http://tonyandpaige.com/2009/02/27/my-insurance-company-thinks-my-condition-is-a-myth/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://tonyandpaige.com/2009/02/27/my-insurance-company-thinks-my-condition-is-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-14658 Paige Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:54:14 +0000 http://tonyandpaige.com/2009/02/27/my-insurance-company-thinks-my-condition-is-a-myth/#comment-14658 Thanks, Dee. They do make you feel like you have no right to turn up sick. As if that is what you would want. I had the same happen to me with Rx's. Pain killers are the cheaper alternative! So sad. Thanks, Dee. They do make you feel like you have no right to turn up sick. As if that is what you would want. I had the same happen to me with Rx’s. Pain killers are the cheaper alternative! So sad.

]]> http://tonyandpaige.com/2009/02/27/my-insurance-company-thinks-my-condition-is-a-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-14655 Dee Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:53:01 +0000 http://tonyandpaige.com/2009/02/27/my-insurance-company-thinks-my-condition-is-a-myth/#comment-14655 Oh Paige, I am so sorry they are doing that. I have spent a lot of time talking with insurance companies and so much of what they say is just arbitrary. The sad thing is that when we go to pay for prescriptions, hydrocodone would cost 4 bucks when a special type of vitamin d for kidney transplant patients would cost 40. It is cheaper to medicate you for pain than it is for them to treat the problem. The only thing we have going for our situation is that dialysis long term is more expensive than transplant. It's all about the numbers. I'm just glad you can afford to get the treatment you need. I hate to sound ungrateful because we have benefited from insurance in an extreme way, but there have been some battles that were just not necessary and at times when I was not in the best shape for arguing. I have cried and cussed and written letters so I know exactly how you feel. They make you feel like you are taking advantage of them by choosing to be sick and abusing their money. The worst part is that the person on the other end of the phone doesn't have any more control over the situation than you do so you really can't blame them. It's a terrible mess. I'll keep you in my prayers. Oh Paige, I am so sorry they are doing that. I have spent a lot of time talking with insurance companies and so much of what they say is just arbitrary. The sad thing is that when we go to pay for prescriptions, hydrocodone would cost 4 bucks when a special type of vitamin d for kidney transplant patients would cost 40. It is cheaper to medicate you for pain than it is for them to treat the problem. The only thing we have going for our situation is that dialysis long term is more expensive than transplant. It’s all about the numbers. I’m just glad you can afford to get the treatment you need. I hate to sound ungrateful because we have benefited from insurance in an extreme way, but there have been some battles that were just not necessary and at times when I was not in the best shape for arguing. I have cried and cussed and written letters so I know exactly how you feel. They make you feel like you are taking advantage of them by choosing to be sick and abusing their money. The worst part is that the person on the other end of the phone doesn’t have any more control over the situation than you do so you really can’t blame them. It’s a terrible mess. I’ll keep you in my prayers.

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