Re: my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!! :(

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Cindy H.

I'm so sorry to hear about your electric wheelcahair and insurance not

paying for it. Plan #1 Have your Dr write a strong note of medical necessity

stating you have to have it not only because of you legs but you're

shoulders too, they are doing you physical and medical harm by not complying

with the order and payment of your electrical wheelcahar.T hat a manual

wheelchair is impossible given your medical condition, have him go into

detail. #2 Write the CEO of your insurance carrier. # Write your District US

Congressman and US Senator from your state, Call their offices too, they

have offices located in your district. # Write the Attorney General of you

state. I bet you'll get your chair then! Hang in there! Go gettem them.

Goodluck, keep me informed.

Sincerely, S.

my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!!

> I have been so bummed out since hearing about our ins. not covering

electric w/c's!

> My therapist called the care coordinator to find out what's needed, and

was told they don't cover them *at all*! It's strange they cover manual

ones, but not the power ones....wish there was something that could be done.

> I have Medicare so I'm hoping and praying they will.

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> I'm soooo disappointed. :(

> CindyH

> Wisc.

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Cindy H.

Get all the Doc's to put it in writing. Go see Rheummy make him do it too!

If he won't rely on the PCP an genetics and PT and anyone else. They don't

want to pay for it because it is so much more expensive than a manual

wheelchair. Do you have an Orthpedic surgeon. U se everythin I gave you plus

all Doc's willing to help. The other chaie as we both know will do more harm

than good.I also know it's hard to accept the wheelchair, but you've gotten

to that point. My time will come too. But this is absolutely ridiculous they

won't pay for it. It will add to the quality of our already lousey lives,

plus manual is just impossible. Do all the things I suggested, give it a

whirl, don't wait! I feel so bad for you! When they deny, you force the

issue, no one else will for you. They will just write you off if you don't

complain to higher ups, powers that be. Getting your Do'c Ins and especially

Congressman and Senator and Attorney General involved will force them to pay

for it!

Hugs, S.

Re: my insurance won't cover power wheelchairs!!!

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> I sure appreciate you letting me know some of the avenues I can take if

they keep refusing to cover the expense.

> Why in the world would they cover manual and NOT electric ones? Unless

it's just the money--or to hope to discourage me.

> It doesn't seem fair at all to cover one type and not another. Having a

manual one would make my condition much worse not better. My therapist felt

the same.

> It's taken me so long to even get to the point of psychologically

accepting the fact I do need one, and now this.

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> I doubt my rheumie is going to be of much help. He hasn't a clue as to

how severe my EDS is.

> I've thought of going to my genetic doctor- I know he'd support me, and

also include how severe my EDS is.

> As I can't see my rheumie being of much help.

> He's the one that sent me to this therapist to begin with...I go, and he

didn't contact my therapist after wards. Two weeks after my evaluation, his

nurse calls me instead to tell me it's OK! The therapy clinic needs him to

sign something and they can't get him to do that either.

> I have the feeling he thought the therapist would find there's nothing

wrong with me-instead he found lots of stuff the doctor had missed. He's the

same doc that 'pooh-poohed' my knee when I complained of pain.Then a couple

months later my PCP had it x-rayed, and found the cartilage was gone. I have

no idea why the rheumie has gotten like this. He used to be understanding,

etc....until I began to have all these problems so close together.

> All my other docs seem to understand what alls going on but not him.....

> That's why I doubt he'll be of much help at all in getting the wheelchair.

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> I just don't want to miss out on all the stuff I could be doing, instead

of sitting at home especially when the grandkids are hear and want to do

something that would be so much fun--except I can't walk that far. :(

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> I'll be using these ideas--something has to force them into paying. I

think it's outrageous what they're doing.

> CindyH

> Wisc.

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> From: ngsamuelson

> I'm so sorry to hear about your electric wheelcahair and insurance not

paying for it.

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