Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Hi Irene, This is pretty scary to me. How would your insurance company certify compliance to a low protein diet? Cheryl > > > And the ADA diet (diabetes) is also that way and I think it is killing > more than O's - just does in the O's faster. > It's a sore point with me at the moment - as in my endocrinologist wants > me on ADA with low protein " to protect the kidneys " - another well > intentioned but totally incorrect idea - and my medical insurance wants > compliance certified. > Thankfully I have a dietician with some smarts, whose name will not get > to my endo and between the dietician and a pincushion machine, she and I > are figuring " what food or fasting does which to sugar " in presence of > excess cortisol and how to remedy that. > > If I did my endo's well intentioned low protein ADA diet regime, I'd be > in the market for a shovel before Thanksgiving. > > Namaste, > Irene > -- > Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. > P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. > http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html > Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 cherylhcmba wrote: > > Hi Irene, > This is pretty scary to me. How would your insurance company certify > compliance to a low protein diet? It's scary to me too. Every month I have to take a form to the doctor who has to sign that I am complying with medical advice. SO I suppose it is a question of getting the doctor to believe me - and it's not my style to lie. This is only since Bush got into office - part of his " make people accountable " routine is this form thing - and possibly only because I am unable to earn a proper income and so I have to get Medicaid support. They can hold you over a barrel and don't care about the consequences. Not to mention the costs associated with the monthly form which I'd far rather have applied to the things that would make me better able to earn income. But that's the system. Nice thanks for 33 years of paying heavy taxes :-) And I hope it is not copied by other insurance systems. It sets precedent maybe? The argument is that the medical cover is based on compliance or you load the system unfairly because you goof up and supposedly cost more to fix if you do not follow medical advice and that can affect premiums/etc. They don't know they have it backwards. And they are paranoid about people who cheat. It's to the detriment of anyone else - which is most of them. Namaste, Irene -- Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 I think many people will be surprised when they reach medicare age or need medicaid at how restricted their healthcare will be. My company is working on a new intraocular lens that will provide correction for both near and far vision (pseudoaccommodative lens). Under present guidelines, medicare would not cover the new lens since it will be significantly more expensive. What many people did not realize is that even if you can afford the more expensive lens, or any other type of care for that matter, you are not allowed to simply pay the difference. You must accept the level of care that Medicare allows. You might be able to pay for the entire treatment yourself, but I've had doctors refuse to even make appointments if they were not in your insurance PPO. In the case of these lenses, I'd put my money on our health economics group to do the numbers and justify the extra cost, but this is a general problem that is out there. > > > > Hi Irene, > > This is pretty scary to me. How would your insurance company certify > > compliance to a low protein diet? > > It's scary to me too. Every month I have to take a form to the doctor > who has to sign that I am complying with medical advice. SO I suppose it > is a question of getting the doctor to believe me - and it's not my > style to lie. > This is only since Bush got into office - part of his " make people > accountable " routine is this form thing - and possibly only because I am > unable to earn a proper income and so I have to get Medicaid support. > They can hold you over a barrel and don't care about the consequences. > Not to mention the costs associated with the monthly form which I'd far > rather have applied to the things that would make me better able to earn > income. But that's the system. > Nice thanks for 33 years of paying heavy taxes :-) > And I hope it is not copied by other insurance systems. > It sets precedent maybe? The argument is that the medical cover is > based on compliance or you load the system unfairly because you goof up > and supposedly cost more to fix if you do not follow medical advice and > that can affect premiums/etc. > They don't know they have it backwards. And they are paranoid about > people who cheat. It's to the detriment of anyone else - which is most > of them. > > Namaste, > Irene > -- > Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom. > P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703. > http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html > Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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