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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

EmblemHealth Won’t Talk To Me About My Husband’s Coverage Because We’re Both Men

John and his husband, who live in New York where same sex marriage is legal, are both covered by John’s employer-sponsored insurance from EmblemHealth. But John says that every time he tries to contact Emblem about anything regarding his husband’s coverage — no matter how trivial — the company refuses to acknowledge the two men are married.

According to John, whenever he contacts Emblem and brings up the topic of his husband’s coverage, he is told that nothing can be discussed unless John first obtains a signed, notarized affidavit giving him power of attorney over his husband’s affairs.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Federal law dictates health record confidentiality. DOMA is a Federal law defining marriage. Health care coverage is an agreement between an employer and health insurance provider. It's the law that won't permit free interaction amongst the complaining parties. Stop complaining about the wrong thing. You can not legislate nature.

Anonymous said...

With privacy laws no one can discuss one spouse's care with another spouse without written permission.

Queensgirl52 said...

My husband and I are straight. Every time either of us seeks medical treatment, we have to sign forms authorizing the doctor, lab, etc., to release info to the other. The federal medical privacy law HIPAA is responsible for this.

Queensgirl52 said...

P.S. You can't blame this on Obama. HIPAA was enacted well before his time.

Anonymous said...

This also applies to traditional marriages. Homo's once again whining.