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I have an opportunity to switch insurance. I am probably going to try Iv rocephin. What company is best? I'd live to get thr iv covered of possible. Aetna? Bcbs? I can choose between these two. Thx!!!
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I think it really depends upon your company's plan. I doubt any insurance company will pay for more than one month's worth.
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Yes, depends on your company's plan. I just went through this at the beginning of this year.
The plan I picked covered all my meds that I was on.
Then my doc wanted me to take bicillin and rocephin this year (generic rocephin wasn't very expensive but bicillin is like $800-$1000 per month). Neither were covered. This was a company decision, so it really depends on your work and what they decided with the insurance contract.
They do reimburse for out-of-network doctor's visits though, so that helps.
Good luck. It's not an easy choice.
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Think you can just call the companies and ask? Or will that cause alarms to go off? I don't want to tip them off!
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another thing to consider. my llmd did not take any insurance. I had to file all claims. in addition he was out of network and they wouldnt pay or honor his prescriptions. luckily I had backup insurance.
so check and see if your dr is on your plan.
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Most lyme docs do not take insurance, so the key here is that since they won't be on the plan more than likely (very few exceptions), then having a PPO that will pay at least something for out of network visits is better than an HMO which probably won't pay anything. But doctors visits will not be the most costly part of your treatment if you are on IV or something else expensive.
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