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Hi. Did anyone see WSMV Channel 4 on Wednedsay 6 o'clock news????????Tennessee They did a segment 50 seconds on Lyme after it aired I e-mailed Terri Merryman and told her my story. I gave her my number and I got an e-mail back asking if I'd phone her. I called her today and she coming to my house on Friday with a camera man. She's going to air my story. I will let you all know when it' going to be on. I also phoned Dr. C today to see if I could mention him. He said the more people who know about this disease the better. So if you see it Please dont be mad I've mentioned him by name He said yes. Please if your in the Nashville Area e-mail Terri Merryman at WSMV. Tell her your horror stories.......
I hope she lets me speak out about Insurance Companies (CIGNA)
I have all my paperwork together.
If anyone can think of any good articles please send them to me so I can print them up for her...
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Please if you get Channel 4 WSMV.Nashville My story will be aired on May 14th I will let you know what time but Terri said it's going to be on for at least 20 minutes. It's going to include how I was treated by Cigna.
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Wonderful...go get em... I wish I could watch but out of area.. In TN too..but North East.
Bless You, Love HH
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Kathy- congratulations! Good job Last time I got sick with lyme, was after spending 20 days over in Bellbuckle and Shelbyville areas. I was working horses with one of the trainers over there and we rode in the brushy hills almost daily. I knew about lyme so I checked myself and never saw a tick, but got home and a week later had swollen glands, sick as could be with fevers and headache. Went back to my LLMd and got more tests about a month after the trip and had a bunch of new bands...he thinks I got reinfected down there.
BTW, how is your Cigna thing going? We sure are getting the runaround still from them!
We are suing though. Lawyer who has the case said that what needs to happen is to get lyme patients suing, then the insurance companies will start paying. Its a cost thing...the cost of not treating goes up each suit they have to fight....then after a while its more cost effective to pay, than to risk suits!
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Kathy I am thrilled for you....finally finally someone will put this on the air and let you tell of this journey....My son in law works for a local TV station here in the Tampa Bay area and do you thin they would show an interest in one of their own. No - it's probably not news worthy enough for them. The public needs to know about Lyme Good for you. Unfortunately we won't get to see your story...but Great for those who will
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quote:Originally posted by jbgoth: Friends,
I have Cigna insurance and was wondering what the problems were with that company and lyme treatment?
JB
They are interesting. For some people they pay all without balking, for others they pay orals only, and for others they dont pay much at all. If you do get into a "denial" situation, watch very closely to ALL medical claims.
They have not yet given me documents they had to give (Federally under ERISA). I could not adequately prepare for an appeal. Keep good records yourself. Demand from them their records as soon as you get a denial The minute you get denied, find a lawyer. I know it is expensive, but they know every game in the book to prevent you from winning if it goes to court.
We thought we were doing everything right, but found out later that after the last denial appeal we did that they "sealed" our books. They "Claim" they do not have *ANY* evidence showing long term treatment is good for children. They spoke to our specialist in person, got all his files, but could not produce them, said they dont have them, never talked to him! IF we had had a lawyer submit records, we would have 2nd party involvement which would be difficult to dispute. (We even sent stuff certified, but they claimed it was "other things")
So, like I said, sometimes they cover well, but at the first sign of trouble, make sure you are well protected.
(PS. they quit paying all kinds of medical claims, switched our pcp on us...even found one that never saw us who wrote a comment on my daughter!, they know their game and play at it well)
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