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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:49 AM Original message |
Warning - one method the insurance companies use to deny benefits - please read |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. When my daughter had an approved surgery... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 04:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. My 1 year old daughter had surgery for a congenital condition . . . |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow that is disgusting |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They only want to insure well people. simple as that. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. My brother was turned down for insurance coverage |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm uninsurable because I had a crohn's flare up in 1984. I had |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Please forgive my response, but what candidate do you |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I've been pretty vocal that I'm for John Edwards. |
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dragonlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. I agree. It will be a tough fight, and we need a fighter |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I sympathize with your situation |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Oh, yes |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. I had a lab bill that I disputed for two years |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm So Glad You're Better. One Question, Though |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I have no intention of paying it, but my husband is worried |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. A few thousand. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. My wife is having a goround with UHC right now. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. I've noticed there's a piece of paper that makes *you* responsible for *everything* |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. Would you all be willing to name the ins. co's involved in these practices? |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's not one of the big names most people would recognize |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. I have to ship my neck/head traction unit back as "that model isn't covered" despite pre-approval |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. That's totally insane. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. When my son's arm was paralyzed from a Brachial nerve injury |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Outrage! My insurer didn't want to pay for anesthesia on colonoscopy! nt |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That sucks. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Geez, you can have cardiac rhythm changes during a procedure |
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Caria (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Keep resubmitting it |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Oh, I intend to. |
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Caria (241 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. And keep careful records |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. To me, this is bizarre to even have to think about this stuff |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Oh we GET it! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I saw SICKO a few months ago |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. I am a Benefits Administrator. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Thank you Rosemary |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Thank you so much. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. An authorization is generated whenever the insuranse company pre-approves something |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. I once read (in the New York Times, no less) an article in which |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-11-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm a survivor, too |
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Ms. Toad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. Appeal it. |
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