What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
Oct 13th 2013, 4:31 pm
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
but if its direct billing for a lot of tests it may be a big bill... but nowadays you have to show an insurance card each time you use the doctors, they wouldnt know you didnt work there, until the bill was declined etc.
Oct 13th 2013, 4:46 pm
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
Letr me guess. You are a financial advisor ? Or work in a bank ?
Oct 14th 2013, 6:34 am
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
OK, so I have started a new job. It's a really fab job, but the Health Insurance is not very good. However, my last job (of lunch vouchers fame) had really great insurance.
I have discovered that I need some expensive medication that is not available in this country and which my new insurance does not cover. My old medical card expires at the end of the year and that insurance would - in theory - cover it.
My question is, can I use my old medical insurance from lunch voucher job for my medication? Or is that a bit cheeky? Or illegal?
Thanks.
I have discovered that I need some expensive medication that is not available in this country and which my new insurance does not cover. My old medical card expires at the end of the year and that insurance would - in theory - cover it.
My question is, can I use my old medical insurance from lunch voucher job for my medication? Or is that a bit cheeky? Or illegal?
Thanks.
Oct 14th 2013, 7:19 am
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Oct 14th 2013, 10:17 am
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
It is GBP 1,500 per month. Yes, I will pay for it myself as I don't want to do anything wrong. But I thought I'd check as the last two jobs I had the insurance was not cancelled, it just ran out. But when my husband left his company, they asked for the insurance cards back.
Oct 14th 2013, 10:33 am
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
It is GBP 1,500 per month. Yes, I will pay for it myself as I don't want to do anything wrong. But I thought I'd check as the last two jobs I had the insurance was not cancelled, it just ran out. But when my husband left his company, they asked for the insurance cards back.
Oct 14th 2013, 11:53 am
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
It is GBP 1,500 per month. Yes, I will pay for it myself as I don't want to do anything wrong. But I thought I'd check as the last two jobs I had the insurance was not cancelled, it just ran out. But when my husband left his company, they asked for the insurance cards back.
Oct 14th 2013, 11:59 am
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Oct 14th 2013, 12:56 pm
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Re: What happens to your Medical Insurance after you leave your job?
If you were on good terms with your employer you cuold ask them to remain on the scheme and pay - it's not unheard of for employees/employers to do this.
Not sure if this would be possible though with your case
Also, strictly speaking your medical should cover you until your visa is cancelled which is not necessarily your last day in the office, i.e. if a person was on 3 months garden leave or something then medical should cover them until the end of that. Don't think this applies to you either.
Not sure if this would be possible though with your case
Also, strictly speaking your medical should cover you until your visa is cancelled which is not necessarily your last day in the office, i.e. if a person was on 3 months garden leave or something then medical should cover them until the end of that. Don't think this applies to you either.
