Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reported today that a Missouri homeschooling family was alerted by their health insurance company that coverage for their daughter would be dropped if they didn’t enroll her in an accredited school. Upon receiving a letter from HSLDA, the company restored their benefits, but also stipulated that twice a year they would have to provide a notarized statement that she is being homeschooled. As Wendy Colpetzer McCullough commented on HSLDA’s Facebook page, “Can someone explain to me why it’s any business of an insurance company to know how our children are being educated? And to require a biannual notarized statement? Do they require the same thing from public school children? I’m glad they got their benefits back, but the whole situation bothers me.” What do you think of this?
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June 10th, 2010 on 1:29 pm
This is not unusual. Any excuse not to cover you is the current status of insurance. However, legally, if you can homeschool your child in your state, no entity can refuse you service due to that. Now, they don’t have to take your child’s certification of hsing after age 18, which is a problem when your student is still hsed and you need health insurance on them. Not all students graduate at 18.
This is something that we need to be working on as homeschoolers and home school associations.
June 10th, 2010 on 7:12 pm
Increasingly, it reminds me of cattle being herded into a pre-defined pen.