I’m sorry to say this, but it sounds like to me that this woman is just lazy. Anyone who really had a depression [or other mental] problem would NOT be posting photos on facebook, much less continuing to post photos on facebook. This whole “I have a depression problem” is just one that ANYONE can fake.

Now as for the argument of how facebook profiles should have been locked and private… there is NO such thing as keeping things “safe” and locked on the net. ANYTHING that gets posted or sent [yes that includes EMAIL] through the net STAYS on the net. I’ve known this simple FACT for years.

As for the insurance company being “in the wrong” to snoop and discontinue her benefits… I’m sorry, but they have every right to know if someone is handing them a line a sh!t just to get free money out of the deal. There ARE people out there who REALLY do need and deserve to have health insurance, but don’t get it because of individuals like this woman who make it bad for everyone else. I commend the insurance company for buckling down and I wish that other leeching individuals would get caught and cut off too.

Bottom line: it doesn’t pay to be a thief, liar, lazy, money moocher. Let this be a lesson for anyone who thinks it’s ok to suck on the system while others pay their hard earned money for it. IBM would be wise to not allow the woman to come back to the job. Instead, they should tell her to take a hike, as this story I’m sure will have some sort of bad reflection on the corporation. If this woman is capable of going to a beach weekly and capable of going to night clubs to see male dancers, then she’s most certainly capable of working a normal job like a normal human being.

Don’t feel sorry for con artists. They’re good at sucking people dry of their money.

You would never know from her facebook page, she looks happy and normal!

FWIW: i was recently asked by two separate potential clients of small companies (less than 30-though I suspect one might have been asking on behalf of a city agency) as to how they could do bulk scans on facebook accounts to see what, if at all, their employees are “doing” there..

Take heed:

An ear to the ground on this revealed there is a **huge surge** by companies and employers of all sorts and sizes to invade the “privacy” of facebook. (and i use the term privacy with tongue-in-cheek)

They are looking for *any* activity which could possibly “harm the company” or portray them in a bad light.

My translation: Facebook just may end up as the loophole companies need to fire “troublesome” employees while at the same time, effectively shielding
themselves from every company’s greatest fear: “discrimination” lawsuits.

(which imo, are abused to hell)

I declined to offer any help other than to “seek council” as I am big on constitutional right to privacy. -even when said privacy is an “illusion”

-s

Study France’s System, arguably the best in the world. Or Nordic countries Systems. Real Health care, for the People.

the woman is still covered for MEDICAL treatment.

she is not covered for lost wages.

Canadian Health-care is no different than US Health-care but both sides are too stupid to accept the obvious. The only real difference are the classes of people who get good health care vs those who don’t.

In Canada it’s based on who you know. In the US it’s based on how many US presidents you have as friends.

Both sides are full of shit.

Long term disability is an optional insurance often provided by companies as part of their renumeration package. It covers living expenses, etc., while the employee is disabled. This sort of coverage is NOT provided by the Canadian health care system.