I wish I had corn to Reddit in June of 2023 before signing on with BF but I didn’t. So here we are. My last creditor still “in negotiations” is Bank of America and i just received a hand delivered summons today. My enrolled debt for them with BF is $28k and They are suing me for $31k+. I’m waiting for the legal team contracted under BF to write up the response to the summons and the finance team to continue towards a settlement but I am panicking. I read that 90% of the suits BoA peruses goes to default judgement bc the defendant doesn’t answer. Any advice or similar experiences would be appreciated because I obviously cannot afford $31k….

I (20F) lived in Massachusetts for a year for school, this was in 2023-2024. I was severely sick and needed to be transported by ambulance to the nearest hospital, I was 18 years old at the time (I went to the hospital in December of 2023) and was on my mothers health insurance (I still am, I am not the head/provider of the insurance). Within that summer, a bill for the ambulance was sent in the mail, because I was the one who used the ambulance, they had billed me -- however, my mother was in charge of the payment/financial bills since she is the head of the insurance and I was still in school. After receiving the letter, she had called the insurance company to resolve the issue -- of course there was some back and forth with who to contact, but it was ultimately "taken care of" (so it seemed). fast forward to now, I do not go to school in Mass anymore since I had transferred to another school within my home state. I checked my credit score (I do this every so often to make sure things are all good), and it was significantly lowered. I check to see why this is, I see that there is a "collections" that made my score go down in May of 2025. Of course, I am panicking because the bill is $2,800 and I had no clue of this until today. I have to wait until tomorrow morning to call my mothers'/my insurance company and then the ambulance company to figure this out. I am very lost and unsure of what to do, Ive had no information of this billing until today -- all from a credit report -- nothing in the mail, no phone calls, not emails, nothing. I would heavily appreciate some advice and guidance. \*\*edit: I use blue cross/shield. I check my credit score often to make sure everything is all good, I am a student who takes out student loans. This impacts my ability to do this severely. I always make my payments on time (both credit and loans). I need advice bad.

Recently a storm blew through and did a ton of damage in the neighborhood. Adjustor came out and declared the roof a total loss, however all said they were exploring possible negligence. Couple weeks later they declared that the could only pay for half the roof because they had pictures of roof damage 2 years ago (damage was just a dozen or so 3 tab shingles that had torn off, nothing major, which was since repaired). The next day they just deposited the money in my bank account, however I haven't signed or agreed to anything. Is it possible or worthwhile to fight this? Unfortunately I don't have a paper trail of the roof repair because a friend of mine fixed it to return a favor. I spoke with a roofing company with good reviews on Google who said they will fight it for us. That a good idea? Also reaching out to my friend to see if he has any companies he recommends.

Hi all, I have a ragdoll cat who just recently turned 1. We’ve had no health issues thus far. I start seeing this subreddit pop up and saw horror stories of HP. A couple questions: 1. I know a big part of if reimbursement is diligence. Our breeder did a health check on our kitten and gave us the paper work when she handed him over, but we still haven’t submitted it into HP (I know that’s on us). We started HP about 15 days after the exam. Will that paperwork be okay to submit now? 2. We are currently paying $30/month. Are we better off switching now instead of dealing with HP long term? Thanks!

I have a 4-year-old French Bulldog, and we previously used Nationwide for her pet insurance. Unfortunately, we just found out they dropped our policy without any reason. I have been looking around for other pet insurance companies but feel frustrated by the pre-existing condition coverage. We signed up for trupanion but they want records of our last 2 years and my pet has a few things in the notes that I think will totally screw us going forward like itchy paws, a hurt pack, and previous GI bugs/UTIs. Has anyone found a good insurance company that will not be so harsh about not covering pre-existing conditions? Thanks in advance for the recommendations!

HI, guys! I never posted on Reddit, need your advice badly...A few years ago I signed up with Merrill Edge IRA, because I was with Bank of America. They were very pursvasive how great it is to have 401K with them. I rolled over some 401K money from my previous jobs, opned account. In the beginning I was contributing certain amount per month automatically, then started to get calls about needing to login, verufy my info ect. I called them last year and verified, my info is correct (home address and work address). I was filing taxes this year and tax person asked me if I contributed to my personal IRA, because it would help with my return. I decided to verify with Merrill Edge, loged in to my account and the nightmare started. I found out YESTERDAY they CLOSED my account back in January this year (no notification received), and issued a check with all my savings also hit me with early withdraw fine. They send check to my WORK instead of home address (???). Mind you my work is a large hospital, and address was provided as a generic, not addressed to accounting, HR, or specific person. When I called Merrill Edge, they first said they will cancel the payment on this check and will issue another. Next phone called I was told by Merrill my check was "cashed" at PNC bank (I have no account there), on certain date in March this year. By WHO???? My guess would be someone opened a letter from them at my work, saw the check and somehow chased/deposited it. But how this person could do this without ID? I dont even know what particular branch of PNC it was cashed, and PNC doesnt want to talk to me. I am shocked...It was substantial amount of money, I dont even know what to begin with. Lawer? Police? Pls help with advise!!

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

They advertise they never raise rates due to age. I got insurance when my dog was a puppy and in the two years ive had her the rates raised annually from $40 to $50 and now $60. It sure seems like they raise rates based on age, unless you are telling me that vet care has increaed by 50 percent in my city in the last two years. Even in the very email they sent about the rate increase, they said "Trupanion is unique in that we never increase your monthly cost because you’ve submitted an invoice or because your pet ages. "

Hi I got nexplanon and was billed by planned parenthood for $400, my insurance Community Health Plan of Washington states it covers birth control, but I’m getting charged $400 for the insertion? Is this correct or should I be completely covered by my insurance?

I have Medi-Cal currently. I just got hired at a job that would make me ineligible for it. I tried cancelling my Medi-Cal but they're asking for proof of salary or something of the sorts. I still have not gotten paid but I will be paid biweekly and I have 30 days to enroll myself into the work benefits. If I submit the proof, am I still able to enroll into HSA from my job and not get into any trouble? Not sure at what point they will kick me off of the MediCal benefits after I send them an employment letter or whatever proof they want to see.