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>Thanks Margaret for your posting: > >Before Joyce had her Pallid., I checked with her insurance co to determine >coverage and the determination was "that since this was still experimental >and investigational coverage would be denied" HOWEVER, "you can appeal this >decision to the medical board of directors" > >I have been accumulating printed materials in support of my case but still >feel this is insufficient to convince them to change their decision. > >Yesterday, Joyce visited her neuro, a very well known medical personality in >the world of PD. I mentioned this to him again and he winced at the decision >emphatically stating that "this procedure is now standard operating >procedure for the relief of certain PD symptoms" "It is being done >routinely in hundreds of hospitals worldwide" > >He agreed to pursue my claim on my behalf and thereby on behalf of many >others Pallidotomy patients who have been or are being denied coverage. > >Anyone financially interested in the matter here in the states should push >their neuros to write letters containing factual statements supporting the >legitimacy of this procedure. > >Again Margaret thanks. > >Chuck > Hi, I just hope you haven't waited too long-- My Insurance Company only gives you 60 days to appeal a decision--Maybe it would pay to check yours. -Marjorie pd/8 yrs. Blessings to all , Marjorie L. Moorefield-- Internet Communications of America, Inc.