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sherri · 02-20-2007, 08:33 PM

When we started with Manulife the cost for family was about $112.00 and every year they increased it according to the cost and we were paying about $200 per family when I was diagnosed. I came back to work and after 2 month I saw the $200 has been doubled to $400. I called Manualife and complained, then I received a call from their representative in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com

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02-20-2007, 08:33 PM	#18
sherri Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 329	The rest of it. When we started with Manulife the cost for family was about $112.00 and every year they increased it according to the cost and we were paying about $200 per family when I was diagnosed. I came back to work and after 2 month I saw the $200 has been doubled to $400. I called Manualife and complained, then I received a call from their representative in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Vancouver</st1lace></st1:City>, he told me you know you have an employee that has Cancer and if you can get rid of her we can put you back to the same amount as before. I told the guy, for your information that employee happened to be me and I don’t want to get rid of myself yet! Anyway we changed Manulife and now we have another company, but I have to tell you I don’t trust these Insurance Companies and that is why I don’t want private insurance. I think this is the main reason those greedy employers don;t want to hire or rehire people with cancer. But this is not acceptable and we should go after them and make a law against any kind of dicremination.