Posted on 01/13/2014 2:54:38 AM PST by Gen.Blather
A friend was notified that the health plan she’d been with for over twenty years, Capital Health Plan, was cancelled due to not meeting the Obamacare requirements. So she bought a Blue Cross Blue Shield policy off the exchange and paid for the first month using auto-deduction from her checking account. When she was notified she could keep her old plan for another year she decided that’s what she wanted. She renewed her Capital Health Plan then called Blue Cross and asked them to cancel her new Obamacare policy. They told her they could stop her coverage but could not stop the automatic deduction from her checking account. She would have to do that through the exchange. After spending seven hours on the phone (this woman runs a couple of businesses and works seven days a week) she was told there was no way to stop the deductions from her account. She said, “Everyone was extremely pleasant and helpful but all concluded it couldn’t be done.”
Today she’s closing her checking account. For added security, given the thinking behind Obamacare, she’s moving her account to a different bank.
““Welcome to the hotel California.””
That’s clever. You can check out but you can never leave.
-— After spending seven hours on the phone -—
To the surprise of no one here.
But won’t the moonbats be surprised.
I’m mocking her for not finding a solution that took less than 7 hours to get the desired result.
Completely close that checking account and any other savings instrument with that bank and move it all to another one.
Running a business is not about taking too long to solve a problem.
They just haven’t coded that part of the program yet.
I did not need to read past the part where she spent 7 hours working the problem to see she would never work for me. It is not just the time she spent on it, think of all else that did not get done while she was spending way too much time on this issue.
“They just haven’t coded that part of the program yet.”
I suspect she could have easily moved the auto pay from one plan to another. But the “concept” of not paying or leaving the program wasn’t part of the designer’s thinking. What happens when somebody dies? Will Obamacare continue to auto-deduct until the bank freezes the account? Will Obamacare be exempted from the mandatory dead-account freeze? Who knows.
When you design something you game these situations. Some companies have had children come in and play with their new equipment because the engineers would never think of flipping the switches that would run power directly to ground, but some grunt in the field almost certainly will.
And if you had read the post with any comprehension you would also have noted that she runs her own business and therefore would never work for you anyway. But don’t let ignorance of what you’re talking about stop you. Please proceed.
It doesn't matter to me, I get SS direct deposit and I am, for all practical purposes, a nobody
It pains me to realize, I'm old enough to be almost dead and I'm out'a here ... and THAT is not what the American Dream purported nor promised.
I see very few "You can live here in sunny where-ever" commercials any more ... they're all financial services so you can ride your bike.
I found out the hard way that the only way to "cancel" auto pay is to close your bank account and open a new one.
Caution ladies, it involved the health/gym, whatever it is, "Curves".
Now, no one gets my routing number for auto pay - no one.
Typical obama flustercluck.
“Caution ladies, it involved the health/gym, whatever it is, “Curves”.”
I was able to stop the YMCA auto-deduct, once when I took a 10 month assignment and again when I finally joined a closer Gold’s. So, it can be done. But apparently only reputable companies will do it.
BTW, I’ve been on auto-pay for Free Republic for several years. I decided that even when I’m out of work that $15/month is okay for entertainment as I don’t smoke, drink, own a TV, or go to movies. (Fluck Hollywood!)
“If you like your bank you can keep it”
Posting without reading for 3 years!!!
They've been doing it ever since 1943. It's called "withholding."
http://www.taxhistory.com/1943.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_Tax_Payment_Act_of_1943
So when the IRS puts a lien against her property for lack of payment I’m certain they’ll be helpful & kind as well.</s>
Hotel California:
“You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave...”
Hmmm... just like Facebook.
I never gave my banking info up to one of those auto-pay functions for that reason.
Isn’t it possible to stop it from the bank side?
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