I am pretty sure most insurance plans will not cover genetic testing. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Scott Stewart<[email protected]> wrote: > > Uhmm.. try again.. > > $80 until the appointments go to every two weeks.... > The insurance that my wife has didn't cover everything when she tore her > ACL, other women in her office who have been pregnant have reported that the > insurance doesn't cover everything.. we already know that it won't cover > genetic testing... > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC 27616 > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:52 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist's > > > $90 for an entire pregnancy of quality prenatal care. > > That's a bargain any way you slice it. > > How do you know you will have to pay several thousand? Is your wife's > insurance not very robust or....? > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Scott Stewart > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I wanna know what insurance allows one co-pay for 9 months of care.. We >> have >> to pay a $10 co pay every time we go for a prenatal exam, and that's once > a >> month at this point.. and we're still gonna have to pay a few thousand >> dollars once MacKenna is born to cover the hospital expenses that my > wife's >> insurance doesn't cover. >> >> -- >> Scott Stewart >> ColdFusion Developer >> 4405 Oakshyre Way >> Raleigh, NC 27616 >> (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 8:13 AM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: How I lost my health insurance at the hairstylist's >> >> >> I can share another story. >> >> My wife and I decided it was time to start having children. She got >> pregnant, we paid a $20 co-pay on her first visit to OB/GYN. We paid >> nothing for each subsequent visit. My wife went into labor and after >> quite a few hours of labor, the Dr. decided that she needed a >> c-section. Fast forward 24 hours and my son was diagnosed with a >> stroke. He was moved to another hospital and spent 15 days in the >> Neonatal ICU before being discharged. How much extra did the >> unexpected c-section and stay in NICU cost us? Nothing. >> >> So, for $20 we got 9 months of doctors visits, including ultrasounds, >> blook work, etc, PLUS a 4 day stay in hospital for surgery/recovery >> PLUS a 15 day stay in an intensive care unit with blood work, MRIs, CT >> Scans, etc. If that is broke, I would love to see how it would work >> when its fixed. >> >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:06 AM, G Money<[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Let me tell you another story.... >> > >> > While out playing football with my friends, I come down awkwardly on my >> > knee. It hurts for several days, so I go see my doctor. I pay him my $15 >> > dollar co pay, he refers me to a knee specialist. The specialist sees me >> the >> > next day, diagnoses a torn ACL, suggests surgery if I want to remain >> active. >> > A week later, I have my elective surgery, then 6 months of rehab, and >> > finally, a fitted, constructed-just-for-me knee brace. >> > >> > Total cost: $15 copay for initial visit. >> > >> > Immediate, top of the line care for an elective surgery to ensure a >> better >> > standard of living....for fifteen bucks. >> > >> > Now...I don't know if my experience is the exception or the rule.....but >> > it's worth noting that there are those of us who've had nothing but good >> > experiences with our "broken" health care system. >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> That's a brutal story. I count my lucky stars that I have nationalised >> >> healthcare. Waiting an extra week for non-emergency care is worth it to >> >> know >> >> I'm at least going to get care. No matter what. >> >> >> >> This was a link at the bottom of the story. Pretty funny. Or sad, since >> >> it's >> >> pretty much true. >> >> >> >> >> >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDwXr9szxw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos% >> >> > 2Ecom%2Fstory%2F2009%2F7%2F7%2F751100%2F%2DHow%2DI%2Dlost%2Dmy%2Dhealth%2Din > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDwXr9szxw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailykos > %%0A2Ecom%2Fstory%2F2009%2F7%2F7%2F751100%2F%2DHow%2DI%2Dlost%2Dmy%2Dhealth% > 2Din> >> surance%2Dat%2Dthe%2Dhairstylists&feature=player_embedded >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Sandra Clark <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> > http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/7/751100/-How-I-lost-my-health-insu >> >> > rance-at-the-hairstylists >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> >> > > > >
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