I was talking to one of my friends on Friday who works for a solo practitioner. She told me he is constantly getting harassing letters from his insurer asking him to fill out forms about his employees, prove certain things or get a physical to remain eligible. Today the LA Times has a piece about a major California insurer who ties employee bonuses to meeting monthly policy cancellation goals. I find this very disturbing, especially because they typically cancel these policies at the worst possible time — i.e., when someone is in the middle of a medical crisis or has just been diagnosed with a long-term illness.
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Archive for November 10th, 2007
Shady Health Insurance Practices
10
Nov
Yawn
10
Nov
I took a 4-hour nap today. 
Not sure how that happened, but I must have needed it. The birthday party was high energy and fun. We got home around 1:30 and I fell asleep on the couch around 2:30. Chapin got home at 3:45, at which point I moved upstairs to bed. Next thing I knew, it was 6:45 p.m.!! Now it’s 8:30 and I feel just as exhausted as I did at 2:30. Tough noogies. I have GOT to get focused and work on my Contracts outline. Fortunately, Pumpkinhead was beat and came up at 7:30 begging to go to sleep. He’s now bathed, read to, and tucked in and I’m sitting in my bed with my laptop and books. I am hoping to put in at least two hours before Chapin comes up to bed. Hope this exhaustion clears up soon!!
Saturday
10
Nov
Oh my goodness, my heart is melting. I’m sitting in my dining room and I can hear Pumpkinhead in the other room singing all the words to the Little Einsteins theme song. He sounds so precious!
My lunch with the partner went really, really well yesterday. She’s a real inspiration. Several kids and a thriving career! We talked a lot about labor and employment law as a career choice. She encouraged me to get the best grades I can so that I have the option to work at a larger firm. I thought I didn’t want that (and I’m still not sure), but she thinks that it’s important to do 2-3 years at a large firm so that you can transition in-house or to other firms. She said she has friends who have left our large firm and gone part-time on the plaintiff side. They still make 6 figures, but work much less. The in-house side is also more friendly. They tend to do less litigation (because they farm it out) and do more on the ERISA/benefits/HR side, which interests me. Read the rest of this entry »
