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That’s it, we’re moving to France!
By Kate | October 12, 2007
No more freedom fries for us. I have been coveting nationalized healthcare in a BIG way lately. I have had a sorethroat/fever/general illness since Tuesday. I am insured by Aetna who has a contract with the Federal Government to provide healthcare insurance for Americorps members. Despite the fact that they have not sent me a member card, which is apparently crucial to the process, I went to a urgent care clinic. There I met with a PA (not a physician) who informed me that a) I do not have Mono b) I do not have strep c) nothing else. Armed with the enlightening info about what I do not currently have, I continued being sick.They gave me a prescription for a decongestant. I then had the lovely experience of dealing with my “insurance company,” if you can call it that. Turns out, that I have to pay out of pocket for ALL prescriptions and then submit approximately 1,000 documents to see IF they will reimburse me. I had to call them 7 (not an exaggeration) time to get the right form & fill it out correctly (fingers crossed). I am not sure how uneducated or people without 3 1/2 hours of free time during the day are able to go throught this process.
This is most likely what the “insurance company” is banking on. If you can’t figure out how to make a claim, they don’t have to pay.
I am sick of being SICK!
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October 12th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Aw man! I’m sorry..that stinks! My best advice is to come down this weekend while Dad is here, have him take you to see Bob Taylor- and he will most likely know the real diagnosis and write you a perscription…plus - no copay. When Chris had mono two years ago and couldn’t sleep or swallow anything no one could help, so we eventually went to Bob who basically fixed the problem by giving him a stereroid to get rid of the throat sores and some type of anti biodic. Anywho…thats what I suggest. That and - Make Neil give you massages.