After reading Ms. Riley’s recent letter about health insurance games, I wanted to let her know that life insurance companies also have surprises. My husband bought a life insurance policy years ago. He was billed monthly. When a March statement did not arrive in the mail, I called the company and was told there was no problem, the bill was probably misrouted, and was advised to mail the payment, which I did. When the April notice was not received, he called and was informed that the policy had been terminated when he reached the age of 80. “I turned 80 in May of 2008. Did you bill and collect payments for 10 months after that?” he asked. They said, “It has been terminated” and disconnected the call.
My husband told me if he had known he was donating, he would rather have sent it to The Salvation Army or to a homeless shelter.
We contacted the Attorney General’s office, Consumer Protection Agency, the Better Business Bureau, AARP and the Indiana Insurance Department. No help from any of them. Apparently, you gamble on not surviving to 80 — or tell the funeral director “Tough luck, put me in a cardboard box.”
Check your policy!!!!
Georgia Ellis
Elwood
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Letter: Health insurance cut when turning 80
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Letter: Public should have say on library space
As taxpayers, does the public have no say-so what happens with their tax dollars? With some proper schedule management, those existing meeting rooms can fulfill everyone’s needs.
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Letter: Election fraud tales turn voters away
Columnist Maureen Hayden asked, “Why did 3 million Hoosiers choose not to vote?” She gave a few reasons but I can think of another one.
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Letter: Elected officials should buy insurance
I may be wrong but I thought the city and county were hurting for money, and that’s why services keep getting cut or eliminated. One thing is evident. There is no shortage of money for lawsuits.
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Letter: Source of inequality is not economic
The truth of the collapse of a living-wage economy for working-class America is a social catastrophe and, increasingly, a severe embarrassment to free-market ideology.
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Letter: America following road to tyranny
Global elitists behind our government have methodically been guiding our government toward the New World Order.
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Letter: Let’s work through the problems
On May 14 I attended the county council meeting in hopes that I could understand what is happening in the legislative branch of our Madison County government. What I saw was politics at its worst and I cannot applaud either party.
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Letter: Columnist Brown ignores truth
It’s hard to understand why The Herald Bulletin carries columns by Susan Stamper Brown, who has such a blatant disregard for truth in her conservative propaganda.
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Letter: Taxpayers should thank the ‘few’
Are those who worry about the loss of the wheel tax concerned about the roads or about their jobs? Most of them could care less about people’s needs.
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Letter: Government officials should answer to us
We, the people, have allowed government officials to lead us into the crazy one world order. But, is it working? Well, look at the results.
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Viewpoint: Schools, volunteers reach out to pre-kindergartners, parents
On behalf of Born Learning Connection as service of the United Way of Madison County, I would like to thank all Madison County elementary schools for their generous support in making Blast Off to Kindergarten a countywide success.
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