Disability insurance private : February 1, 2008 -- One of the largest integrated health care delivery systems in the United States, the Veterans Health Administration (VA) provided care to 4.2 million...

Disability insurance private : March 1, 2008 -- More good people are spending more good effort and more good money trying to make our inequitable and tattered health care system sustainable than...

Disability insurance private : February 20, 2008 -- Canada needs a social insurance program for workers who experience prolonged illness or moderate disability, Prof. Michael J. Prince points out in a...

Disability insurance private : October 23, 2007 -- To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Deane Beebe of the Medicare Rights Center, +1-212-204-6219; or Susan Herold and Bill Vaughan, both of the Consumers...

Disability insurance private : April 30, 2008 -- Cunningham Lindsey Group Ltd. announcedtoday that Ed Mullen has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and ChiefOperating Officer of the...

Disability insurance private : March 12, 2008 -- VISALIA, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- 37 year-old Brian Phillips of Visalia was charged with 11 felony counts of Workers' Compensation Insurance...

Disability insurance private : October 22, 2007 -- BEVERLY, Mass. -- November is National Caregivers Month and two local North Shore organizations will be honoring the 50 million Americans who care...

Disability insurance private : December 5, 2007 -- New workers' comp laws will boost health costs. Injured employees will be able to make more visits to physical and occupational therapists and...

Disability insurance private : March 1, 2007 -- A standard tax deduction for health insurance will "level the playing field," according to President Bush in his Jan. 23 State of the Union...

Disability insurance private : October 20, 2007 -- Two diverse groups were getting the same message this week: It costs a great deal more for health care if private health insurance companies run it....

Disability insurance private : I'm having a hard time finding the best way to position my back injury to my private insurance comany in light of my job description as a spiritual healer. I'm seeking specific information about how to get this claim approved.

Disability insurance private : Someone I know has a family member who has their social security number and calls life insurance, disability companies, loan companies all kinds of companies and as if they were that person, they some how sign them up for all kinds of things and they have a private post office box where they get all of this persons " mail" sent to where they open it and correspond with these companies with. Law enforcement didn't seem to care since the person doing it = a relative for some reason that makes it

Disability insurance private : Someone I know has a family member who has their social security number and calls life insurance, disability companies, loan companies all kinds of companies and as if they were that person, they some how sign them up for all kinds of things and they have a private post office box where they get all of this persons " mail" sent to where they open it and correspond with these companies with. This person's credit has things on it because of what this family member has done. What can this perso

Disability insurance private : My Dr. placed me on temporary medical leave last week and expects it to last about a month. After I was placed on leave, I was offered a job for a different employer that starts in July. I work for a private entity which has a private disability insurance provider. Our employee handbook states that they reserve the right to expedite noticeâ?¦so if I gave two weeks notice they could just say, â??Thatâ??s OK, todayâ??s your last day.â?� To complicate things, I also have a pre-approved vacat

Disability insurance private : I'm in CA and Disabled - Am I judgement proof for CC debt and my Credit Line ? I receive Social Security Disability (SSD) and Private Disability Insurance (LTD - Long Term Disability) from my old employer. I make less than $1,800 / mth. Can they pull money from my checking account where I direct deposit my SSD check ? My checking account is with the same creditor that my CC is with.

Disability insurance private : I understand the need to be assessed by the company (private insurance company in Ontario, Canada) and am willing to meet but not at my home. What are my legal options?

Disability insurance private : I am disabled. When I worked I bought long term disability. I received payments from them until I got social security. When I was awarded ss I had to pay them back a big sum of money. Now they are telling me since I get social security and my children do also based on my disability that they only have to pay me the minimum of $50 a month. Is this legal since this is private insurance that I bought? Should one thing have to do with the other? Thanks for the responses. I don't want my cake and

Disability insurance private : He has private insurance and has been diagnosed with emphysema. I am employed by the body shop

Disability insurance private : Do you get both or just one or the other? How is it decided which you'll get if the answer is only one of them?

Disability insurance private : I am under 65 and I had a kidney transplant which automaticly qualified me for 3 years of Medicare. I did not apply at that time due to my private insurance coverage. However after receiving 25 months of Social Security Disability a person automaticly qualifies for Medicare without having to apply. They sent me a Medicade Card based on the 25 months. How long will this coverage last?

Disability insurance private : Is there a private company that offers short-term disability pay? I am not pregnant, but I plan on getting pregnant within the next year. My employer does not offer short-term disability, and the only company I have found that offers STD coverage is Aflac. With Aflac, it HAS to go through the employer, and my employer said no. Does anyone know of any way to get private coverage through any insurance company for maternity leave if your boss is a douchebag?

Disability insurance private : There are under 50 employees and the company provides a very expensive private disability policy on its employees. There are approx. 6 workers who do not qualify due to their past medical history, weight, etc. They do not provide any other short or long-term disability programs. Is this discriminatory or legal? Are they required to provide some benefit for those who don't qualify for the fancy policy?

Disability insurance private : I ask the question earlier about filing my taxes but what if your earned income is paid to you by a private insurance company and i bought a long term disability policy that pays me monthly and i had taxes taking out on it will i quilify for the earned income tax credit still

Disability insurance private : Hey Everyone! I have a question for you. How did you get your own health insurance (not for Medicare or anything else but private health insurance)? What I understand is companies won't insure me upfront because of my cp (which is stupid), but but if I go on cobra and exhaust that under HIPPA insurance companies legally have to cover me. Have any of you done this? I'm going to call Blue Cross tomorrow but I would love some personal stories too. Thanks, Eva

Disability insurance private : If so what company should I use for private disability insurance? TO gmaldonado537610 I HAVE A REAL JOB THAT DOES NOT OFFER DISABILITY INSURANCE!!! I WANT TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF MY BABY FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF LIFE. YOU ARE TOTALLY IGNORNAT. Also, I dont mean after the baby is born, but get it now to claim when the baby is born.

Disability insurance private : I have been collecting LTD benefits for 2.5 years from my employers benefits. I paid for the benefit making it non-taxable. I was asked to apply for CPP Disabilty, I have been approved for CPP. I am permanetly disabled. Now I understand that the LTD benefits will be reduced by the CPP amount. The insurance company now says I am not entitled to a COLA increase on their portion of my benefits. Can they do this? Am I entitled to have a copy of the actual policy that I paid for? I have never se

Disability insurance private : The personal retirement plan sketched out in President Bush's State of the Union Address has been universally derided by Democrats as an unworkable privatization of the retirement program. "As we fix Social Security, we also have the responsibility to make the system a better deal for younger workers, and the best way to reach that goal is through voluntary personal retirement accounts," Bush said during the address Wednesday night. "Here is how the idea works: Right now, a set portion of t

Disability insurance private : Fill out this application to have Linda Fallsrock agree to work for your company. Remember no oral understandings are allowed and Linda is an "at will" worker who can leave at any time and will if she does not like your company any more. Q1. Will you pay me at least $75,000 per year? Q2. May I make up my own work hours and days? Q3. Will you buy me lunch everyday and pay for transportation as well as medical, life, dental, vision, tuition plan without limit, life insurance, disability insuranc

Disability insurance private : I am suffering from a panic/anxiety disorder which has brought about severe depression. I have been unable to concentrate, eat, sleep, work, or socialize with family or friends. I am seeing a therapist & we are working my way out from this black hole. My question centers around the STD disability claim that I filed w/my employer's insurance company. They denied my claim citing lack of comprehensive doctor's notes to support the diagnosis; and they also said that I've been able to go to sch

Disability insurance private : I have been receiving both a Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and a disability benefit from my private disability insurance company. Neither of which is taxable in USA. My personal income tax has been zero for many years. However, if I immigrate to Canada, how much of my income will be taxable there???

Disability insurance private : Can you collect state and private disability at the same time. My mother is current on state disability for a terminal illness. She also paid for private long term disability insurance. Her private insurance company says that she can not collect both, but I haven't found anything that states that. Does anyone know?

Disability insurance private : DEMS' POSTER KIDS: BOGUS BEGGARS By MICHELLE MALKIN October 10, 2007 -- A FEW weeks ago, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lured two young children to the spotlight to help him pass a huge expansion of government health insurance. Gemma and Graeme Frost, 9 and 12 years old, were severely injured in a car accident three years ago. Their parents obtained government health care through the non-means-tested Children's Health Insurance Program in Maryland. President Bush's veto doesn't

Disability insurance private : My spouse is covered by the current private policy, but I am primary. We both were only able to access coverage due to HIPPA and ERISA while I applied for my disability. I am concerned that he not be dropped if I switch to a medicare supplemental policy. All personal experience or advice appreciated.

Disability insurance private : I already have Private Health Insurance that I pay for. Will I get a penalty if I do NOT sign up for Medicare right away? I am only 58 and have been on Social Security Disability for just over a year. I am in a Group Plan through my Spouse that has literally Thousands of members.

Disability insurance private : Huckleberry suggested that low-income people will be able to afford low-cost private health insurance--but he doesn't say *how* that will be possible. Guliani says that with tax credits, people will be able to afford low-cost insurance. (How is that possible?) I haven't figured what the other GOP candidates want, but how can low-income people--and those on disability--be able to afford expensively HUGE health-insurance plans on what little money that is already afforded to them per month?

Disability insurance private : I have a problem acquiring private disability insurance. The problem is my employer - they offer 2 1/2 years worth of disability insurance for free. I could decline it, but that would be moronic. I can't request less, or buy more. Most private insurance companies have a maximum 2-year wait period. You can't set it any higher, so I end up with half a year of double insurance. Because of this, I can't be underwritten. I offered to PAY for a 2-year wait and only get a 2 1/2 year wait, but

Disability insurance private : Ok last political question...but I really want to understand this...because Canada isn't much different than the USA but nobody really sues one another here. I don't know if it's because we have insurance which covers us for a lot of things (ie Workman's Comp for injuries, private insurance, long term disability, auto insurance, etc. etc.) or what. But in the USA it seems you can't open your mouth without fear of being sued. Someone slips on your driveway and you're being sued. One child h

Disability insurance private : My freind was getting disability check from S.S. While he was working as a roofer under the table he fell off the roof and had a back injury. Well he sued the roofing company. They are paying worker compensation. He has been getting a worker comp check every week for about two years now. and a disability check fron the S.S. Well every thing was going great until the insurance found out. They called the S.S. and told them about it. was that legal for the insurance to invade his privacy. and gi

Disability insurance private : I have been receiving a monthly disability income from my private disability insurance company, is this taxable? I know for a fact that the social security disability income (SSDI) that I have been receiving is not taxable because the amount is not sufficient to file a tax return, but I am not sure about the private disability insurance benefits. I live in California. If you pay the entire cost of a health or accident insurance plan, do not include any amounts you receive for your disability

Disability insurance private : Are there any programs set up to help people during the waiting period or will I need to buy private insurance ?

Disability insurance private : I am 49 year old man, recently immigrated to Australia. I have been receiving a disability pension from the U.S. Government and a disability benefit from my private disability insurance company. My accountant here told me to put some money in a Superannuation Fund before 30 June to decrease my personal income tax here in Australia. What is the best Superannuation Fund for me?

Disability insurance private : I am 49 years old from USA, recently approved for a spouse visa in Australia. I have two simple questions: (1.) I have been receiving a disability pension from the US government and from my private disability insurance company for a number of years due to viral encephalitis, both of which are tax free in the U.S., will I have to pay income tax in Australia? (2.) I applied and was approved with an Australian Medicare card. What is the best private health insurance for me to supplement my Medi

Disability insurance private : My husband's employer does not offer disability insurance and we are looking at getting a simple disability plan from our private insurer State Farm. I would just like to know roughly how much premiums are for this kind of dis. insurance. I've looked online, but you have to enter all kinds of personal information before any company (whether insurance or quote finder) will send you any info. Seems like putting a big sign on my email and screaming "SPAM ME!" So just curious what other peop

Disability insurance private : My friend Vicki is on disability, can't work, gets only $800 per month total income, would work if she could, has several medical problems, owns a very small house (600 sq ft) but could not afford insurance and had a fire in early Jan 07, attic/roof burned and water damage thru-out house, utilities are off, house is uninhabitable, she has been staying w/ friends or in motel but can't afford that. house needs to be gutted and rebuilt or torn down completely and new house built from foundation u

Disability insurance private : What kind of lawyer should I look for to assist me with a devious disability insurance company? I want to stop them from harrassing, aggravating, and interferring with my recovery. I've paid into this long-term disabilty policy for years, but now that I'm recovering from severe depression, I've had nothing but trouble from these people. Plus, after putting my through months of hell, now they want me to go to their doctor for a second opinion...is this legal? They've done alot of under-ha

Disability insurance private : How can I stop these people from harrassing me, and interferring with my recovery? I've paid into this long-term disabilty policy for years now, but since I've been recovering from severe depression I've had nothing but trouble from them. First they approved my case, then months later they required I undergo a "routine interview" conducted by some 3rd party admin company (not doctors). Then they ask for my doctors pysch notes, I declined of course, but my doctor sends all requested records r

Disability insurance private : I'm losing my insurance and I HAVE to have coverage!!! I wont make it a month with out perscription coverage. I can pay the premium but I NEED the coverage!! I can't afford cobra. And i haven't qualified for SSDI yet (it's in the works). I don't have months to work out this issue. It's urgent.

Disability insurance private : I have applied for SSDI but it takes forever. I have been getting benefits from my private disabliity insurance for 37 months. I'm losing my medical insurance....HELP?

Disability insurance private : Currently we pay $498.00 a month for healthcare insurance for both of us on a 1 person disability income. I don't think an insurance agent will help, because he has to make a buck! My question, is there a free service, private, or government, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which can help me and my spouse select the right affordable health insurance plan (Preferably, an advisor)?

Disability insurance private : For the person who was kind enough to respond my question regarding RSD. The Workers Compensation Law has been updated and now if you haveRSD level 2 they quilify that as disability. That is not my problem in my case. The problem is that my doctor who has been excellent does not want to accept my private insuracne he wants the Workers Compensation to pay. This is as a result of complication with the accounting dept. since my private insurance feels that I have an open case therefore they

Disability insurance private : I am a disabled amputed that has his private insurance running out at the first of the year and would like any information on Ontario goverment programs that would assist me with prescriptions, dental and eyeglass coverages.

Disability insurance private : Our 18 year old son has been super spoiled most of his life. He has always gotten pretty much whatever he wants. It's starting to backfire on us a bit. Now he even gets $419/month from my Soc Security disability payment while still in high school. He wants to save ALL that money so he can move out asap, by next spring or summer. He does help us out a lot to fix up rental properties that we have....on his own, he offers his help. We pay his $560/month car note, insurance, $370 for private

Disability insurance private : I received a tax extension because of various problems. I am in the process of paying my 2005 taxes and missed the deadline because of a lengthy hospital stay. Last year I received a lump sum payment from Social Security disability for past payment and had to pay the full amount to a private disability insurance for payments I received from them in past years. This amount is not really income because I had to turn it all over to the private company. Can it be declared healthcare paymen

Disability insurance private : short term disability ran out, company declined unemployment, do not qualify for public aide made to much money last year, private insurance will not help not qualified right now i have no income what so ever, what about long term disability. help any suggestions

Disability insurance private : I feel that my attorney is not protecting my interest. I been collecting my (workers comp) monthly income through by companys private insurance that handle worker's comp case. I owe approx 1 1/2 years of overpayment and have to reimburse the payment when I settle. Should'nt my attorney tell me to file with the state disability knowing I owe the companys insurance.

Disability insurance private : Can I sue a private health insurance company if they reject me for coverage, when I used to be a member? Any lawyers in the field of malpractice, health insurance, or negligence: I would love to hear from you on this matter. This is my situation. I am 31 years old, a FT student, with a disability due to OCD. I was under my Mother's policy with Kaiser Permanente for the past some twenty years until only a few months ago. They canceled me from the policy (it was a family policy, including my Mo

Disability insurance private : Any lawyers in the field of malpractice, health insurance, or negligence: I would love to hear from you on this matter. This is my situation. I am 31 years old, a FT student, with a disability due to OCD. I was under my Mother's policy with Kaiser Permanente for the past some twenty years until only a few months ago. They canceled me from the policy (it was a family policy, including my Mom, step dad, and myself) all of a sudden, without a proper explanation. I then tried to get a policy for

Disability insurance private : Somebody told me that I can apply for a healthcare program through the VA but I've been out of the military for over 2 years. I didn't get discharged with a disability but I'm an Iraq War veteran. Do I qualify for the program and how good is it? Would I be better off with a private insurance? I've heard not so great stuff about the VA. Can you provide a link that would let me know price, coverage, etc...?

Disability insurance private : I have a young son with spina bifida, and he has maxed out private insurance coverage. He is currently covered in California by the Medi-Cal system and has been treated at excellent hospitals, but I will be applying to law schools soon and want to be absolutely sure that whatever state we move to has the medical resources to accomodate him, as well as a generally disability-friendly attitude among the public. Are there any states in particular to avoid, or any that truly sparkle?

Disability insurance private : I HAVE BEEN %100 DISABLED FOR THREE YEARS. A LAWYER CALLED ME TODAY TELLING ME IF I DON'T PAY HE WILL GARNISH MY DISABILITY PAY THAT I RECEIVE FROM A PRIVATE INSURANCE COMPANY. CAN HE REALLY DO THIS?