i got laid off last month and immediately applied for unemployment. the amount of unemployment i receive does not even cover my half of the rent each month.
because I’m in California I’m also required to have health insurance or i will be fined on my taxes. i applied for the state insurance and listed that i have no job which should make the coverage free. all went well until a week after i got my insurance card when i got a letter saying my coverage had been cancelled for no stated reason.
i reached out to find out what happened and they said i never proved i was unemployed. i had actually sent them all the requested documentation and they just never bothered to check. they found it. but then the guy said it looks like I’m getting unemployment now. i am. that disqualifies me from getting this insurance and i need to start the process all over again.
i start the process over by calling back in and an older lady helps me redo the application after which it says I’m not eligible for any free or subsidized plans because I’m getting too much money from unemployment. so my only option is to pay $600 a month for a HMO plan that covers basically nothing.
$600 a month while unemployed and not even receiving enough unemployment to pay rent, much less any of my other bills. joke ass country and state.
apparently next year i will qualify for the free medical insurance because they’re going to raise the poverty line to $1 above what unemployment pays.
i got laid off last month and immediately applied for unemployment. the amount of unemployment i receive does not even cover my half of the rent each month.
because I’m in California I’m also required to have health insurance or i will be fined on my taxes. i applied for the state insurance and listed that i have no job which should make the coverage free. all went well until a week after i got my insurance card when i got a letter saying my coverage had been cancelled for no stated reason.
i reached out to find out what happened and they said i never proved i was unemployed. i had actually sent them all the requested documentation and they just never bothered to check. they found it. but then the guy said it looks like I’m getting unemployment now. i am. that disqualifies me from getting this insurance and i need to start the process all over again.
i start the process over by calling back in and an older lady helps me redo the application after which it says I’m not eligible for any free or subsidized plans because I’m getting too much money from unemployment. so my only option is to pay $600 a month for a HMO plan that covers basically nothing.
$600 a month while unemployed and not even receiving enough unemployment to pay rent, much less any of my other bills. joke ass country and state.
apparently next year i will qualify for the free medical insurance because they’re going to raise the poverty line to $1 above what unemployment pays.