Re: Medical insurance

[marjorie moorefield <olquilty@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Thanks Margaret for your posting:
>
>Before Joyce had her Pallid., I checked with her insurance co to determine
>coverage and the determination was "that since this was still experimental
>and investigational coverage would be denied"  HOWEVER,  "you can appeal this
>decision to the medical board of directors"
>
>I have been accumulating printed materials in support of my case but still
>feel this is insufficient to convince them to change their decision.
>
>Yesterday, Joyce visited her neuro,  a very well known medical personality in
>the world of PD.  I mentioned this to him again and he winced at the decision
>emphatically stating that "this procedure is now   standard operating
>procedure  for the relief of certain PD symptoms"   "It is being done
>routinely in hundreds of hospitals worldwide"
>
>He agreed to pursue my claim on my behalf and thereby on behalf of many
>others Pallidotomy patients who have been or are being denied coverage.
>
>Anyone financially interested in the matter here in the states should push
>their neuros to write letters containing factual statements supporting the
>legitimacy of this procedure.
>
>Again Margaret thanks.
>
>Chuck
>
 Hi,
I just hope you haven't waited too long-- My Insurance Company only gives you
60 days to appeal a decision--Maybe it would pay to check yours.
-Marjorie pd/8 yrs.
Blessings to all ,  Marjorie L. Moorefield--
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