Divorcing and Health Ins Question Here are the facts. Both of us are in NY. She wants a divorce. I am covered under HER health ins plan from her job. I moved out 10/1/07 as part of the mediation agreement. Mediation broke down and she filed for divorce June 26. Now I am getting med bills because the health ins co says that my coverage was cancelled effective June 27. WE ARE NOT EVEN LEGALLY SEPERATED!!!!!!! Can my STBX do this?????? I will speake to my Lawyer Monday but wanted a heads up from anyone out there. Thanks

Answer: No, she can't. She has fucked up.

Actually mine did that too, I didn't know about it, they gave me a 30 day notice & I went in for my back surgery I needed Pronto. We weren't seperated then either. I didn't bring up the issue, but, I don't think she can do that. What a bitch, it's war, never trust her again, she wants you dead. Live a good life, that is payback enough.

What did you do? How was it resolved?

Like I said, I didn't bring it up. I got my own insurance. Which you will have to do after the divorce anyway. You will find out more when you talk to the atty. Not sure about yuor state & this was 14 years ago.

What she did was illegal! AND, for the record - her company is also in trouble! Because you or she filed, then a court order is put in place that prevents either of you from making any changes to any policies, etc.. Go look at your paper work, read through it - it is there. Your lawyer needs to get on this. Now, the company she works for - They also had a legal obligation to notify YOU that coverage was about to end and then offer you an option of taking it out under COBRA laws. You pay big money, but it is a requirement of her company to offer you COBRA, as soon as they were notifed by the stb to drop you off her policy. They also screed up! If you decide to atke COBAR, when offered, you can take it up to 36 months, after a divorce. If you ave ANY pre-existing conditions - you will want this coverage, as getting another privately is not possible. After 36 months, then you receive HIPAA certification, preventing any insuarnce from saying you had pre-existing health issues and they are obligated to sell you coverage. If there are no pre-existing concerns, you would be better off NOT taking COBRA (You have 90 days to decide) and go privatley - it is much cheaper. Also, if you are employed and your employer sell coervage, you do NOT have to wait until open enrollement, once you lose credible coverage, they too must let you on the plan within 30 days of it being lost. So, there you go! Get your lawyer involved - get her employer involved - and get going. Lesson learned, she will lie and screw you over every chance she gets - do not trust her ever again!

Won't she have to pay 50% of the bills as well?

If she does'nt get coverage for me without any lapse she should have to pay for the thousand dollars worth of doctors visits I have incurred. I will also look into making her pay for the time my lawyer has to pay for straightening this out at his rate of $375 per hour

Thank you for the info and would you believe that I am paying for my daughter's college and my son's travel sports because she does not have the money to do so. She even complained about the $37.50 that is taken out of her pay to pay for me on the ins plan. I think that starting next month(now that my daughter is away at school) the 8% for CS goes to the room and board at the college instead of into her pocket. That will fix her ass. Maybe then she will have to stop getting her nails done and go find a second job on the weekends