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We have heard many stories here of people getting dismissed as not having a significant problem, but here is one more:
Last night I asked my neice if she had been checked out yet. She told me that when she went to a cardiologist he said that she did not really need to be checked because probably her mother and I did not really have this disease. He told her that in "all his years of practicing cardiology", he had only run across one case of HCM while he was an intern. But he ran an ekg, which was apparently OK.
When she got the bill, she discovered that the insurance had refused to pay for it. So, she called their number and they told her that she was a healthy 30 year old woman, so she did not need heart tests!!!!! So, she has been afraid to have an echo because her husband was a bit upset about the previous bill. After we talked, she plans to call the insurance co again and ask to speak to a supervisor. I recommended that if she got nowhere with them that she request a form to file this with the state insurance commission. I also suggested she find a different cardiologist, but I think that that was unnecessary.
Any other suggestions?
Rhoda
Last night I asked my neice if she had been checked out yet. She told me that when she went to a cardiologist he said that she did not really need to be checked because probably her mother and I did not really have this disease. He told her that in "all his years of practicing cardiology", he had only run across one case of HCM while he was an intern. But he ran an ekg, which was apparently OK.
When she got the bill, she discovered that the insurance had refused to pay for it. So, she called their number and they told her that she was a healthy 30 year old woman, so she did not need heart tests!!!!! So, she has been afraid to have an echo because her husband was a bit upset about the previous bill. After we talked, she plans to call the insurance co again and ask to speak to a supervisor. I recommended that if she got nowhere with them that she request a form to file this with the state insurance commission. I also suggested she find a different cardiologist, but I think that that was unnecessary.
Any other suggestions?
Rhoda
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