Posted by susan C on July 27, 2001, at 14:55:19
In reply to A blight on them all . . ., posted by AKC on July 27, 2001, at 14:21:13
> That is insurance companies. Last year, it was 1/2 dozen one way, 6 the other, so I self-insured (I wasn't going to save any money through my firm's PPO plan and my therapist does not belong to any HMOs). This year my firm significantly dropped its PPO price, so I switched to the PPO. However, my therapist does not bill any insurance company (only does medicare and medicaid as required by law). So for the past three months I have been submitting claims - and haven't heard anything. This week, the insurance company finally paid on my group therapy, so I just called about my individual therapy -- to find out they have no record of any such claims. I verified I was mailing them to the correct address. Now I have to fax them. Damn them, damn them all to hell!
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> I could go on for pages about all the struggles I have had getting mental health bills paid over the years. It is tragic to say the least -- and why I posted a few days ago NAMI's grassroots call for the new Mental Health Parity Legislation. But this is not really limited to mental health -- I think this is endemic to the health insurance industry as a whole. And yet some members of Congress doesn't think we should be able to sue HMOs for improperly denying coverage or delaying coverage or not paying bills or on and on and on.
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> I am sitting here at work, totally fuming. I haven't been this mad for some time. In fact, probably since the last time since I had to call the insurance company.
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> Sigh. :-(Hi AKC,
Get a GOOD head of steam up! and blast it off...a blight on them all...it is a good phrase.
poster:susan C
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