INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - An Independence woman, who doctors told would be partially blind for the rest of her life, is regaining her vision due to a relatively new implant approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
It was a successful case that came at a cost. Sanders’ insurance covered the surgery itself, but she had pay $9,000 out of pocket for the implant. Her provider called the procedure “cosmetic.” Landreneau, who’s already planning to perform the surgery on other patients in the state, disagrees.
So giving someone their vision back is cosmetic. What the fuck, man? Insurance companies are fuckin heartless.
Just wait until the Trump admin gets their claws into what the differentiation means.
Take the sight of an insurance executive and call it cosmetic damage
They’ll just fly to Mexico to get it fixed.
Had no idea such a thing was possible!
It was a successful case that came at a cost. Sanders’ insurance covered the surgery itself, but she had pay $9,000 out of pocket for the implant. Her provider called the procedure “cosmetic.”
But god forbid the gubermint tell me what they’ll cover or not.
It’s not the government that tells the insurance what’s cosmetic or medically necessary unless she’s on Medicare or Medicaid.
Regardless, there needs to be laws that make it illegal for insurance companies to try and overrule doctors’ medical diagnoses and deny coverage. I’ve straight up had my insurance company argue with my doctors about prescriptions before, requiring them to fill out a bunch of pre-approval forms that they have to renew every year, which then causes me to have to wait an extra few days before I can even get my meds. Luckily, my meds aren’t life-or-death. Unfortunately, they pull the same shit for people needing life-or-death medications, too. It’s fucking evil and I cannot comprehend how over 220 million US voters aren’t rioting to get a better system.
Independence Woman had me confused initially, although seemed appropriate given the whole rapey trump supporter thing of late.
I added ‘Missouri’ to the title to make clearer. Solid point.
Pretty cool story from my home town. Enjoy.
