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Old 12-29-2005, 10:35 AM   #4 (permalink)
aesidwell
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What insurance do you have Baron? Just seems so curious that they deny the monitor and strips. My dad has been diabetic for over 20 years and I cannot think of a time that at least test strips weren't covered (He may have bought his own monitors over the years, I can't remember), and he's gone through multiple insurances (Blue Shield, Aetna, United Health, Kaiser, and a few I don't think are around anymore).

While getting the regular testing at the lab is certainly a way to stick it to the insurance company, most diabetics have to test 2-3 times a day or more, correct?

If it were my situation (and it has been my situation on different illnesses, not diabetes), I would keep calling the insurance again and again saying, "Look bozo, it's going to be a lot more paperwork for you if I die because I was denied a fundamental drug/testing instrument/doctor's authorization that I need to survive, so why don't you get me your supervisor, or your supervisor's supervisor so we can get this worked out, you can go back to screwing the rest of the public and I can live to pay your company another day." Repeat as necessary

Also, didn't any of these companies ever read or see The Rainmaker??
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