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- Organization: CUNY/UCC VM Systems
- Date: Monday, 21 Dec 1992 08:56:39 EST
- From: Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92356.085639RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.visa.us
- Subject: Re: Can one be denied insurance based on citizenship?
- Distribution: usa
- References: <1992Dec18.220409.11973@bnr.ca> <tinkess.724721540@cambridge>
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- In article <1h0aq4INNoie@uwm.edu>, fino@point.cs.uwm.edu (Alexander Finogenov)
- says:
- >
- >: shekar@bnr.ca (Shekar Benakatti) writes:
- >:
- >: >I was recently denied Insurance because I am not a citizen
- >: >of USA, but a permanent resident. I have been informed that
- >: >they cannot legally do this to a permanent resident just
- >: >because he is not a citizen. Does anyone know what I can
- >: >do? The insurance company is refusing to put this in
- >: >writing.
- >:
- >: >I wonder if one day a grocery store refuses to sell me food
- >: >because I told them that I am not a citizen?
- >: >
- >: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >: > Shekar Benakatti | My Opinions only; NOT BNR/NT's
- >: > Bell-Northern Research | EMail: shekar@bnr.ca
- >: > Richardson TX 75083 | Phone: (214)-684-4795 (ESN 444)
- >: >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- >
- >Call your state's insurance comissioner office. Tell them about that. But
- >never use this insurance company...
-
- I have to agree, I have insurance buttwipes calling me all the time
- trying to sell me insurance for this that and the other and not one
- of them ever asked about citizenship.
-
- Perhaps you could offer your insurance commissioner to go in there with
- a "wire" and sting them. I'm sure something like that could get their
- license pulled... and they damn well deserve to have it pulled!
-
- Certainly don't deal with them, they don't sound too reputable...
- would you mind telling us who this was? was it a major one or just
- an insurance broker type?
-
- Robert
-