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State: NJ
My mother worked full time as commissioned salesperson for over 25 years with same company. In october 1999 she became ill and was hospitalized for approx 4 weeks. hospitalized again in feb. 2000 for about 6 weeks. hopsitalized again from 6/17/00 to 8/22/00, when she died. all through hospitalizations, insurance company was paying claims, and employer continued to pay premiums. after she died, insurance company claimed she was not entitled to insurance because she was not a full-time employee. all claims from 6/17/00 on were denied. drs. who were paid were contacted to return payments. my mother was never notified that she was ineligible for insurance. no cobra was offered. so we believed she was covered. now claims are being sent to medicare. she did not have medicare part b so all outpatient claims are being denied. they are coming to her estate for payment. how could her insurance be denied because she was sick and could not work fulltime? her medical bills totaled approx. $320,000.
My mother worked full time as commissioned salesperson for over 25 years with same company. In october 1999 she became ill and was hospitalized for approx 4 weeks. hospitalized again in feb. 2000 for about 6 weeks. hopsitalized again from 6/17/00 to 8/22/00, when she died. all through hospitalizations, insurance company was paying claims, and employer continued to pay premiums. after she died, insurance company claimed she was not entitled to insurance because she was not a full-time employee. all claims from 6/17/00 on were denied. drs. who were paid were contacted to return payments. my mother was never notified that she was ineligible for insurance. no cobra was offered. so we believed she was covered. now claims are being sent to medicare. she did not have medicare part b so all outpatient claims are being denied. they are coming to her estate for payment. how could her insurance be denied because she was sick and could not work fulltime? her medical bills totaled approx. $320,000.