Hi Cathy,
What won't your Insurance company pay for? If it is a clinical, I thought
they were supposed to be free, and if the Meds the Dr. wants to give him first
is FDA approved, your insurance has to pay for them. Maybe the Insurance
company misunderstood just what you wanted covered. Let me know what you find
out about all of it.
Love and prayers to you and yours,
Nanc
In a message dated 7/20/98 3:20:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cathy.telesco@gartner.com writes:
<< Can any molers out there comment on how they dealt (or are dealing) with
their insurance company's refusal to pay for treatment at another
hospital? I took my Dad to Memorial Sloan Kettering on Friday morning.
There is a clinical trial that he can participate in - but the doctor
wants to try 5FU with Mitomicin first (for two months). Failing that,
my father is eligible to participate in a clinical trial that is being
conducted at Memorial. However, his HMO, Kaiser Permanente, says they
will not cover this! What do you do? Do you just rack up medical
charges and incur an unbelivable amount of debt? There just has to be a
better way. Any advice would be greatly appreciated...Cathy >>
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