Three Magic Words U.s. Andersen Pdf
Laila Berri
Learn of the unlimited power that is yours, in you. You will learn how you can turn this power to work for you, here on earth, to make your life majestic and overflowing with good. The 17 minute meditation is as below.
You can read the text of the three magic words meditation by U.S. Anderson below, or select captions on the Youtube Meditation video. Incorporating this as a walking meditation, for twenty minutes once a week can significantly allow your body-heart-brain to align together in a healing and contemplative rhythm that helps one get into a healing space physically, emotionally and spiritually. :
I know that I am pure spirit, that I always have been, and that I always will be. There is inside me a place of confidence and quietness and security where all things are known and understood. This is the Universal Mind, God, of which I am a part and which responds to me as I ask of it. This Universal Mind knows the answer to all of my problems, and even now the answers are speeding their way to me.
I know that the intelligence that created all these things is in me and around me and that I can call upon it for my slightest need. I know that my body is a manifestation of pure spirit and that spirit is perfect; therefore my body is perfect also. I enjoy life, for each day brings a constant demonstration of the power and wonder of the universe and myself. I am confident. I am serene. I am sure.
No matter what obstacle or undesirable circumstance crosses my path, I refuse to accept it, for it is nothing but illusion. There can be no obstacle or undesirable circumstance to the mind of God, which is in me, and around me, and serves me now.
By using the Three Magic Words meditation, you will learn of the unlimited power that is yours. You will learn how you can turn this power to work for you, here on earth, to make your life majestic and overflowing with good. Three Magic Words meditation, is not a religion or a sect or a society. In its entirety it is a series of essays aimed at revealing to you your power over all things. You will learn that there is only one mover in all creation and that mover is thought. You will learn that there is only one creator and that creator is the Universal Subconscious Mind, or God. You will learn that this creator creates for you exactly what you think, and you will be shown how you can control your thoughts, not only to obtain answers to your problems but to create in your experience exactly what you desire. Use your mobile phone and do the following 3 Magic words Walking Meditation for healing and Life transformation.
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In this case involving the denial of medical benefits, plaintiff Jason Brandon alleges that defendants Aetna Services, Inc. as successor in interest to Aetna Life and Casualty Co. ("Aetna"), United Healthcare Services Inc. and United Healthcare Insurance Company, acting by and through its division Healthmarc ("Healthmarc"), violated ERISA, 29 U.S.C. 1332(a) (1) (B) by failing to pay the cost of his required medical care. See Amended Compl. 22-25 (Count 1). All three parties moved for summary judgment [Docs. ## 54, 57, 63], and a Recommended Ruling was entered by Magistrate Judge Margolis on September 12, 2000 [Doc. # 88], granting in part and denying in part each party's motion for summary judgment. All three parties have objected to the Recommended Ruling. For the reasons discussed below, plaintiff's Objections to the Recommended Ruling are SUSTAINED IN PART and OVERRULED IN PART; defendant Healthmarc's Objections to the Recommended Ruling are OVERRULED and defendant Aetna's Objections to the Recommended Ruling are SUSTAINED.
Under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c), a motion for summary judgment shall be granted when "there is no genuine issue of material fact remaining for trial and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." In general, "all ambiguities and inferences to be drawn from the underlying facts should be resolved in favor of the party opposing the motion, and all doubts as to the existence of a genuine issue for trial should be resolved against the moving party." Tomka v. Seiler, 66 F.3d 1295, 1304 (2d Cir. 1995).
In her Recommended Ruling, Magistrate Judge Margolis correctly determined that Aetna was not a Plan Administrator for purposes of ERISA. She also found that any fiduciary duty Aetna may have owed to Brandon was never triggered, because Brandon never appealed the denial of his benefits to Aetna. However, because she found that there was a disputed issue of fact with respect to whether Aetna was a fiduciary, Aetna's motion for summary judgment was denied, in part. In its Objection to the Recommended Ruling [Doc. # 92], Aetna notes that any issue regarding whether it was a fiduciary is moot, in light of the determination that Aetna never acted as a fiduciary. This Court agrees. Therefore, Aetna's Objections are SUSTAINED, and Aetna's Motion for Summary Judgment is granted in its entirety.
Healthmarc has objected to Magistrate Margolis's Recommended Ruling to the extent that she ruled a) that disputed issue of fact remain as to whether Healthmarc is a fiduciary and as to who makes a final determination regarding benefit payments, and therefore denying Healthmarc's motion as to whether it is a fiduciary under the Plan; b) that a factual dispute exists regarding the appropriate standard of review, and therefore denying Healthmarc's motion as to the standard of review; c) that the question of exhaustion of administrative remedies turns on whether Healthmarc's letters adequately conform to ERISA's notice requirements; d) that Brandon exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to coverage of his treatment at the Hanley Hazelden hospital in January 1997; e) that a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether Brandon exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to coverage for treatment in the Spruce Mountain Inn in December 1997, and therefore denying Healthmarc's motion with respect to exhaustion; and f) denying Healthmarc's motion with respect to whether the decision to deny coverage for the Hazelden treatment was arbitrary and capricious. Brandon has replied to these objections.
In addition, Brandon has objected to some of the factual statements contained in the Recommended Ruling and to the denial of summary judgment with respect to the exhaustion of administrative remedies regarding coverage for the December 1997 treatment at Spruce Mountain Inn. Absent reply by Aetna or Healthmarc, Brandon's objection seeking modification of the factual statements is sustained and the Recommended Ruling is so modified.
Because the Recommended Ruling is organized thematically rather than by party, and the parties' objections have followed that structure, this Court addresses the remaining objections in the same manner.
Magistrate Margolis found that there was a disputed issue of fact regarding whether Healthmarc is a fiduciary under ERISA, 29 U.S.C. 1002 et seq., and therefore denied summary judgment on this issue. For the following reasons, this Court finds that Healthmarc is a plan fiduciary under ERISA, and that no disputed issue of fact remains.
*170 Despite self-serving language to the contrary in its agreement with Arthur Andersen indicating that it is not an ERISA fiduciary, under the Plan, Healthmarc clearly had ultimate responsibility for determining medical necessity. There was no avenue of appeal to either Aetna nor Andersen of this determination. Although Healthmarc quotes selectively from the Plan in its argument that the section entitled "Appeal of Procedural Errors" also encompasses a determination of whether the contract has been adhered to, thus making any decision by Healthmarc subject to final review by Andersen, this Court finds such a reading strained beyond credulity. First, the Plan indicates that with respect to determinations of medical necessity by Healthmarc, only procedural errors are to be appealed to Andersen. The reference to compliance with the contract refers to the appeal of decisions by the HMO, not by Andersen. Second, the Plan is replete with references to Healthmarc as the sole decisionmaker on the threshold question of medical necessity. Although Healthmarc is correct that it is not the final decisionmaker with respect to all aspects of grants of coverage, because it functioned as a gatekeeper for denials of coverage, its "recommendations" of ineligibility were final, and it is therefore a fiduciary under the meaning of ERISA.
Although concluding that Brandon had exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to the Hazelden treatment, Magistrate Margolis found that a disputed issue of fact remained with respect to the Spruce Mountain Inn treatment coverage dispute, because of letters sent by Healthmarc to Brandon stating that he should pursue other avenues of ERISA appeal under the Plan provisions.
This Court adopts the determination that Brandon exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to the Hazelden treatment for the reasons set forth in the Recommended Ruling. Accordingly, Healthmarc's objections to this part of the Recommended Ruling are overruled.
The Court also finds that by pursuing the appeals process provided by Healthmarc as established by the Plan, Brandon exhausted his administrative remedies with respect to the Spruce Mountain Inn treatment. The letters sent by Healthmarc do not raise a disputed issue of material fact regarding exhaustion, because although stating that Brandon could pursue additional avenues of appeal pursuant to the Plan provisions, the Plan unmistakably provides that the sole appeal process for disputing Healthmarc's substantive determination of medical necessity is by appealing to Healthmarc, which Brandon did. Therefore, Brandon's objections to this part of the Recommended Ruling are sustained, and Healthmarc's objections are overruled. The Recommended Ruling is modified to find that Brandon exhausted his administrative remedies as to both denials.
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