Free hospital grants for union members.

Union members and their immediate families can receive $1,000 free cash grants to assist in paying for medical bills, including large, out-of-pocket hospital expenses. Your spouse, children, and parents may be eligible for this aid.

There are some requirements to receive these assistance. They include :

• Need to be a union member, a retiree, or a family member of a union member.
• The person receiving the grant must have been hospitalized within the last 12 months, and it must be your spouse, you or your dependent household member
• In addition, you need to be a participant in at least one of the following union programs for at least one year and the account or policy you have must be in a good standing. You must be part of a Union Plus Credit Card, UnionSecure Insurance, or Union Plus Mortgage.
• The hospital bills and expenses must be significant, and your out-of-pocket hospital expenses (after any insurance payments) must be equal to or at least 10% of your total household income.
• There is a lifetime limit of up to one $1,000 hospital care grant per family.

Not all expenses are covered either. Those eligible hospital expenses include:

• You can only receive a grant to pay for those expenses from hospitalizations visits or expenses that ended within the last 12 months.
• As mentioned above, assistance is based upon total expenses, and when you calculate your out-of-pocket hospital bills and expenses, you may include any hospital charges, insurance deductibles, medications, physician charges, and other medical expenses and bills that may have been incurred during the hospitalization. Find how to negotiate hospital bills. Continue.
• You can’t include any hospital bills or expenses that were covered by your (or your spouse/dependent’s) health insurance plan or coverage.
• Un-reimbursed bills must total at least 10% of your total household’s gross income.
• Can’t include hospital bills and expenses from health care before or after the time of the hospitalization and medical visits.

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