Interest Rates Going Up?

We got our new house contract yesterday. Our lawyer is looking it over. We know we have to close soon. We are planning on getting a bridge loan. We've already been pre-approved. But with Interest rates going up it isn't good for us trying to sell our apartment next month.

For the past week or so I've been trying to not use my SSN on my company medical insurance forms. Since the company I work for outsources HR, I've had a very hard time. First I contacted my HR contact, who told me to contact the HR outsourcing company (named "myhr"), who told me to contact the insurance company, who told me to contact my real HR. After many emails I received a voicemail message from my real HR saying that they can do it but that my paycheck may be delayed.

The best part is they asked me to keep this confidential. (I'm guessing it's because everyone will want to have a special insurance number in lieu of their SSN and there are 1000's of employees in the US alone.) I'm in a bargining mood. I'll keep it confidential as long as they agree to change their policy by the end of the year.

Perhaps I can get promoted for my confidentiality and negotiating skills - NOT.

This is starting to get fun.