I need some advice, please! I got my RN Acceptance letter from Hostos the first week of June. My Health Insurance was cancelled a few days before I got my RN letter because the HHA agency that I work for decided my 200+ work hours a month didn't qualify me for their Health Insurance plan since my patients pay out of pocket not through government assistance.
My job told me that I can either pay $669/mth for their insurance or go through the health Insurance Marketplace. Well, I've been trying for a month to get health insurance through that site and failed each time. I've called them each time the site failed to enroll me and I get a "We'll sent your issue to the Technical department" after they have tried to enroll me themselves and run into the same problem.
On the other hand, my job has been messing up my hours and not paying me what I worked for. So I'm constantly fixing their errors and having to wait longer to get properly paid. That means my savings is almost gone and my bills are piling up.
Anyone know of a free or low income clinic in NYC that I can get the blood work and physical before my classes start at the end of August?
And who do I contact to help me with this Health Insurance issue?
It's really unfair that I've done everything right and I'm being screwed because of technical difficulties that aren't my fault.
This quote is an interesting response to another poster's point that perhaps the title to your forum message is not quite accurate to your actual situation. If fellow nurses seem nitpicky about something as seemingly benign as a forum title, it is not because it is an opportunity to be mean to others, but it's because the field of nursing requires accuracy in almost everything we do. If one can't be bothered to contemplate the accuracy of something as simple as a forum title, then where does it stop? Accurate nursing paper citations? Accurate vitals? Charting? Sounds more like employer policies and perhaps online technical difficulties that are preventing you from obtaining insurance; not Obamacare. You may find that a proper title may field more responses to your questions on this board. I'm not trying to be mean, but just hopefully providing some helpful FYI.
This times a million.
I have also had similar irritating issues with having to pay for my own health insurance so I get that it is stressful but the whole "obamacare" post title and the accompanying post seem kind of panicky. It's not the time for this now. You gotta put your big girl/boy pants on and make it work.
There should also be someone overseeing all the compliance stuff in your program that is likely an excellent resource as well. You are definitely not on your own (even though it seems like it).
Really .. Walgreens for blood work?? SMH BE NICE !
What's the problem? Why are you shaking your head? A peripheral lab draw isn't brain surgery, whether the phlebotomist drawing your blood is working at Walgreens or an Academic Medical Center, he likely did the same 6 week program. Heck, I had my blood drawn at the Boston Marathon Expo this year.
So far, my school hasn't responded to my emails and the department is not open for advisement. My union gave me a # to a social worker. I haven't found a pharmacy near me that will do blood work, but I'll try another borough. I think Target will do it. And I have gave a list of clinics to visit. And my family has helped me with my rent/bills. So i don't feel as stressed anymore. Thanks for the advice.
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Really .. Walgreens for blood work?? SMH BE NICE !
I'd rather have my bloodwork drawn by the phlebotomist at Walgreens than by a nurse who is not accustomed to drawing blood.
By the way, I recently received an immunization booster at a local CVS Minute Clinic. The quickie clinics at places like Walgreens and CVS are the wave of the future. You should try them out.
Specializes in Care Coordination, Care Management.
Also, I had my immunizations completed at my local health department, and other necessary medical tasks completed at one of the local urgent care/occupational clinics.
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la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN
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This times a million.
I have also had similar irritating issues with having to pay for my own health insurance so I get that it is stressful but the whole "obamacare" post title and the accompanying post seem kind of panicky. It's not the time for this now. You gotta put your big girl/boy pants on and make it work.
There should also be someone overseeing all the compliance stuff in your program that is likely an excellent resource as well. You are definitely not on your own (even though it seems like it).