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CaliLymer
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Hi Liz,

Wanted to ask you about Healtnet if you dont mind??

My cobra is expering and have to choose new coverage. Healtnet 30 is my first choice so far.
Wanted to get your thought on Healtnet as a fellow Lymer.

What plan do you have? Do they pay for IV?

Thanks so much,

CaliLymer


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Hi. It's wonderful that you have Healthnet in CA. Good luck with them, I hope they do an equally good job out there.

Up until recently, Healthnet was a dream insurance company, if also an expensive one. I only wish I'd been diagnosed right away, so they would not have had to shell out so much. I just switched to the HMO, after the upper bracket category went way beyond financial possibility.

They have paid for several thousand dollars of abx without a squeak, including two rounds of rocephin and almost ten bottles of mepron. The rumor is that the CEO had chronic Lyme, and identifies with others' plight.

However, they also recently cracked down on my LLMD, ostensibly because he does not do office rounds, but more likely because he's an LLMD. So the policies there may be changing. Since I've seen some doctors--who shall remain nameless, of course--take advantage of them over the years, it's understandable that they are becoming wary.

Also, they weren't too keen on covering alternative treatments, and it was not as easy as I thought it would be to meet my deductible when I had out-of-network privileges. If you are going out of network, you might want to be cautious about making sure you'll be reimbursed.


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Hi Liz,

Thanks so much for the info. Do you have them through your employer or individual?

I think im going to go with them at 325 a month with 2,500 deductable.

Wish me luck Liz!!

CaliLymer


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Wow, I didn't know that was possible. Great move! Good luck getting better soon.
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