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Is this legal?
My SIL is pregnant, has an elevated heart rated and really freaking out right now.
My brother's company was bought out by a larger company, and there have been a lot of changes in recent weeks.
My brother was informed that if your spouse is offered medical insurance through their company, then my brother's company will not cover the spouse. AND if the spouse is currently covered by the company they will be dropped on January 1st. My brother and SIL's baby is due at the end of January. They have already paid the OBGYN. They explained this to the new owners and their response was, well you didn't pay the insurance you paid the doctor. Basically, not our problem. My SIL's insurance sucks, which is why she is on my bro's plan. I don't see how this is legal?
Re: Is this legal?
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
Thank you. I wish they would have brought this up last week, because my SIL's deadline was last week for open enrollment. Sucks.
It's just something they kept telling my brother about going around a grandfather clause that made me question the legality of it.
Have your SIL speak with her HR team. Explain the change in her DH's policy. They most likely will allow her to get on her policy now that she no longer qualifies for his.
Sorry. Many employers are doing this now to save dollars. It's very expensive to cover spouses (not being negative but especially female spouses.) If your BIL is in a male dominated company it's even more likely that they adopt this policy.
Losing insurance through your spouse was one of those 'life events' that allowed you to enroll/change insurance outside of open enrollment at my previous employer. I realize that can also be as company-specific as your BILs axing their spouse coverage but definitely worth checking out.
Good luck!
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
- Paula Deen to 104.1 KRBE's Producer Eric 9/17/2011
That stinks I am so sorry for them. Your SIL should be able to enroll with her company under the "life event' clause since loss of coverage is considered a life event. She should contact her HR team immediately.
same here, and i work for a large school district.
can they do cobra for a few months to keep the same benefits through delivery and newborn checkups?