjusted the sq footage. They gave us one year's overpayment back, and basically told us too bad about the rest, and there's nothing they can do about it. Well of course there is something they can do about it, they just chose not to. They gave us a year back. We got our next bill in the mail last week, and they had put the wrong sq footage on it again! Needless to say this is super aggravating. Their refusal to do anything is really absurd. They stole from us and don't care at all. You know how it is...every person we talk to just sends us to someone else. Is there anything I can do? Any advice would be so appreciated.