my life is a farce

[cornerofmadness]

So I found out what happened to my health insurance and it's worse than I thought. It's also partially my fault. I read every credit card statement to be sure nothing weird is going on but I didn't do the same for the EOBs for United Health. One it's hard to read them online and two I get one for every prescription I fill so there's plenty of them.

So I called them and sure enough there is another Dana who not only has my same last name But also my same birthday. ANd somehow the hospital system in Galveston Texas was pulling MY insurance and not hers. WHy the hell they aren't using a member number and/or SS# I have no idea.

And this isn't the first time this has happened. ELD will tell you I went thru this when we lived in Florida. There was another Dana with all the same problems as me and filled her pills with Blue Cross a week before me and BC wouldn't let me do mine! It took a year to straighten out. Use the damn member number!

Jennifer couldn't tell me why the hell the hospital system in Texas was able to use my insurance but we went back to January so it's been going on for at least 6 months for well over 5K worth of charges.

It doesn't directly affect me other than it makes me look even more sickly (and a good target to drop from the insurance) The insurance is going to have a headache in getting all these fees back not to mention the doctors who might owe that money back.

The take away is look at your EOBs just as you would your credit card statements

Wal-Mart was up to it's usual horribleness. I had to take back a few things and I was one of TWENTY-FIVE people in line with ONE customer service person. The funny part was I was there in my Chewbecca in the famous Big Foot picture pose while I was reading a book on Big Foot sightings in Ohio.

Comments

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

WOW! As bad as it is that you've been paying for the other Dana, I'm glad you found out so you can get it taken care of. Seriously, they really should be looking at member numbers & SS ones! I hope you can get it fixed a lot more quickly than what happened in Flori8da! *huggles*

[tinhutlady.livejournal.com]

HOpe things get sorted out soon with insurance. Seriously, no flags on how you can be in two states at once? Sheesh.

(laughs) Chewie!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. Luckily it wasn't me personally paying for the other Dana. If anything she covered my deductible so I hope that doesn't get bunged up.

I don't know why this keeps happening to me. My name's NOT that common

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It's not really interfering with me per se which is good but yeah that's all kinds of crazy

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. That's good, but still. Yeah? Maybe that bit of good will come out of it. :D

That is weird. I know if I go to get something form the pharmacy,they ask for my address & bday. Any doctors I see make sure to photocopy my insurance card. So isn't anyone making sure this is the Dana from Texas when they put things through? And why isn't the insurance company wondering why Dana lives in one place, but she's getting all this medical treatment in Texas? Seriously? XD

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Exactly! So the pharmacy is looking out for fraud but the insurance companies are running around oblivious. Then again I've worked two of the three sides of medical insurance and it doesn't surprise me.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yeah!You'd thing they'd pay better attention, since they're so quick to deny you something you need. Aaah... Still, you'd think they would, but I guess not. XD

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Yeah seriously. I'll be reminding them of that when they deny me next time.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I'd bet anything it's the same Dana. Seriously. I could almost swear she had the same bday as you but one year different or something. It was just bizarre.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*nods* Good idea! Hopefully they won't though.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

they do often but that's them

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I said the same thing and our birthday is exactly the same. how many can there be?

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*sighs* oh well. XD

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah. ah well.

[kiramaru7.livejournal.com]

*sighs*

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

It's beyond WEIRD.

You X-Files, you.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

SNort, seriously