Am I entitled to something for loss of 6 months of full benefits?

My company offers the best benefits, however they screwed my out of 6 months of benefits. After a 10 month layoff I was originally told I had to wait 6 months, then told by union the last week of July she'd take care of it. So, I tried to get it started early to get my kids in football, but no one who said they would help actually did. So, I finally use the Aug 1 insurance, and I found out today that all my benefits were canceled on Aug 1. And I took my son for the physical, and they did a ekg and he needs to see a heart specialist to rule out heart attack, but my HR is completely unreliable, I called again to try to resolve, but I am completely frustrated, I don't know who to blame. I feel robbed, what compensation could you give someone when you rob them 6 months of medical, vision and dental? After coming back from 10 mo layoff. Am I entitled to something for the loss of 6 months.
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OK, I understand your frustration, but I don't see the loss. Once you became eligible for benefits (aka, when you've been recalled to work), you're entitled to have your claims paid as if you had the benefits, if someone forgot to add you on. That's IT. That's all you're entitled to. So you don't say what claims you accrued, and you don't say when you were recalled back to work. You don't say WHY your benefits were cancelled on August 1st, so it's really hard to comment on it. You just need to check with your HR every day, until this is straightened out. Or maybe your union rep will do it for you, but the more people you get involved, the more confusing it's going to get.
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