Health Insurance Blog on Insurance Companies
Mary Jerome, diagnosed with ovarian cancer three years ago, did not envision that fighting for her life would also mean fighting her insurance company. However, that sadly became apparent when her insurance company decided that many of her treatments and medications should not be covered. Refusing to to take the rejection without a fight, given her so-far sucessful fight against the disease, Mary wrote a letter to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to explain her situation. While her cancer had been in remission for two years but has since returned, Mary won the battle against the insurance company at least. They have reimbursed her thousands of dollars, and she is now covered under UnitedHealth Insurance. Through her efforts, UnitedHealth Group has even established an independent system to determine reimbursement rates. Is it just people like Mary who make the difference when it comes to bringing about change? What would happen if we all fought for our rights against greedy health insurance companies? Read more at the Health Insurance Blog today. Here you can find more insurance on insurance companies and the stories that arise daily.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:28 am
It takes an example like Mary to provoke change…
January 14th, 2009 at 11:44 am
This whole UHC is bad thing doesn’t make much sense. Who else would set up the rates for out of network reimbursements. THe government and other private companies do not have a clue as to the fees charged. Health Insurance companies are the groups that negoiate these contracts. Why wasn’t this person going in her network in the first place? If people know how to use their insurance everything would be fine. Everyone complains about insurance companies, but when they pay that big claim they are happy. Just doesn’t make much sense to me….
January 14th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
It is important to understand what insurance benefits you have and it is also important to stand up for what you believe in. Mary did the right thing to send a letter, but I don’t understand why she didn’t go in-network as well.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Again, when are people going start being held accountable. Did Mary read her policy? Why didn’t she realize she was going out of network. People are always so quick to blame the insurance companies but the fact of the matter is most of the blame is on the insured who doesn’t bother to understand what they bought or how to use it. It’s actually a bit comical because I bet if you asked people how many text messages they are allotted under their cell plan they would have an exact answer. On the flip side, those same people probably don’t even know the name of their health insurance provider.