So I appealed the cancellation of my health insurance again. I went down to talk to the supervisor of the place to prove I met the requirements for the insurance. Apparently, I met the non-financial criteria, which is working 100+ hours a month, but I went way over the limit of (get this) $425 a month. How the hell is it possible to work 100 hours at minimum wage ($7.15) and still meet their criteria?

Keep in mind this piece of paper that's screwing me over, upside down, and backwards, was put into effect on January 1, 1990.

Would this change a judge's mind to give me back my health insurance, do you think? I mean, that criteria is 19 years old, when minimum wage was like...$3.50.

[edit] Oh, and the guy kept pushing the fact that if I had a kid, I'd get the insurance with no problem. -headdesk-

It may be worth a shot, but then again would it cost you an arm and a leg in legal fees? I have no idea how the process works, or even if it's vaguely like the one we use here in Canada, but if contesting it would be worth your time and energy then I would think pointing out the huge flaw in their logic would be worth something. 19 years...that's not much younger than I am, and wages have changed ever-so-slightly o_O;

As for the "just have a kid" crap, I've had that thrown at me before for something...I think it was for scholarships for school. I love it how some people treat it as a perfectly viable solution, like just popping out a kid is the perfect way to go.

i'm getting the impression that it isn't that you have to have a take-home of less than $425... but that your expenses have to show a need for coverage, hense the have-a-baby comment.

why not purchase health insurance?

I won't be able to afford it with paying off college.

The list itself says that the income limit for one person is $425, and that it became effective on 1/1/1990. If you want, I can scan the page for you.