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edi,

my son jason (now 15mnths) was diag. in 9-2000) when he went in for

his follow up checkup after getting out the hospital, they said my

son kalvin (then 7) needed to be tested to rule him out haveing it.

he did not have cf! but, now 8months later, bluecross of michigan

won't pay the bill. they say it was not billed as a medical necessinet

( sp??)

so the hospital says they will take me to a collection agency ( for

$282.00) i have talked to everyone at the hosptial and blue cross/

get this i asked what is the correct code to bill it under, they

would'nt tell me! well i take jason back to the doctors and i guess

i'll bring it up again.

sorry for going off i just hate getting all the bills in the mail,!!!

kimberly jason, 15 months w/cf and kalvin 8 w/.out

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> As to whether parents are being tested...YEAH RIGHT! My doctor

went into a

> long explaination about how people with CF are diagnosed at birth

and the

> odds that I would have it are millions to one. I am too old (43)

to have

> CF!!! If my regular Dr. doesn't refer me, then I have to pay for

the tests

> due to HMO policy. Right now, I feel that the money is better

spent dealing

> with kids' issues. It's been really interesting for my extended

family in

> regards to being tested. None of the pediatricians in our families

felt it

> was necessary to test first cousins even though two families were

recently

> diagnosed with CF children. It seems that the more children in the

family

> with CF, the less chance (millions to one) there is that the others

have it.

> It doesn't make sense to me. Oh well, at least my peditrician did

listen

> when I insisted that my boys be tested to see if they were

carriers. He

> finally agreed though did say it may not be covered. I don't think

we would

> have found out they have CF if I had not insisted and said I would

pay for

> the tests myself. Is this the normal attitude or is this just an

after

> effect of HMO's? Anyone else deal with this?

> Edi

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