Sally's GF3 thread

[ShrekDawg]

My balance was better when I was still riding horses lol

 

[saysfaa]

Did you buy the Densercise program, @saysfaa?

My insurance will pay for (most of) one bone density scan every 3 years. My out of pocket cost was about $90. I wish they'd cover it on a yearly basis; maybe more women would get them more often, and pay attention to their bones.

My insurance didn't pay for it.

The dr's office said they had never heard of it not being covered. The scanning people said it should be covered. I called the insurance before getting it to confirm it would be covered. They assured me it would be.

Afterwards, they wouldn't pay for it.

They said it wasn't covered because the scan found osteoporosis. Finding it made the scan a diagnostic and not a screening. They said if the scan hadn't found it, it would have stayed a screening and they would have covered the scan.

Knowing what I know now, I would have given up trying to get them to understand (or admit) the logical/linguistic problem with that after a few days instead of weeks. And gone to trying to get the code changed to diagnostic and resubmit.. I don't thing they ever said they didn't cover the scan if it was diagnostic, they only said they didn't cover that one for that reason. Now that my dd and sister have spent umpteen hours battling with various insurance companies for regarding long-term, acutely-life-threatening issues, I'm pretty sure that had a better chance of working. Private instance and public insurance have been similar in this type of thing.

 

[fuzzi]

My insurance didn't pay for it.

The dr's office said they had never heard of it not being covered. The scanning people said it should be covered. I called the insurance before getting it to confirm it would be covered. They assured me it would be.

Afterwards, they wouldn't pay for it.

They said it wasn't covered because the scan found osteoporosis. Finding it made the scan a diagnostic and not a screening. They said if the scan hadn't found it, it would have stayed a screening and they would have covered the scan.

Knowing what I know now, I would have given up trying to get them to understand (or admit) the logical/linguistic problem with that after a few days instead of weeks. And gone to trying to get the code changed to diagnostic and resubmit.. I don't thing they ever said they didn't cover the scan if it was diagnostic, they only said they didn't cover that one for that reason. Now that my dd and sister have spent umpteen hours battling with various insurance companies for regarding long-term, acutely-life-threatening issues, I'm pretty sure that had a better chance of working. Private instance and public insurance have been similar in this type of thing.

Insurance compaines stink. My dh died, I filed the insurance, and the company denied it. They said they didn't cover dementia related death, but would cover Alzheimers death. My arguments fell on deaf ears.

They'll eventually be judged.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Insurance compaines stink. My dh died, I filed the insurance, and the company denied it. They said they didn't cover dementia related death, but would cover Alzheimers death. My arguments fell on deaf ears.

They'll eventually be judged.

I’m so sorry

 

[saysfaa]

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[Sally PB]

Balance, too. It is related to flexibility but may need some different components in one's routines.

Does the Densercise program address balance and flexibility? Those are both issues I would like to work on.

 

[Sally PB]

The insurance companies make me so blankety-blank mad when I hear about how they deny coverage that should blankety-blank be covered!

NBC news has a series on this very thing.