from joyce---ncc

[Guest guest]

hi everyone,

talking of insurance i think also that they have the control over the drs and

it is affecting healthcare patients receive. i think many people have lost

thier lives because of it.

this would include my daughter jennifer, as i think tests or faster evaluation

and further care werent done that should have been done because it would cost

money and the facility had thier rules to follow or (criteria) to meet before

the drs can do more to help.

i have also found that the department of health for calif. covers hospital

errors because they are protected by law and i wont ever know the errors that

took place with my daugher. i was told this by the department. it is thier

responsibility to find the error and see that it is fixed.

drs have spent yrs in school and most know what needs to be done, they didnt

become a dr to not work as one, and maybe they didnt even began to know how

their work as a dr would be affected by the control of the insurance co.

lot of them join a facility, because it is benifical to them with malpractice

costs or all the office work involved.

the facility, that tels them what to do, when, how long to wait to do

something or what tests to run and when.

i have found this to be true, because i have fought for things to get done

that i was told wasnt allowed, but wrote letters or persued what i wanted and

got it.

i was told directely by my insuranace person, who i always have to go

through and have losts confllicts with, that i was handling it right, meaning

all my calls and letters is the way i had to do things to get help at times i

normally would not have gotten it.

about two yrs ago i would have lost my other daughter to an eating disorder if

i hadnt persued every avenue i could think of.

i am normally a shy person, and i cant believe i could do what ive done, but

then i didnt know till i lost my daughter because of it.

thanks,

joyce