[Diabetes-Talk] Oh insurance mess!

[d m gina]

Wow can you get a lawyer to help you out?
I will keep praying all will work out.

Original message:
> Hi everyone!
> I just found out that my insurance company denied coverage for the Animas
> pump. Oops! This is what's wrong when the patient isn't involved in filling
> out any of the forms. I had tried to get the Vibe and I'm pretty sure that
> they denied the coverage because of the Dexcom half of the pump, which I
> wouldn't need. Hahahaha, you fools, I already have it. But my endo couldn't
> lift a little finger and say on the forms that I had the Dexcom and wanted
> this pump because it was more useable by me. I can actually kind of do a
> correction bolus on the Vibe, but definitely not on the Ping. And forms
> being returned numerous times drew the process out so that I now have only a
> couple of cartridges left. Yikes! My endo told me just to go off the pump.
> Yeah right! So now I'm trying to get supplies for my Cozmo and hope that my
> 50 dollar E-bay wonder hangs in there for awhile. I was really hoping to do
> the pump switch now, rather than in a couple of months when I'm scheduled
> for a surgery that will mess up my life style for quite awhile. And later
> this week I'm supposed to get a steroid injection which means I'll go
> through my last couple of cartridges faster too.
> Of course, were I sighted none of this would be going on because this isn't
> the pump I'd be getting. Anyway, I know there isn't anything any of you can
> do but I appreciate you letting me rant a bit in the hope that I might get
> another idea. But it's multiple factors here. Insurance companies are, well,
> who they are. Doctors are in a hurry and just fill out forms without
> attention to the person they affect.
> And the other stupid thing, ummm, ahem, this one was mine! Two weeks ago I
> traveled and took my backup pens with me. I accidentally left them in the
> hotel refrigerator. And when I called the hotel, nothing. Oops! So boy am I
> stuck for now. Let the fun begin. Sheesh!
> Veronica


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