She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, so It Canceled Her Coverage

She owed her health insurance company 5 cents — so they canceled her coverage

Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills.A teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, Hill is a single mom who works shifts at J.Crew on the weekends to send her daughter to college. Hill and her mother, who lives with her, had been enrolled in an insurance plan through HealthFirst.Hill paid nothing toward the premiums for the government-subsidized plan, which previously had covered her scans and other appointme…

An insurer canceled a woman’s coverage over a nickel

When medical bills started rolling in, a teacher’s aide wondered why her insurance suddenly wasn’t covering them.

She Owed Her Insurer a Nickel, So It Canceled Her Coverage

Last summer, Lorena Alvarado Hill received a series of unexpected medical bills. A teacher’s aide in Melbourne, Florida, Hill is a single mom who works shifts at J.Crew on the weekends to send her daughter to college. Hill and her mother, who lives with her, had been enrolled in an insurance plan through HealthFirst. Hill paid nothing toward the premiums for the government-subsidized plan, which previously had covered her scans and other appoint…

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