Hey all I have to choose between some state medi-cal options for health insurance. The choices are community health, Molina healthcare and Blue shield healthcare. I've already dealt with Molina and I don't like them for my needs. So it's: Community Health vs. Blue shield. Context: My mother and I ( 55 F & 26 F) both suffer from certain health issues and will need specialists treatment, physical therapy and possibly even cardiology treatments (fingers crossed none of it is harmful). Some of these may even be genetic or hereditary, so appropriate testing and treatment are very important. We have either been diagnosed or have a probable diagnosis of some of these below 👇 Examples: •reynard's syndrome (a type of nerve condition) • Rheumatoid Arthritis • Wiggly Joints (causes wear of the joints and hyper mobility) Just to name a few. What I'm looking for is are there any miracle stories? Horror stories? Good experiences or bad? Which choice sounds the best for our needs of anyone can relate to us or has any experience looking for these things. TIA so much. P.S. I am still figuring out reddit so I may not be able to edit the post BUT I will reply in comments! Thank you!

# Update: Solved! Emailing customer support directly did the trick! Cheers to the awesome customer service reps who took the time to dig through old files and find my old policy based on my very scattered recollection of what email address or phone number it might've been associated with. Lesson learned: keep records, even beyond when you think you'll need them! Hi r/insurance, I'm currently trying to track down Letters of Experience from all my previous auto insurance providers in the US (to lower the cost of premiums in a new country where I've yet to establish much of a history of driving experience). I called Geico, who was my first provider from \~2006 to 2010 when I first got my license, but the customer service rep I spoke with said that any customer information that old would have been archived, and she was unable to find me in her system. (For context, after 2010, I moved abroad and relied on public transportation, so had no need for auto insurance — hence why I'm jumping through hoops trying to track down such old information.) Has anyone run into this? Did you have any recourse for requesting files be unarchived and a Letter of Experience generated? Any suggestions appreciated!

Hey everyone, This is a follow-up to my earlier post about trying to cancel my Wawanesa auto insurance (I’m the guy paying $750/month for a commercial plan meant for Uber Eats, which I barely do anymore). My regular broker had gone silent for a while, but I finally got in touch. Here’s the update:- My broker confirmed I can cancel the policy early. However, he says I’ll have to pay two months' worth of premium upfront as a penalty — that’s around $1,500. The new policy I’m eyeing (with TD Bank) is non-commercial and about $450/month, but they also require 2 months paid upfront to start coverage — that’s another $900. So basically, to switch policies, I’d need to cough up $2,400–$2,500 upfront, just to get out of this $750/month cycle. Now I’m stuck asking myself: Is it even worth switching, or should I just suck it up and keep paying monthly till my current policy ends in November? Will I even save enough in the long run to justify the upfront hit? Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation — switching from commercial to personal auto insurance mid-term? Any creative options or negotiation tips I could try with either Wawanesa or TD? I’m still trying to be financially smart here — just don’t want to end up spending more just to spend less later. Appreciate all your input!

Firstly I appreciate any insight into this matter as it can be a minefield I know! I’m looking to insure myself (m34) and partners (f30) 4 vehicles, we reside on a non working farm in West Yorkshire but will soon be moving to a similar setup in north wales. Could anyone recommend a solid company to go with please? Also open to the possibility of becoming a Ltd company once we move as we will be running a small business from the farm if that helps the situation at all. we have dealt with aviva in the past and they have always been a struggle when it comes to claims. Thanks 🙏

Hi. I have never seen any insurance company charge interest on car insurance. I got the paperwork and my payment went up 70.00 a month from what he quoted me. The interest is 14.5 % for not paying it off in full. How many people can pay 6000 yearly in full. This is crazy. Please help me understand. Ty :)

I've seen some posts like this but figured I would ask my own question. I have a 2010 f350 dually that I only use to carry the camper or pull the boat. I think I owe around 10k on the loan if that. My truck bed camper came loose and sat on my wheel well bending the bed rail and fender. I submitted it to geico and they gave me $1700. Few months later I got an estimate from a shop and it will be $8000 to fix. It's just cosmetic and doesn't bother me too much since I very rarely drive it. Can I keep the money and instead put a flatbed on the truck in the future? I'm 32 and this is my first insurance claim. I'm looking for advice from anyone but would like to know preferably from people with experience with keeping the money from geico. Any advice is appreciated!

I am in a situation where I need a surgery so will 100% hit my out of pocket maximum. The max, 8K, is fortunately something we can readily afford. The only thing that scares me are all the scary stories about how they get completely screwed over for supposedly covered procedures and are in debt tens of thousands at once. What I do to prevent this possibility or are those detrimental stories are from people who do not have any coverage??? My insurance is with United.

This might be a doozy, but here I go. Thank you advance. I decided to get my own insurance (so my insurance wouldn’t be tied to my job in the event of job loss). I searched in marketplace. I entered my criteria to find a plan that covers my PCP, my daughter’s pediatrician, and my medications. Marketplace found me a plan that covers it all and I enrolled in December to start in January. Today I had an appointment with my PCP. As I checked in, I handed them my insurance card, and they let me know he was not in network. Which is WEIRD considering I made sure I picked a plan that he was in. I left and called my insurance. They told me he was in network. They confirmed his address and phone number - it was incorrect. It was his old hospital from over two years ago. I gave them the new information. She left me on hold for a while and came back and apologized, saying he was NOT in network with my current plan. She said since I got my insurance through marketplace, I need to contact them. So she transferred me to marketplace. I’m now on the phone with marketplace. I speak to the representative (who was clearly in a bad mood) and he had no idea what was going on so I had to explain the situation again. He put me on hold and when he comes back, he says that he’s not sure why I’m talking to them when I should be on the phone with BCBS. I told him that I got insurance through marketplace, and I only picked my plan because it was in network with my doctor, which was clearly incorrect! He said that I was not entitled to 100% accurate information on marketplace and it was my duty to double check to make sure my doctor was in network. Which, according to BCBS, he WAS! At his OLD PRACTICE. From two years ago. And he is not now. I asked about changing my plan so I can actually see my physician and he said open enrollment was over and I would have to qualify for special enrollment which we could not do today. He told me to call BCBS again. I call BCBS again and the new CSR I spoke to was even worse. She basically told me to call marketplace. I told her what they told me and she said that was incorrect information and it was up to them. I am on the verge of tears right now. I’m playing this back and forth and I don’t know what to do. Do I make a complaint with marketplace? How do I go about it? None of this is my fault but they’re either blaming each other or blaming me. I just want to see my doctor, man. TLDR: got insurance, was told he was in network, turns out he isn’t in network because of incorrect address on file, and now I’m trapped in a limbo with BCBS and Marketplace and no one is being helpful. ETA - unsure if this is relevant in this situation, but I am 32, in Oklahoma, and gross income is over 100k. Maybe 140.

I want to rollover my Fidelity Traditional IRA to my current 401k plan at TRP. TRP requires that incoming rollovers be done via a letter & and check made out to and mailed to me, that I must then mail to TRP. When I called Fidelity to request the check and letter, the rep I spoke to was frankly, shocked, and highly discouraged doing rollover via check and recommended I ask TRP to do a direct rollover instead. (I did, and they said no.) I am so frustrated that TRP is so outdated, and to be honest, the Fidelity rep’s reaction has made me nervous that something will go wrong. She sounded like they never do it this way anymore, and had to transfer me several times to get to someone who could confirm that they could even write a check & letter according to the specifications from TRP, and said that the request was very unusual. These people handle rollovers every day- is TRP the only one that does it this way? I much prefer Fidelity, and the only reason I want to do this is to open up the option to make backdoor Roth contributions in the future. (The traditional IRA only exists because I rolled over my prior employer plan to it years ago before I knew what I was doing). That being said, I currently am not yet at the income limit for Roth IRA contributions, but I expect (hope) to be there in 5-10 years. I wanted to roll over now to get it over with & because I know not all plans allow an IRA to 401k (reverse) rollover, and I don’t know if I’ll be with the same company when it comes time for me to begin backdoor Roth. Am I overthinking it in either direction? Should I just suck it up and do the indirect rollover (and not sleep for weeks until I see the funds cleared)? Or am I thinking way too far ahead about backdoor Roth and should just leave things as they are? (Or just complain in solidarity with me that TRP is super annoying and out of date with their rollover process - has anyone else experienced this?) Edit: I have been informed in the comments that if the check is made out to “TRP FBO my name” it is considered a direct rollover, which is great.