-- Karla>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Wade" <acbcsrt@kansas.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS" <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 8:19 PM Subject: Helen Dynda's/Dr. Wiseman's post re: insurance denial VERY important for us all
> I just wanted to encourage, cajole, plead, beg you....if you have a > story of difficulty getting appropriate medical treatment for ADR > because of your insurance company restrictions....to please send your > story on to Dr. Wiseman. There IS political action needed. There are > those who are willing and have the strength to take on these political > battles on our behalf. Let's arm them. > > So often, what LOOKS like a fight with our physicians...should really be > a fight with our insurance companies. Doctors, at times, may be > responding in what seems to us to be a less than helpful manner because > of insurance company policy. These efforts that are beginning to be > made to work on the "bigger picture" will not progress without written > evidence of a problem. They need YOUR case histories. > > So, if you have had any of the problems getting treatment that Dr. > Wiseman has described, let him hear from you. If you want help writing > it, let me know. I'm maybe not such a great writer....lol...but I'm a > brave writer. My story does not fit his criteria and so I can't help > him much other than to prod the rest of you. Consider yourselves > prodded :)))) As always, Mary > > -- > Mary Wade >