"Those most in need victimized by U.S. system"
kathleen
'Pretty internationally embarassing for Corrupticut and Yale to have
been in charge of this (crime) disease all these years and caused all
this international harm.
What ever happened to "personal responsibility?"
I *GAVE* all this crime data to James Phillips (88 Noble Ave, Milford,
CT, USA). He said it "should be written up in THE NEW YORKER
magazine. Later he said all of these scientific journal articles mean
I am "like Ted Kascynski:"
http://www.geocities.com/kmdickson0308/lyme-dilemma.html
(Perhaps he could take that "Ted Kascynski" business up with the
National Library of Medicine, since that where I got all that data.)
If Phillips could just take his penis out of his eyeball for half a
second maybe he could see his own cowardice and admit his crimes. But
no. "Penises equal manhood" and not courage- especially to a self-
alleged religious philosopher:
http://www.actionlyme.org/PROTESTANT_CONFUSION.htm
We're all now very familiar with this phoney religious type. They're
almost all hiding some sort of diabolical perversion behind their fake
religiosity.
Nevertheless, these are the kind of people who dominate the whities
population of Corrupticut- which is why we're called Corrupticut.
Cowards and Sleazes and Fools (Oh My!!)
And why this (below) is so embarrassing... This reflects on the
inability of the Lyme sufferers themselves, here in Corrupticut, to
resolve the crime and fight for the rest. And as everyone knows, I am
a chemist- which means "personal responsibility" to what I know.
'Bound by knowledge of the crime to reveal it and prevent harm to
others.
http://www.actionlyme.org/index.htm
We couldn't get anyone to help us- which is same complaint as the
story below. And I am talking about people who knew us before ***when
we were not sick*** (James Phillips).
??? Why would someone who is a scientist and an every kind of athlete
http://www.actionlyme.org/Sports.htm
suddenly develop hypochondria and give this same hypochondria to their
children, retroactively?
http://www.actionlyme.org/Schoen.htm
I am telling you, these psychiatrists are the very dumbest people on
earth. They do not speak English- that is certain. They don't hear
it and they don't read the language- speaking to their diabolical
state of every kind of perversion.
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http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2007/09/16/4500548-sun.html
Sun, September 16, 2007
Those most in need victimized by U.S. system
By DONNA MARIE ARTUSO
WASHINGTON -- Helene Jorgensen relaxes on a couch, stroking the dogs
that flank her, and making the effort that is required to summon up
memories from the 1990s when she moved here from Denmark to get her
PhD in economics and later, to study wildlife conservation.
Walnut and Rufus are Jorgensen's constant companions these days as she
manages both a serious chronic illness and the ordeal of dealing with
the American for-profit health system.
"I was in my mid-30s when I was starting to feel sick with asthma,
continuous knee problems (for which she underwent surgery) and severe
memory loss.
"In the spring of 2003, I went to a conference in Montana to present a
paper on the economics of wolf management and ... was bitten by a
tick."
After several days of near total incapacitation, she returned home
where her doctor diagnosed the tick-borne infection Lyme disease and
prescribed a 10-day course of Tetracycline. It didn't help. Soon, she
was suffering from fever, headaches and joint, pain and was referred
to an infectious disease specialist who diagnosed chronic neurological
Lyme disease -- strongly suggesting previous exposures.
After three weeks of intravenous drug therapy, Jorgensen felt "hugely
better." But it was short lived.
"Eight weeks later, all the symptoms were all back with additional
problems including cardiac palpitations."
COMPLICATIONS
Jorgensen found a Lyme specialist who concluded that she was also
suffering from babesiosis, a parasitic Malaria-like infection.
What followed was five years of costly medical treatment, despite the
fact Jorgensen was, and still is covered -- through her husband's
employer -- by one of the best PPO (Preferred Provider Organization)
health insurance plans available in the U.S.
To date, although her insurance company has paid out over $60,000 for
diagnostic tests and prescriptions, she has had to come up with an
additional $9,000 -- while being too sick to work.
Jorgensen was treated by three "out of network" specialists, whom she
paid upfront, and then sought the allowable reimbursement, of up to
80%, to a certain ceiling.
She describes the process as being like a part time job: "Sometimes
the claims got lost, and I had to hunt down the old paper work.
"Sometimes the claim was denied because of an error in the diagnosis
code, so I had to request a new statement, send it to the company and
hope it didn't get 'lost' too.
"A bigger problem is the prescription drugs. The insurance company
will only pay for 30 pills per month and I am supposed to take 60.
"I can request to have the full amount covered by calling the
subsidiary of the insurance company dealing with pharmaceuticals,
which will send a form to the doctor to fill out.
"Sometimes this requires additional testing and more forms."
Dealing with the labs that tried to bill her directly (because their
negotiated price with the insurance company is about a tenth of what a
private patient pays), took dozens of phone calls and letters during
which she discovered her insurance company had never received, let
alone declined to pay, the bills the lab was threatening to refer to a
collection service.
"There is no incentive for the labs to bill insurance companies if
they can get away with billing the patients directly, and there is no
down side for an insurance company to deny a claim that is filed.
"If you're competent and well enough to make the calls, it is possible
to overturn a denied claim or extend coverage for medication, but as
long as the patient doesn't have the ability to challenge it, it's
money in the bank for them."
Her experience has convinced Jorgensen that the American health care
system is taking advantage of people who are sick: "Unless a patient
has someone to advocate for them, they will end up paying much more
than the people who can fight. A lot of patients don't have a chance"
she says.
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