A Quebec woman is suing her insurance company after it suspended her sick leave benefits because of pictures she’d posted on Facebook.
Nathalie Blanchard, 29, says she suffers from clinical depression and that Mutalife stopped sending payments after its investigators found photos of her having fun on Facebook. She posted photos from a birthday party at Chippendales and from a vacation on the beach, according to the CBC.
Manulife told the CBC that it would not cancel someone’s benefits based solely upon Facebook photos, but admitted that it does use the site when investigating claims.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/11/19/quebec-facebook-sick-leave-benefits.html
A Quebec woman is suing her insurance company after it suspended her sick leave benefits because of pictures she’d posted on Facebook.
Nathalie Blanchard, 29, says she suffers from clinical depression and that Mutalife stopped sending payments after its investigators found photos of her having fun on Facebook. She posted photos from a birthday party at Chippendales and from a vacation on the beach, according to the CBC.
Manulife told the CBC that it would not cancel someone’s benefits based solely upon Facebook photos, but admitted that it does use the site when investigating claims.
For the full story, click here.
Check your privacy settings people of the North!
I’ve read several news articles and researched for additional details before coming to a conclusion.
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.
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