All NYS employees need to check and make sure you and your dependants still have health insurance. A NYSHIP audit is just deleting people like they never existed. I am one of those people.
Last Tuesday I tried to get my meds and was told my insurance no longer exists. H.R. said I never had health insurance. But I have 11 years of payments, Have a health insurance card with my name and matching numbers. After showing them an overwhelming amount evidence and express the importance of my meds and I would rather not die finally H.R. took me serious. They are trying to make all affected persons go through the 5 pay period wait ignoring the old policy to cover their butts.
This originated in a recent NYSHIP audit of all health insurance polices and it was supposed to reach out to people and make sure it was not making a mistake per-policy. The program/people just went through and erased everyone like they never existed. Everything just gone, I mean everything.
Thank GOD we saved every form from sign up to today. They demanded I wait the 5 pay periods, lied saying there was nothing that could be done. They changed their minds and started pushing it through when they were told I take several very expensive medications so I don't die and the wait would cost an astronomical amount of money as inpatient at a hospital, and I would be forced to sue because their program deleted me and all the paper work is correct all payments made, the fault and final cost would be a lawsuit if it didn't kill me then a much larger law suit. Make sure everyone still has insurance and come post here if you need help I have names and numbers of some great state employees that basically saved my life and or financial devastation. PEF is aware and getting updates. Don't let anyone give you a run around. If it is cancelled it is a legal cancel to insurance, they were told to by our employer. If you spend money out of pocket they will not pay it. If you have ever been through a lawsuit even a open and shut one it takes years. If you need help reach me here I check it every couple days or email me at Michael@arklaylabs.com