Yes, it seems many of us have to fight to get our private insurances to pay up!? We had Blue Cross, (a very good policy, I might add), when Terry was first DX'd with TM.? They immediately refused all payment, fought me because any treatment was in their opinion, "experimental".? ie:? Plasmapheresis and Gamma Globulin treatments.?
I didn't give in, I fought back and got the Sec. of the State of Calif. involved.? Funny thing about it; they changed their minds after speaking with her.? Why do we have to threatened?our insurance companies?to have something paid for when we always paid our premiums?? Do we need to have "insurance" to cover our insurance company if they fail? -----Original Message----- From: Akua <a...@artfarm.com> To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Aug 3, 2009 2:24 pm Subject: RE: [TMIC] OT/Healthcare > IF YOU LOOK AT CANADA AND THE UK, YOU SEE HOW YOU HAVE TO WAIT >MONTHS FOR > TESTS LIKE BREAST BYOPSY, ETC.. YOU ALSO HAVE TO WAIT >MONTHS TO SEE A > SPECIALSIST.? ? Has anyone here seen *any* of the documentaries and news reports on this?? ? My friends in the? U.K. and Canada have NONE of the problems with medical care that I have AND they don't pay? through the nose.? ? It hurts that I spent tons of money on insurance--- and unlike savings-- I have nothing to show for paying into insurance for DECADES-- without a single problem, nor a birth. When I retired and I transitioned to COBRA, the fees were unbelieveable--- enough to feed a village, larger than my mortgage. I am furious--- that as a non smoker, exerciser, vegetarian -- all that money has gone pouf!? and when TM struck me-- I was left destitute. I have no trust of private insurance as a part of any health? care improvement or solution.? ? Akua? ? -- ?
