Praying.

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Yes, whining is completely justified. Hope you are feeling better soon!

Oh my goodness ... Thank you for sharing the article.

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I know and understand your feelings, but I have no words of wisdom to pass along. I pasted on a happy, optimistic face for others, but deep down I didn't think my pregnancy would result in a living baby ... until ... I delivered. I truly hope someone can pass along some comforting words for you. You very much deserve to enjoy this pregnancy. Hugs and prayers to you and your family.

Praying you find relief soon. :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

Prayers for you and your family. :grouphug:

Yes, let my then 12 year old ds travel from NY to Chicago. No problems either way. He had never flown before so we talked through many different scenarios.

:grouphug: I am so sorry. Praying for you and your family.

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: and good wishes!

Thank you for the advice!!! I will be contacting the CEO, and thank you for the fax info. cjzimmer1, not having the real insurance cover upcoming expenses is a worry.

I hope I can write this so it makes sense and the Hive can help me solve this problem. In a nutshell, Blue Shield of NE NY has an active family policy that we did not enroll in & are not paying for. We want it to go away! Ins is apparently thru dh's former employer, according to BS. (new CEO brought in his own senior leadership team, dh & rest of old team were let go.) We did utilize COBRA until dh's new employer's ins went into effect. But that ended 9 months ago - and we cancelled COBRA in writing and stopped paying for COBRA. The insurance company acknowledges that the policy was stopped then but it was reactivated 10-01-14. I have left numerous voicemails w/ the dir of HR at former employer. No return calls. I have contacted the broker company that the employer uses to buy health insurance. COBRA dept. says this coverage is not thru them. Employer's rep at broker company says there is NO WAY a mistake like this can happen and refuses to look into problem. :glare: Blue Shield says they can do nothing to cancel policy - they need to receive a notice from the broker. One Customer Service rep said she would look into it, but I have not heard back. Other reps just confirm policy is still active & there is a note to look into the policy. I contacted the NY Dept. of Financial Services (dept. of insurance is in this group.) Was told they could do nothing ... but customer service rep kept laughing ... said she had never heard of this problem before. Also spoke to her supervisor, he also laughed but had no advice. How can I get this insurance to go away? We did not sign up for it and we are not paying for it. I am worried that our "real" health insurance will somehow discover the BS of NE NY policy & not cover our medical expenses. My other thought is that this is somehow a scam, but can't figure out how ... No claims have been filed w/ this insurance as of today. If it matters, the BS still has our old address listed. We no longer live in NY so I can't just go in person to broker's office or to dh's former employer. We now live about 20 hours away. Am I just imagining that our "real" insurance company could find out about this policy and/or if they did know about it, there would be no negative impact? I am sure that somehow this policy can be abolished; I just don't know what my next step should be. Or, if this is really a non-issue, somebody please tell me. It just bothers me that someone was able to use our names, birthdates & social security #s & create a medical policy. Thanks!!!!

Prayers! :grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

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My 15 yr old dd would love to t or t at your mom's house ... her favorite candy is a tootsie roll. She just bought an entire box from the Knights of Columbus, at Church, during their recent sale (& it had nothing to do w/supporting their cause or being generous) Better candy than a tootsie roll, she is sitting here perplexed at the idea. LOL

:party:Happy Birthday Luanne!!!!

Voted :001_smile:

:party:Congratulations!!!

:party:Congratulations! :party:

Good Luck!!!!

We almost always do birthdays with a request for a food bank donation instead of gifts for our dc parties and very much mean that ... no gifts, please, food donation in place of gift. Cards are optional. In our experience, we have found that girls tend to give cards, boys do not. (just saying in our experience, at our dc parties, not making any wide spread generalizations :) )

Get rid of the smell :svengo: My hockey players are so proud of the "stank." :lol: :lol: :lol:

I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts & prayers are with you. :grouphug:

Prayers & hugs to you! :grouphug:

Hugs and prayers.

Praying. :grouphug: